Registration plate inscription illegible on the Toyota Hi-Ace
Registration plate inscription illegible on the Toyota Hi-Ace is recorded on 1,745 tests — 7.2% of all its MOT tests, against 2.8% across every car in the data. That is 2.6× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 2.8% of tests record it — this model is 2.6× that share |
| The 380 models compared | 10 of 380, highest first |
| The model's own record | 24,156 tests · every year of the Hi-Ace → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Toyota Hi-Ace tested, whatever its mileage, service history and use. The like-for-like comparison on the model page is the fairer number.
Year by year
In 2000, 3.8% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2011, 2.3%. The share has fallen 1.5 points over that time. Worst year 2003 at 4.1%; best 2008 at 2.2%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 104 | 2,748 | 3.8% |
| 2001 | 100 | 3,153 | 3.2% |
| 2003 | 88 | 2,154 | 4.1% |
| 2004 | 93 | 2,358 | 3.9% |
| 2005 | 101 | 2,510 | 4.0% |
| 2006 | 111 | 3,570 | 3.1% |
| 2007 | 377 | 14,769 | 2.5% |
| 2008 | 292 | 13,137 | 2.2% |
| 2009 | 154 | 5,022 | 3.1% |
| 2010 | 146 | 4,590 | 3.2% |
| 2011 | 62 | 2,680 | 2.3% |
Years with fewer than 0.2% of tests recording the item are left out: a year with two failures in 400 tests is noise, and this table is not here to make noise look like a trend.
What it costs
A typical UK repair for this item is £20–£80 fitted. It is a job a careful owner can do at home. What the part is, and what to buy →
Prices are typical UK supply-and-fitting estimates, not quotes. What happens if it fails covers the retest rules.
Where this sits
- Registration plate inscription illegible: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
- Toyota Hi-Ace MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Toyota model →