Pass rate
74.7%
Below average — 2.1 pts ahead of the 72.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 2,889 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £59–£164
2003 Toyota Land Cruiser MOT pass rate
- 2003
- typical 155,798 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
27.6% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 97.1% pass
- Avoid 2001 74.5% pass
Across the 24 years on record, a spread of 22.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 68.8%
- Typical mileage
- 156k mi
The 2003 Toyota Land Cruiser MOT pass rate is 74.7% of its MOT tests — 2.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 27.6% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Toyota Land Cruiser does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 3.2× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 17.6% of everything recorded on the 2003 Toyota Land Cruiser, against 5.6% nationally — 12.0 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 27.6%, 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.
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 2003 Toyota Land Cruiser compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.6%, so this figure is 2.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 68.8%. The median 2003 Toyota Land Cruiser in this dataset had covered 155,798 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 92% of tests, with a 74.8% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 75.6% of the time, April–September 73.4%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 8.69% of tests.
- 2,889 recorded tests behind this page.
- 74.7% overall pass rate, 68.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Toyota Land Cruiser, the average is 82.0% — best year 2023 (97.1%), worst 2001 (74.5%).
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
- 2,889
- Typical mileage (median)
- 155,798 mi
- Make and model
- Toyota Land Cruiser
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Number Plate Lamp
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Land Cruiser MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 66% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (92% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Land Cruiser
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 659 | 77.2% |
| South West | 457 | 70.0% |
| East of England | 441 | 74.1% |
| North West | 271 | 75.6% |
| West Midlands | 264 | 76.5% |
| Yorkshire | 217 | 76.0% |
| East Midlands | 165 | 74.5% |
| Wales | 129 | 71.3% |
| Scotland | 127 | 70.9% |
| London | 109 | 85.3% |
| North East | 50 | 66.0% |
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 2003 Land Cruiser
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 2003 Land Cruiser
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 8.7% of tests
“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.
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Check the windscreen 4.4% 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 corrosion 3.5% of tests
“component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength”
Look under the sills, around the jacking points and where the suspension mounts meet the body. Flaking, holed or crumbly metal fails; a brown stain on sound metal does not.
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 2003 Land Cruiser through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £59–£164 — and 37% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £59–£164
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 37%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 2,889 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 Land Cruiser, side by side
24 model years on record, from 2000 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 74.5% to 97.1% — a spread of 22.6 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 76.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2001 74.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2002 75.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2003 74.7%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2004 74.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2005 76.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2006 75.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 77.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 78.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 77.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 81.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 85.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 87.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2013 88.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2014 88.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2015 89.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2016 90.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2017 90.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2018 90.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 92.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 92.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2021 93.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2022 93.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2023 97.1% windscreen damaged but not…
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 2003 Toyota Land Cruiser 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 2003 cars with a similar record
Closest pass rates among 2003 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 2003 Toyota Land Cruiser 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 8,493 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 | 2,379 | 27.60% | 20.98% | +6.62 |
| Brakes | 1,620 | 18.80% | 20.89% | −2.09 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1,520 | 17.60% | 5.57% | +12.03 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 1,146 | 13.30% | 12.21% | +1.09 |
| Tyres | 509 | 5.90% | 19.76% | −13.86 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 392 | 4.50% | 5.52% | −1.02 |
| Visibility | 294 | 3.40% | 4.97% | −1.57 |
| Steering | 254 | 2.90% | 2.57% | +0.33 |
| Non-component advisories | 223 | 2.60% | 4.18% | −1.58 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 156 | 1.80% | 0.82% | +0.98 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 8.7% | £5–20 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 8.1% | £80–250 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 4.4% | £80–200 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.0% | £5–25 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 3.5% | £180–450 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 3.5% | £80–250 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.5% | £5–25 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 3.0% | £18–45 |
| Chassis condition or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of a body mounting Body, chassis, structure | Major | 2.7% | £180–450 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.6% | £18–45 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 16.9% | £80–180 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 11.1% | £25–65 |
| Chassis condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 9.1% | £180–450 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 8.3% | £18–45 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 8.2% | £40–150 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 7.9% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 6 | 100.0% | 20,532 mi |
| 30-60k | 30 | 90.0% | 49,065 mi |
| 60-90k | 163 | 74.8% | 77,474 mi |
| 90-120k | 346 | 78.0% | 106,986 mi |
| 120k+ | 2,312 | 74.0% | 176,606 mi |
Source: 2,889 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.
2003 Land Cruiser MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2003 Toyota Land Cruiser?
74.7% of the 2,889 2003 Toyota Land Cruiser tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.6% for cars first used in 2003. First-attempt pass rate: 68.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2003 Toyota Land Cruiser?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (8.69%), joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (8.07%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (4.40%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2003 Toyota Land Cruiser MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 74.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2003 Toyota Land Cruiser in this dataset had covered 155,798 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2003 Toyota Land Cruiser?
Diesel: 74.8% pass rate across 2,667 tests. Petrol: 73.9% pass rate across 207 tests. LPG: 80.0% pass rate across 15 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2003 Toyota Land Cruiser MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 75.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 73.4%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.