Pass rate
77.9%
Around average — 5.3 pts ahead of the 72.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 68 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £52–£140
2003 Toyota Lucida MOT pass rate
- 2003
- typical 120,363 mi
Only 68 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
29.3% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2003 77.9% pass · this year
- Avoid 2006 64.9% pass
Across the 6 years on record, a spread of 13 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 73.2%
- Typical mileage
- 120k mi
The 2003 Toyota Lucida MOT pass rate is 77.9% of its MOT tests — 5.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 29.3% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Toyota Lucida does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.4× the national share
Suspension accounts for 29.3% of everything recorded on the 2003 Toyota Lucida, against 21.0% nationally — 8.3 points above. Ask for the front and rear suspension to be checked on a ramp before you buy — worn bushes and broken springs are cheap to look at and expensive to discover at test time.
- 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 72.6% and this one manages 77.9% — 5.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 68 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 Lucida compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.6%, so this figure is 5.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 73.2%. The median 2003 Toyota Lucida in this dataset had covered 120,363 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp lens slightly defective", noted on 8.82% of tests.
- 68 recorded tests behind this page.
- 77.9% overall pass rate, 73.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Toyota Lucida, the average is 71.7% — best year 2003 (77.9%), worst 2006 (64.9%).
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
- 68
- Typical mileage (median)
- 120,363 mi
- Make and model
- Toyota Lucida
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Headlight Bulb
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Lucida MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 58% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Lucida
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 24 | 75.0% |
| North West | 18 | 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 2003 Lucida
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 Lucida
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 8.8% of tests
“headlamp lens slightly defective”
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 corrosion 5.9% 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.
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Check the windscreen 5.9% 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 Lucida through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £52–£140 — and 42% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £52–£140
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp not working
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 42%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 68 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 Lucida, side by side
6 model years on record, from 2003 to 2008. Across them the pass rate runs from 64.9% to 77.9% — a spread of 13 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2003 77.9%headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2004 75.2% exhaust system has a major leak…
- 2005 73.5% rear fog lamp not working
- 2006 64.9% component mounting prescribed…
- 2007 72.1% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2008 69.1% component mounting prescribed…
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 Lucida 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
- Lexus IS200 78.0%
- Mercedes-Benz Slk 78.3%
- BMW Z4 77.5%
- BMW 530 77.1%
- Jaguar Xj 78.8%
- BMW 3 Series 76.9%
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 Lucida 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 268 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 | 81 | 29.30% | 20.98% | +8.32 |
| Brakes | 46 | 16.70% | 20.89% | −4.19 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 33 | 12.00% | 12.21% | −0.21 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 25 | 9.10% | 5.57% | +3.53 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 25 | 9.10% | 5.52% | +3.58 |
| Tyres | 20 | 7.20% | 19.76% | −12.56 |
| Visibility | 13 | 4.70% | 4.97% | −0.27 |
| Non-component advisories | 9 | 3.30% | 4.18% | −0.88 |
| Steering | 8 | 2.90% | 2.57% | +0.33 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 8 | 2.90% | 1.76% | +1.14 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 8.8% | £5–25 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 7.3% | £80–250 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 5.9% | £180–450 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 5.9% | £80–200 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 5.9% | £8–22 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 2.9% | £18–45 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.9% | £60–140 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 2.9% | £18–45 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.9% | £3–15 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.9% | £3–15 |
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 | 27.9% | £25–65 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 26.5% | £80–180 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 25.0% | £200–700 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 19.1% | £45–95 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Advisory | 14.7% | £180–450 |
| Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush Suspension | Advisory | 14.7% | £30–75 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 1 | 100.0% | 14,149 mi |
| 60-90k | 18 | 66.7% | 75,796 mi |
| 90-120k | 14 | 85.7% | 103,955 mi |
| 120k+ | 35 | 80.0% | 178,291 mi |
Source: 68 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 Lucida MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2003 Toyota Lucida?
77.9% of the 68 2003 Toyota Lucida tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.6% for cars first used in 2003. First-attempt pass rate: 73.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2003 Toyota Lucida?
The three most recorded items are headlamp lens slightly defective (8.82%), joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (7.35%), component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (5.88%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2003 Toyota Lucida MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 80.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2003 Toyota Lucida in this dataset had covered 120,363 mi.