Pass rate
75.3%
Around average — 2.7 pts ahead of the 72.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 73 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £67–£183
2003 Toyota Landcruiser Colorado MOT pass rate
- 2003
- typical 168,981 mi
Only 73 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.
Most common fault
Suspension
28.9% 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
- Avoid 2004 71.9% pass
Across the 5 years on record, a spread of 4.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 70.7%
- Typical mileage
- 169k mi
The 2003 Toyota Landcruiser Colorado MOT pass rate is 75.3% of its MOT tests — 2.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 28.9% 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 13.8% of everything recorded on the 2003 Toyota Landcruiser Colorado, against 5.6% nationally — 8.2 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 28.9%, 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.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 30% 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.
- Based on a small sample. 73 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 2003 Toyota Landcruiser Colorado compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.6%, so this figure is 2.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 70.7%. The median 2003 Toyota Landcruiser Colorado in this dataset had covered 168,981 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier", noted on 5.48% of tests.
- 73 recorded tests behind this page.
- 75.3% overall pass rate, 70.7% 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
- 73
- Typical mileage (median)
- 168,981 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
Battery
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Landcruiser Colorado MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 49% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Landcruiser Colorado
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 15 | 73.3% |
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 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 2003 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 battery 5.5% of tests
“battery(ies) insecure”
Check the battery is secure and its terminals are clean and tight — a loose battery is a fail on its own, and a weak one shows up as slow cranking on a cold morning.
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Check the lights 5.5% of tests
“stop lamp not working”
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 5.5% 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.
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 Landcruiser Colorado through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £67–£183 — and 30% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £67–£183
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: chassis condition corroded to the extent that…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 40%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 30%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 73 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 2003 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 2003 cars with a similar record
- Mercedes-Benz Clk 75.5%
- BMW 316 75.6%
- Land Rover Defender 75.7%
- Rover 25 75.7%
- SEAT Leon 75.8%
- BMW 525 74.7%
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 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 152 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 | 44 | 28.90% | 20.98% | +7.92 |
| Brakes | 23 | 15.10% | 20.89% | −5.79 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 21 | 13.80% | 5.57% | +8.23 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 17 | 11.20% | 12.21% | −1.01 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 12 | 7.90% | 5.52% | +2.38 |
| Non-component advisories | 11 | 7.20% | 4.18% | +3.02 |
| Tyres | 10 | 6.60% | 19.76% | −13.16 |
| Visibility | 8 | 5.30% | 4.97% | +0.33 |
| Steering | 4 | 2.60% | 2.57% | +0.03 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 2 | 1.30% | 0.82% | +0.48 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 5.5% | £60–140 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 5.5% | £3–12 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 5.5% | £80–200 |
| Chassis condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced Body, chassis, structure | Major | 4.1% | £180–450 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 4.1% | £180–450 |
| Pre 01/07/2008 turbo emissions exceed level of metered smoke for a turbo charged engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 4.1% | £60–250 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.1% | £5–20 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault Brakes | Major | 2.7% | £3–15 |
| Attachment bracket and mounting attachment bracket/mounting insecure Suspension | Major | 2.7% | £40–150 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 2.7% | £45–120 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 16.4% | £25–65 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 11.0% | £40–150 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 11.0% | £80–180 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 9.6% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 6.8% | £200–700 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 6.8% | £45–120 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60-90k | 11 | 72.7% | 82,455 mi |
| 90-120k | 7 | 57.1% | 104,383 mi |
| 120k+ | 55 | 78.2% | 179,421 mi |
Source: 73 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 Landcruiser Colorado MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2003 Toyota Landcruiser Colorado?
75.3% of the 73 2003 Toyota Landcruiser Colorado tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.6% for cars first used in 2003. First-attempt pass rate: 70.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2003 Toyota Landcruiser Colorado?
The three most recorded items are battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier (5.48%), stop lamp not working (5.48%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (5.48%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2003 Toyota Landcruiser Colorado MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 72.7% of the time, falling to 78.2% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2003 Toyota Landcruiser Colorado in this dataset had covered 168,981 mi.