Pass rate
68.8%
Below average — 3.6 pts behind the 72.4% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 272 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £28–£75
2005 Toyota Dyna MOT pass rate
- 2005
- typical 127,055 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Suspension
20.8% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2012 78.8% pass
- Avoid 2005 68.8% pass · this year
Across the 13 years on record, a spread of 10 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 57.7%
- Typical mileage
- 127k mi
The 2005 Toyota Dyna MOT pass rate is 68.8% of its MOT tests — 3.6 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 20.8% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 1.9× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 10.7% of everything recorded on the 2005 Toyota Dyna, against 5.6% nationally — 5.1 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 20.8%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. Look underneath for corrosion near the jacking points and suspension mounts; surface rust is normal, flaking metal is not.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 72.4%; this one manages 68.8% — 3.6 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Based on a small sample. 272 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2005 Toyota Dyna compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.4%, so this figure is 3.6 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 57.7%. The median 2005 Toyota Dyna in this dataset had covered 127,055 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 68.8% of the time, April–September 68.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 8.46% of tests.
- 272 recorded tests behind this page.
- 68.8% overall pass rate, 57.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Toyota Dyna, the average is 74.0% — best year 2012 (78.8%), worst 2005 (68.8%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 272
- Typical mileage (median)
- 127,055 mi
- Make and model
- Toyota Dyna
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Number Plate Lamp
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Dyna MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 57% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the Toyota Dyna is most common
Across all Dyna model years on record (2002–2014): 1,251 Toyota Dyna cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 3,466 tests. Portsmouth (PO) has the most, with 35 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.
| # | Postcode area | Cars | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portsmouth (PO) | 35 | 75.8% |
| 2 | Sheffield (S) | 35 | 76.1% |
| 3 | Chelmsford (CM) | 34 | 87.0% |
| 4 | Norwich (NR) | 32 | 70.5% |
| 5 | Doncaster (DN) | 31 | 69.6% |
| 6 | Poole (BH) | 28 | 68.4% |
| 7 | Preston (PR) | 25 | 74.6% |
| 8 | Crawley (RH) | 25 | 73.4% |
| 9 | Plymouth (PL) | 24 | 74.0% |
| 10 | Kendal (LA) | 24 | 64.3% |
| 11 | Southampton (SO) | 24 | 73.0% |
| 12 | Basildon (SS) | 24 | 84.5% |
| 13 | Northampton (NN) | 23 | 70.8% |
| 14 | Brighton (BN) | 23 | 74.5% |
| 15 | York (YO) | 22 | 70.6% |
| 16 | Bristol (BS) | 22 | 59.6% |
| 17 | Bradford (BD) | 21 | 73.5% |
| 18 | Leicester (LE) | 20 | 67.1% |
| 19 | Nottingham (NG) | 20 | 67.7% |
| 20 | Derby (DE) | 20 | 88.9% |
The twenty areas with the most Toyota Dyna cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →
Regional pass rates for the Dyna
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 53 | 64.2% |
| North West | 52 | 69.2% |
| East of England | 39 | 71.8% |
| South East | 39 | 71.8% |
| West Midlands | 26 | 57.7% |
| Yorkshire | 26 | 69.2% |
| East Midlands | 24 | 75.0% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2005 Dyna
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2005 Dyna
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the lights 8.5% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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Check the windscreen 7.7% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
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Check the suspension joints 4.4% of tests
“track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated,”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2005 Dyna through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £28–£75 — and 45% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £28–£75
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 45%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 272 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the Dyna, side by side
13 model years on record, from 2002 to 2014. Across them the pass rate runs from 68.8% to 78.8% — a spread of 10 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2002 73.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2003 69.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2004 72.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2005 68.8%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2006 75.4% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2007 73.4% service brake imbalance across an…
- 2008 73.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2009 75.4% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2010 74.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2011 73.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2012 78.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 78.2% service brake imbalance across an…
- 2014 75.5% malfunction indicator lamp…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2005 Toyota Dyna with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2005 cars with a similar record
- Vauxhall Corsa 68.7%
- Hyundai Coupe 68.7%
- Nissan X-Trail 68.9%
- Volvo V50 68.9%
- Peugeot 307 68.6%
- Kia Picanto 68.6%
Closest pass rates among 2005 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2005 Toyota Dyna 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 1,074 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 225 | 20.80% | 20.98% | −0.18 |
| Brakes | 221 | 20.40% | 20.89% | −0.49 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 160 | 14.80% | 12.21% | +2.59 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 116 | 10.70% | 5.57% | +5.13 |
| Tyres | 84 | 7.80% | 19.76% | −11.96 |
| Visibility | 65 | 6.00% | 4.97% | +1.03 |
| Steering | 63 | 5.80% | 2.57% | +3.23 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 56 | 5.20% | 5.52% | −0.32 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 48 | 4.40% | 1.76% | +2.64 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 36 | 3.30% | 0.82% | +2.48 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 8.5% | £5–20 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 7.7% | £80–200 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 6.3% | £5–25 |
| Mirrors slightly damaged Visibility | Minor | 5.2% | £3–15 |
| Service brake imbalance across an axle Brakes | Major | 4.8% | £45–110 |
| Prescribed areas prescribed area strength or continuity significantly reduced Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 4.4% | £40–120 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 4.4% | £45–110 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.4% | £3–12 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 4.4% | £18–45 |
| Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush Suspension | Major | 4.0% | £30–75 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 18.8% | £40–150 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 16.9% | £45–95 |
| Registration plates inscription illegible Identification of the vehicle | Advisory | 15.1% | £20–80 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 14.7% | £80–180 |
| Wheel bearings has excessive play Suspension | Advisory | 14.0% | £20–55 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 12.1% | £200–700 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 14 | 92.9% | 44,560 mi |
| 60-90k | 32 | 84.4% | 77,505 mi |
| 90-120k | 78 | 65.4% | 105,827 mi |
| 120k+ | 146 | 65.1% | 169,870 mi |
Source: 272 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2005 Dyna MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2005 Toyota Dyna?
68.8% of the 272 2005 Toyota Dyna tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.4% for cars first used in 2005. First-attempt pass rate: 57.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2005 Toyota Dyna?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (8.46%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (7.72%), position lamp not working (6.25%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2005 Toyota Dyna MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 92.9% of the time, falling to 65.1% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2005 Toyota Dyna in this dataset had covered 127,055 mi.
Does the season affect the 2005 Toyota Dyna MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 68.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 68.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.