Toyota Esquire MOT Pass Rate & Official DVSA Failure Statistics

Toyota Esquire MOT History and Failure Rates vs UK National Average

The Toyota Esquire passed on its first attempt in 95.0%, and its overall record sits +14.2 percentage points above the national average for all cars. These figures come from every recorded DVSA MOT test for the Toyota Esquire in the 2023–2025 data: 414 tests across 5 model years (2015–2019). A test still carries exactly one pass or fail verdict.

Figures are computed from every recorded DVSA test for this model in the 2023–2025 data.

Most Common Toyota Esquire MOT Problems by Failure Category

Every MOT failure a tester records belongs to one inspection section of the DVSA manual. For the Toyota Esquire, the Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment section leads the record — the breakdown below shows where the recorded failures cluster, then the exact strings behind the three biggest sections.

Shares are over the Toyota Esquire's recorded defect strings, merged across its year pages.

Top Recorded Toyota Esquire DVSA MOT Test Statistics & Defect Descriptions

The descriptions below are the exact DVSA failure strings testers recorded most often for the Toyota Esquire, each with how many of the model's 414 tests it was noted on.

• "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view" (Minor) — noted on about 7 Toyota Esquire tests, 1.7% of the model's MOT record.
• "Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt" (Major) — noted on about 7 Toyota Esquire tests, 1.7% of the model's MOT record.
• "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources" (Minor) — noted on about 6 Toyota Esquire tests, 1.4% of the model's MOT record.
• "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps" (Major) — noted on about 5 Toyota Esquire tests, 1.2% of the model's MOT record.
• "Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated" (Minor) — noted on about 4 Toyota Esquire tests, 1.0% of the model's MOT record.
• "Has ply or cords exposed" (Major) — noted on about 3 Toyota Esquire tests, 0.7% of the model's MOT record.

Best and Worst Toyota Esquire Model Years by Pass Rate

The strongest Toyota Esquire model year on record is 2019 (98.1% across 52 tests), and the weakest is 2015 (91.8%). The gap between them is 6.3 points. Years with fewer than 50 recorded tests are excluded, so these are the years with enough MOT history to mean something.

Toyota Esquire reliability is improving in the DVSA data — the pass rate moves about 1.4 points a year across the most recent model years shown above.

Newest model year first. Only years with at least 50 recorded tests are listed.

Pre-MOT Inspection Checklist for Toyota Esquire Owners

These checks follow this Toyota Esquire's own most-recorded failure strings, starting with what a tester is most likely to flag on a Toyota Esquire.

• the windscreen — “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.

• the suspension joints — “linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt”

  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.

• the lights — “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.

Derived from the DVSA failure strings testers recorded for the Toyota Esquire. A check that finds nothing means the item is likely fine, not that the test is guaranteed.

Frequently Asked Questions: Toyota Esquire MOT & Reliability