Pass rate
87.5%
Above average — 10.3 pts ahead of the 77.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 1,003 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £35–£91
2012 Toyota Land Cruiser MOT pass rate
- 2012
- typical 98,030 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
28.3% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
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
- 86.0%
- Typical mileage
- 98k mi
The 2012 Toyota Land Cruiser MOT pass rate is 87.5% of its MOT tests — 10.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 28.3% 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
Brakes: 1.4× the national share
Brakes make up 28.3% of everything recorded on the 2012 Toyota Land Cruiser, against 20.9% nationally — 7.4 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 77.2% and this one manages 87.5% — 10.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
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 2012 Toyota Land Cruiser compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 77.2%, so this figure is 10.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 86.0%. The median 2012 Toyota Land Cruiser in this dataset had covered 98,030 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 95% of tests, with a 87.5% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 87.6% of the time, April–September 87.4%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 3.79% of tests.
- 1,003 recorded tests behind this page.
- 87.5% overall pass rate, 86.0% 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
- 1,003
- Typical mileage (median)
- 98,030 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
Windscreen
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Land Cruiser MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 77% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (95% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Land Cruiser
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 221 | 89.1% |
| North West | 148 | 89.2% |
| South West | 127 | 83.5% |
| East of England | 104 | 90.4% |
| Scotland | 86 | 75.6% |
| Yorkshire | 85 | 91.8% |
| West Midlands | 79 | 91.1% |
| East Midlands | 65 | 89.2% |
| North East | 37 | 83.8% |
| Wales | 32 | 84.4% |
| London | 19 | 94.7% |
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 2012 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 2012 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 windscreen 3.8% 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 lights 3.7% 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 exhaust and emissions 3.0% of tests
“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.
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 2012 Land Cruiser through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £35–£91 — and 40% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £35–£91
- Cheapest common item: washers provides insufficient washer liquid
- £5–£15
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 40%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 1,003 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 2012 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 2012 cars with a similar record
Closest pass rates among 2012 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 2012 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 1,262 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 358 | 28.30% | 20.89% | +7.41 |
| Suspension | 272 | 21.50% | 20.98% | +0.52 |
| Tyres | 169 | 13.40% | 19.76% | −6.36 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 128 | 10.10% | 5.57% | +4.53 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 117 | 9.20% | 12.21% | −3.01 |
| Visibility | 84 | 6.60% | 4.97% | +1.63 |
| Non-component advisories | 45 | 3.60% | 4.18% | −0.58 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 35 | 2.80% | 5.52% | −2.72 |
| Steering | 32 | 2.50% | 2.57% | −0.07 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 22 | 1.70% | 1.76% | −0.06 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.8% | £80–200 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.7% | £5–20 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 3.0% | £45–120 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Rectified | 1.3% | £5–15 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 1.1% | £60–150 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 1.0% | £18–45 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.0% | £5–25 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 1.0% | £8–22 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 0.90% | £18–45 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 0.90% | £45–110 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 9.5% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 8.5% | £45–95 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 8.4% | £80–180 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 6.9% | £40–150 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 4.6% | £45–95 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 3.7% | £45–120 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 26 | 92.3% | 22,213 mi |
| 30-60k | 126 | 90.5% | 48,110 mi |
| 60-90k | 264 | 88.3% | 76,421 mi |
| 90-120k | 280 | 87.9% | 104,271 mi |
| 120k+ | 306 | 85.3% | 154,904 mi |
Source: 1,003 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.
2012 Land Cruiser MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2012 Toyota Land Cruiser?
87.5% of the 1,003 2012 Toyota Land Cruiser tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 77.2% for cars first used in 2012. First-attempt pass rate: 86.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2012 Toyota Land Cruiser?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.79%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (3.69%), exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases (2.99%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2012 Toyota Land Cruiser MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 92.3% of the time, falling to 85.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2012 Toyota Land Cruiser in this dataset had covered 98,030 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2012 Toyota Land Cruiser?
Diesel: 87.5% pass rate across 954 tests. Petrol: 87.8% pass rate across 49 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2012 Toyota Land Cruiser MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 87.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 87.4%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.