Pass rate
72.0%
Below average — 0.2 pts behind the 72.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 75 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £34–£93
2004 Toyota Hi MOT pass rate
- 2004
- 2 trims combined
- typical 187,045 mi
Only 75 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
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Most common fault
Suspension
23.3% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Part only £35–£75 for Suspension pin or bush excessively worn. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2006 84.3% pass
- Avoid 2005 68.8% pass
Across the 4 years on record, a spread of 15.5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 65.6%
- Typical mileage
- 187k mi
The 2004 Toyota Hi MOT pass rate is 72.0% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 23.3% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 2.1× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 11.9% of everything recorded on the 2004 Toyota Hi, against 5.6% nationally — 6.3 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 23.3%, 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.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 28% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
- Based on a small sample. 75 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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Every Toyota Hi first registered in 2004 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2004 Toyota Hi compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.2%, so this figure is 0.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 65.6%. The median 2004 Toyota Hi in this dataset had covered 187,045 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements", noted on 6.67% of tests.
- 75 recorded tests behind this page.
- 72.0% overall pass rate, 65.6% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Toyota Hi, the average is 73.7% — best year 2006 (84.3%), 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
- 75
- Typical mileage (median)
- 187,045 mi
- Make and model
- Toyota Hi
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Brake Discs and Pads Set
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Hi MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 0% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Hi
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 18 | 72.2% |
| South West | 16 | 62.5% |
| East of England | 16 | 81.3% |
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 2004 Hi
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 2004 Hi
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 suspension joints 5.3% of tests
“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.
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Check the windscreen 5.3% 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 wipers and washers 5.3% of tests
“wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
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 2004 Hi through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £34–£93 — and 28% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £34–£93
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp not working
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 28%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 75 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 Hi, side by side
4 model years on record, from 2003 to 2006. Across them the pass rate runs from 68.8% to 84.3% — a spread of 15.5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2003 74.3% rear fog lamp not working
- 2004 72.0%rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2005 68.8% exhaust system has a major leak…
- 2006 84.3% ball joint excessively worn
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 2004 Toyota Hi 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 2004 cars with a similar record
- Audi A2 72.0%
- Ford Fiesta 71.9%
- Nissan Micra 72.2%
- Honda Jazz 72.3%
- Volvo V70 71.7%
- Vauxhall Astra 71.6%
Closest pass rates among 2004 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 2004 Toyota Hi 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 249 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 | 59 | 23.30% | 20.98% | +2.32 |
| Brakes | 43 | 17.00% | 20.89% | −3.89 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 30 | 11.90% | 5.57% | +6.33 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 28 | 11.10% | 12.21% | −1.11 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 23 | 9.10% | 5.52% | +3.58 |
| Steering | 21 | 8.30% | 2.57% | +5.73 |
| Tyres | 18 | 7.10% | 19.76% | −12.66 |
| Visibility | 13 | 5.10% | 4.97% | +0.13 |
| Non-component advisories | 11 | 4.30% | 4.18% | +0.12 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 3 | 1.20% | 1.76% | −0.56 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 6.7% | £45–110 |
| Ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 5.3% | £18–45 |
| Service brake imbalance across an axle Brakes | Major | 5.3% | £45–110 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 5.3% | £80–200 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 5.3% | £8–22 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 4.0% | £45–120 |
| Headlamp reflector slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.0% | £5–25 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 4.0% | £40–150 |
| Prescribed areas prescribed area strength or continuity significantly reduced Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 4.0% | £40–120 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.0% | £3–15 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 20.0% | £200–700 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 18.7% | £25–65 |
| Chassis condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 13.3% | £180–450 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 13.3% | £80–180 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 12.0% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Fuel Pipe/s corroded Non-component advisories | Advisory | 10.7% | £180–450 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 1 | 0.0% | 28,904 mi |
| 60-90k | 5 | 80.0% | 87,788 mi |
| 90-120k | 3 | 100.0% | 118,572 mi |
| 120k+ | 64 | 70.3% | 213,762 mi |
Source: 75 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.
2004 Hi MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2004 Toyota Hi?
72.0% of the 75 2004 Toyota Hi tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.2% for cars first used in 2004. First-attempt pass rate: 65.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2004 Toyota Hi?
The three most recorded items are rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements (6.67%), ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (5.33%), service brake imbalance across an axle (5.33%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2004 Toyota Hi MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 0.0% of the time, falling to 70.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2004 Toyota Hi in this dataset had covered 187,045 mi.