Pass rate
77.6%
Around average — 10.3 pts behind the 87.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 58 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £29–£83
2018 Toyota Ipsum MOT pass rate
- 2018
- typical 73,119 mi
Only 58 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
Tyres
23.9% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tyre has a tear. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2018 77.6% pass · this year
- Avoid 2018 77.6% pass · this year
Across the 1 years on record, a spread of 0 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 71.7%
- Typical mileage
- 73k mi
The 2018 Toyota Ipsum MOT pass rate is 77.6% of its MOT tests — 10.3 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 23.9% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.9× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 22.8% of everything recorded on the 2018 Toyota Ipsum, against 12.2% nationally — 10.6 points above. Tyres are still the single largest share at 23.9%, but at 19.8% nationally that one is ordinary. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 87.9%; this one manages 77.6% — 10.3 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Based on a small sample. 58 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 2018 Toyota Ipsum compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 87.9%, so this figure is 10.3 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 71.7%. The median 2018 Toyota Ipsum in this dataset had covered 73,119 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp lens slightly defective", noted on 8.62% of tests.
- 58 recorded tests behind this page.
- 77.6% overall pass rate, 71.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Toyota Ipsum, the average is 77.6% — best year 2018 (77.6%), worst 2018 (77.6%).
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
- 58
- Typical mileage (median)
- 73,119 mi
- Make and model
- Toyota Ipsum
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Headlight Bulb
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Ipsum MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 64% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Ipsum
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| North West | 31 | 77.4% |
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 2018 Ipsum
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 2018 Ipsum
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 8.6% of tests
“headlamp lens slightly defective”
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 suspension joints 6.9% of tests
“ball joint dust cover severely 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 brakes 3.5% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
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 2018 Ipsum through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £29–£83 — and 39% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £29–£83
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 39%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 58 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 →
Compare the 2018 Toyota Ipsum 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 2018 cars with a similar record
- Renault Zoe 77.5%
- Mercedes-Benz Citan 79.1%
- Vauxhall Combo 79.4%
- Fiat 500L 80.7%
- Nissan Navara 80.9%
- Renault Grand Scenic 81.2%
Closest pass rates among 2018 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 2018 Toyota Ipsum 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 9 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 92 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 22 | 23.90% | 19.76% | +4.14 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 21 | 22.80% | 12.21% | +10.59 |
| Brakes | 17 | 18.50% | 20.89% | −2.39 |
| Suspension | 16 | 17.40% | 20.98% | −3.58 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 7 | 7.60% | 5.57% | +2.03 |
| Visibility | 4 | 4.30% | 4.97% | −0.67 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 2 | 2.20% | 5.52% | −3.32 |
| Steering | 2 | 2.20% | 2.57% | −0.37 |
| Non-component advisories | 1 | 1.10% | 4.18% | −3.08 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 8.6% | £5–25 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 8.6% | £80–250 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 6.9% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 6.9% | £30–80 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 5.2% | £5–20 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 3.5% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 3.5% | £45–95 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 3.5% | £60–150 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 3.5% | £3–12 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 3.5% | £8–22 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 15.5% | £45–95 |
| Swivel pins and bushes swivel pin and/or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 13.8% | £40–150 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 13.8% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 10.3% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 6.9% | £45–110 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 3.5% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 1 | 100.0% | 19,277 mi |
| 30-60k | 16 | 75.0% | 54,737 mi |
| 60-90k | 24 | 75.0% | 72,773 mi |
| 90-120k | 6 | 100.0% | 103,731 mi |
| 120k+ | 11 | 72.7% | 128,533 mi |
Source: 58 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.
2018 Ipsum MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2018 Toyota Ipsum?
77.6% of the 58 2018 Toyota Ipsum tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 87.9% for cars first used in 2018. First-attempt pass rate: 71.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2018 Toyota Ipsum?
The three most recorded items are headlamp lens slightly defective (8.62%), joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (8.62%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (6.90%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2018 Toyota Ipsum MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 72.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2018 Toyota Ipsum in this dataset had covered 73,119 mi.