Pass rate
76.8%
Around average — 3.5 pts ahead of the 73.3% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 604 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £56–£146
2001 Toyota Landcruiser Colorado MOT pass rate
- 2001
- typical 168,345 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
27.8% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2001 76.8% pass · this year
- Avoid 2004 71.9% pass
Across the 5 years on record, a spread of 4.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 72.3%
- Typical mileage
- 168k mi
The 2001 Toyota Landcruiser Colorado MOT pass rate is 76.8% of its MOT tests — 3.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 27.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Toyota Landcruiser Colorado does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 2.5× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 13.7% of everything recorded on the 2001 Toyota Landcruiser Colorado, against 5.6% nationally — 8.1 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 27.8%, 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 73.3% and this one manages 76.8% — 3.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 33% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
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 2001 Toyota Landcruiser Colorado compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.3%, so this figure is 3.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 72.3%. The median 2001 Toyota Landcruiser Colorado in this dataset had covered 168,345 mi.
96% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 77.1% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 80.1% of the time, April–September 72.2%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 6.29% of tests.
- 604 recorded tests behind this page.
- 76.8% overall pass rate, 72.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Toyota Landcruiser Colorado, the average is 74.9% — best year 2001 (76.8%), worst 2004 (71.9%).
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
- 604
- Typical mileage (median)
- 168,345 mi
- Make and model
- Toyota Landcruiser Colorado
- 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 Landcruiser Colorado 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 (96% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Landcruiser Colorado
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 120 | 81.7% |
| North West | 81 | 84.0% |
| Yorkshire | 72 | 75.0% |
| East of England | 69 | 76.8% |
| West Midlands | 69 | 73.9% |
| South West | 66 | 71.2% |
| East Midlands | 44 | 81.8% |
| Scotland | 31 | 67.7% |
| Wales | 29 | 65.5% |
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 2001 Landcruiser Colorado
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 2001 Landcruiser Colorado
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 6.3% 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 lights 5.6% 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 suspension joints 5.5% 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 2001 Landcruiser Colorado through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £56–£146 — and 33% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £56–£146
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- 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
- 33%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 604 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 Colorado, side by side
5 model years on record, from 2000 to 2004. Across them the pass rate runs from 71.9% to 76.8% — a spread of 4.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 74.1% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2001 76.8%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2002 73.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2003 75.3% battery(ies) insecure but not…
- 2004 71.9% chassis condition or chassis has…
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 2001 Toyota Landcruiser Colorado 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 2001 cars with a similar record
Closest pass rates among 2001 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 2001 Toyota Landcruiser Colorado 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 1,820 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 | 512 | 27.80% | 20.98% | +6.82 |
| Brakes | 373 | 20.20% | 20.89% | −0.69 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 252 | 13.70% | 5.57% | +8.13 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 229 | 12.40% | 12.21% | +0.19 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 98 | 5.30% | 5.52% | −0.22 |
| Tyres | 92 | 5.00% | 19.76% | −14.76 |
| Non-component advisories | 79 | 4.30% | 4.18% | +0.12 |
| Steering | 79 | 4.30% | 2.57% | +1.73 |
| Visibility | 72 | 3.90% | 4.97% | −1.07 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 34 | 1.80% | 1.76% | +0.04 |
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 | 6.3% | £80–200 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 5.6% | £5–20 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 5.5% | £18–45 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.0% | £3–12 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 3.5% | £80–250 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 2.8% | £180–450 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 2.5% | £45–110 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.3% | £5–25 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 2.1% | £60–150 |
| Chassis condition or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of a body mounting Body, chassis, structure | Major | 2.0% | £180–450 |
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 | 16.2% | £80–180 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 15.7% | £25–65 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 11.3% | £40–150 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 8.4% | £200–700 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 7.6% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 7.3% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 4 | 100.0% | 24,062 mi |
| 30-60k | 19 | 100.0% | 48,359 mi |
| 60-90k | 31 | 83.9% | 80,877 mi |
| 90-120k | 54 | 81.5% | 107,043 mi |
| 120k+ | 495 | 74.7% | 183,778 mi |
Source: 604 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.
2001 Landcruiser Colorado MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2001 Toyota Landcruiser Colorado?
76.8% of the 604 2001 Toyota Landcruiser Colorado tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.3% for cars first used in 2001. First-attempt pass rate: 72.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2001 Toyota Landcruiser Colorado?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (6.29%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (5.63%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (5.46%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2001 Toyota Landcruiser Colorado MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 74.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2001 Toyota Landcruiser Colorado in this dataset had covered 168,345 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2001 Toyota Landcruiser Colorado?
Diesel: 77.1% pass rate across 580 tests. Petrol: 70.8% pass rate across 24 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2001 Toyota Landcruiser Colorado MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 80.1% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 72.2%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.