Pass rate
76.6%
Around average — 4.4 pts ahead of the 72.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 2,244 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £34–£100
2004 Toyota Landcruiser MOT pass rate
- 2004
- 2 trims combined
- typical 149,595 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
28.3% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2014 88.0% pass
- Avoid 2007 75.2% pass
Across the 15 years on record, a spread of 12.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 71.6%
- Typical mileage
- 150k mi
The 2004 Toyota Landcruiser MOT pass rate is 76.6% of its MOT tests — 4.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension 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 Landcruiser does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 2.8× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 15.7% of everything recorded on the 2004 Toyota Landcruiser, against 5.6% nationally — 10.1 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 28.3%, 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.
- 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 72.2% and this one manages 76.6% — 4.4 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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Every Toyota Landcruiser 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 Landcruiser compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.2%, so this figure is 4.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 71.6%. The median 2004 Toyota Landcruiser in this dataset had covered 149,595 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 93% of tests, with a 76.5% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 76.1% of the time, April–September 77.2%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 9.09% of tests.
- 2,244 recorded tests behind this page.
- 76.6% overall pass rate, 71.6% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Toyota Landcruiser, the average is 78.0% — best year 2014 (88.0%), worst 2007 (75.2%).
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
- 2,244
- Typical mileage (median)
- 149,595 mi
- Make and model
- Toyota Landcruiser
- 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 Landcruiser MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 67% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (93% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Landcruiser
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 580 | 76.0% |
| South West | 353 | 73.7% |
| West Midlands | 264 | 78.4% |
| East of England | 249 | 77.1% |
| North West | 242 | 78.5% |
| Yorkshire | 158 | 84.2% |
| Scotland | 117 | 70.9% |
| East Midlands | 94 | 74.5% |
| Wales | 91 | 73.6% |
| London | 51 | 78.4% |
| North East | 45 | 77.8% |
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 Landcruiser
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 Landcruiser
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 9.1% 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 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 suspension joints 2.9% 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.
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 Landcruiser through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £34–£100 — and 46% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £34–£100
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp not working
- £3–£15
- 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
- 46%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 2,244 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 Landcruiser, side by side
15 model years on record, from 2000 to 2014. Across them the pass rate runs from 75.2% to 88.0% — a spread of 12.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 75.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2001 75.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2002 76.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2003 78.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2004 76.6%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2005 75.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2006 75.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 75.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 78.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 75.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 84.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2011 85.4% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2012 87.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 87.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 88.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
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 Landcruiser 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
- BMW X3 76.6%
- BMW 3 Series 76.5%
- Chrysler Crossfire 76.5%
- Volkswagen Touareg 76.4%
- Land Rover Defender 76.2%
- Land Rover Range Rover 76.0%
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 Landcruiser 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 6,422 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 | 1,844 | 28.30% | 20.98% | +7.32 |
| Brakes | 1,259 | 19.30% | 20.89% | −1.59 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1,019 | 15.70% | 5.57% | +10.13 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 879 | 13.50% | 12.21% | +1.29 |
| Tyres | 384 | 5.90% | 19.76% | −13.86 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 322 | 4.90% | 5.52% | −0.62 |
| Visibility | 279 | 4.30% | 4.97% | −0.67 |
| Non-component advisories | 175 | 2.70% | 4.18% | −1.48 |
| Steering | 173 | 2.70% | 2.57% | +0.13 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 88 | 1.40% | 1.76% | −0.36 |
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 | 9.1% | £5–20 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 5.8% | £80–250 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 5.3% | £80–200 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.0% | £5–25 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 3.0% | £80–250 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 2.9% | £18–45 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.7% | £5–25 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.5% | £3–15 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.2% | £18–45 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 2.2% | £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 | 18.6% | £80–180 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 11.1% | £25–65 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 9.9% | £18–45 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 8.8% | £40–150 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 8.5% | £45–95 |
| Chassis condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 8.4% | £180–450 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 10 | 80.0% | 12,988 mi |
| 30-60k | 44 | 81.8% | 47,717 mi |
| 60-90k | 120 | 85.0% | 78,647 mi |
| 90-120k | 361 | 75.6% | 107,160 mi |
| 120k+ | 1,694 | 76.0% | 171,245 mi |
Source: 2,244 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 Landcruiser MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2004 Toyota Landcruiser?
76.6% of the 2,244 2004 Toyota Landcruiser tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.2% for cars first used in 2004. First-attempt pass rate: 71.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2004 Toyota Landcruiser?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (9.09%), joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (5.75%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (5.30%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2004 Toyota Landcruiser MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 80.0% of the time, falling to 76.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2004 Toyota Landcruiser in this dataset had covered 149,595 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2004 Toyota Landcruiser?
Diesel: 76.5% pass rate across 2,088 tests. Petrol: 75.9% pass rate across 133 tests. LPG: 90.0% pass rate across 20 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2004 Toyota Landcruiser MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 76.1% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 77.2%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.