Toyota Granvia MOT Pass Rate & Official DVSA Failure Statistics

Toyota Granvia MOT History and Failure Rates vs UK National Average

The Toyota Granvia passed on its first attempt in 70.7%, and its overall record sits −5.0 percentage points below the national average for all cars. These figures come from every recorded DVSA MOT test for the Toyota Granvia in the 2023–2025 data: 3,574 tests across 15 model years (2000–2017). 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 Granvia MOT Problems by Failure Category

Every MOT failure a tester records belongs to one inspection section of the DVSA manual. For the Toyota Granvia, 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 Granvia's recorded defect strings, merged across its year pages.

Top Recorded Toyota Granvia DVSA MOT Test Statistics & Defect Descriptions

The descriptions below are the exact DVSA failure strings testers recorded most often for the Toyota Granvia, each with how many of the model's 3,574 tests it was noted on.

• "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources" (Minor) — noted on about 197 Toyota Granvia tests, 5.5% of the model's MOT record.
• "Rear fog lamp not working" (Major) — noted on about 192 Toyota Granvia tests, 5.4% of the model's MOT record.
• "Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated" (Minor) — noted on about 124 Toyota Granvia tests, 3.5% of the model's MOT record.
• "Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases" (Major) — noted on about 106 Toyota Granvia tests, 3.0% of the model's MOT record.
• "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view" (Minor) — noted on about 74 Toyota Granvia tests, 2.1% of the model's MOT record.
• "Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively" (Major) — noted on about 61 Toyota Granvia tests, 1.7% of the model's MOT record.

Best and Worst Toyota Granvia Model Years by Pass Rate

The strongest Toyota Granvia model year on record is 2000 (84.2% across 57 tests), and the weakest is 2009 (71.0%). The gap between them is 13.2 points. Years with fewer than 50 recorded tests are excluded, so these are the years with enough MOT history to mean something.

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

Pre-MOT Inspection Checklist for Toyota Granvia Owners

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

• 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.

• the exhaust and emissions — “exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases”

  Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.

• 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.

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

Frequently Asked Questions: Toyota Granvia MOT & Reliability