Pass rate
73.5%
Below average — 1.1 pts ahead of the 72.4% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 117 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £65–£169
2005 Toyota Lucida MOT pass rate
- 2005
- typical 143,915 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
22.7% 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
- Avoid 2006 64.9% pass
Across the 6 years on record, a spread of 13 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 67.7%
- Typical mileage
- 144k mi
The 2005 Toyota Lucida MOT pass rate is 73.5% of its MOT tests — 1.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 22.7% 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
Fewer problems with tyres
Tyres are 8.9% of this car’s recorded faults, against 19.8% nationally — the mirror image of the usual story on a car of this age.
- Based on a small sample. 117 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 2005 Toyota Lucida compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.4%, so this figure is 1.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 67.7%. The median 2005 Toyota Lucida in this dataset had covered 143,915 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 73.8% of the time, April–September 73.1%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Rear fog lamp not working", noted on 7.69% of tests.
- 117 recorded tests behind this page.
- 73.5% overall pass rate, 67.7% 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
- 117
- Typical mileage (median)
- 143,915 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
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 0% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Lucida
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| North West | 28 | 64.3% |
| South West | 20 | 70.0% |
| West Midlands | 19 | 78.9% |
| South East | 19 | 78.9% |
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 2005 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 2005 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 7.7% of tests
“rear fog 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 corrosion 6.8% 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 brake pipes 4.3% of tests
“rigid brake pipes excessively corroded”
Brake pipes run under the car, usually in front of the rear wheels. Flaking or crusty metal is what fails; a light dusting of surface rust does not. Worth asking a garage to look while it is on a ramp.
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 2005 Lucida through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £65–£169 — and 36% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £65–£169
- 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
- 40%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 36%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 117 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 2005 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 2005 cars with a similar record
- Honda Accord 73.5%
- Audi Tt 73.6%
- Saab 9-3 73.6%
- Jaguar S-Type 73.4%
- Suzuki Wagon-R+ 73.6%
- Ford Fusion 73.7%
Closest pass rates among 2005 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 2005 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 351 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 | 82 | 22.70% | 20.98% | +1.72 |
| Brakes | 79 | 21.90% | 20.89% | +1.01 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 43 | 11.90% | 12.21% | −0.31 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 37 | 10.20% | 5.57% | +4.63 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 34 | 9.40% | 5.52% | +3.88 |
| Tyres | 32 | 8.90% | 19.76% | −10.86 |
| Non-component advisories | 22 | 6.10% | 4.18% | +1.92 |
| Visibility | 9 | 2.50% | 4.97% | −2.47 |
| Steering | 8 | 2.20% | 2.57% | −0.37 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 5 | 1.40% | 1.76% | −0.36 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 7.7% | £3–15 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 6.8% | £180–450 |
| Parking brake performance inoperative on one side Brakes | Major | 4.3% | £60–150 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Major | 4.3% | £80–180 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 4.3% | £8–22 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.4% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.4% | £5–25 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 3.4% | £45–110 |
| Chassis condition or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of a body mounting Body, chassis, structure | Major | 2.6% | £180–450 |
| Emissions not tested unable to be completed Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.6% | £60–250 |
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 | 22.2% | £80–180 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 18.8% | £25–65 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 17.1% | £200–700 |
| Non-component advisories Play in steering rack inner joint(s) Non-component advisories | Advisory | 13.7% | £120–300 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 11.1% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 11.1% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 1 | 0.0% | 19,300 mi |
| 30-60k | 1 | 100.0% | 52,365 mi |
| 60-90k | 6 | 66.7% | 77,162 mi |
| 90-120k | 23 | 78.3% | 105,567 mi |
| 120k+ | 85 | 72.9% | 161,066 mi |
Source: 117 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.
2005 Lucida MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2005 Toyota Lucida?
73.5% of the 117 2005 Toyota Lucida tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.4% for cars first used in 2005. First-attempt pass rate: 67.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2005 Toyota Lucida?
The three most recorded items are rear fog lamp not working (7.69%), component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (6.84%), parking brake performance inoperative on one side (4.27%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2005 Toyota Lucida MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 0.0% of the time, falling to 72.9% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2005 Toyota Lucida in this dataset had covered 143,915 mi.
Does the season affect the 2005 Toyota Lucida MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 73.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 73.1%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.