Pass rate
80.4%
Around average — 7.3 pts ahead of the 73.1% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 51 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £28–£97
2008 Toyota Noah MOT pass rate
- 2008
- typical 81,710 mi
Only 51 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
Lamps & electrics
39.7% of faults · 12.2% nationally
Part only £6–£18 for Registration plate lamp inoperative (multiple lamps). What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2021 93.4% pass
- Avoid 2011 79.2% pass
Across the 14 years on record, a spread of 14.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 76.2%
- Typical mileage
- 82k mi
The 2008 Toyota Noah MOT pass rate is 80.4% of its MOT tests — 7.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Lamps & electrics is the biggest single reason it fails, at 39.7% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Toyota Noah does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 3.3× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 39.7% of everything recorded on the 2008 Toyota Noah, against 12.2% nationally — 27.5 points above. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
- 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 73.1% and this one manages 80.4% — 7.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 59% of the repairs this model fails on cost under £30 in parts. The pass rate matters less than what a bad afternoon at the test centre actually costs you.
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 2008 Toyota Noah compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.1%, so this figure is 7.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 76.2%. The median 2008 Toyota Noah in this dataset had covered 81,710 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 13.73% of tests.
- 51 recorded tests behind this page.
- 80.4% overall pass rate, 76.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Toyota Noah, the average is 88.4% — best year 2021 (93.4%), worst 2011 (79.2%).
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
- 51
- Typical mileage (median)
- 81,710 mi
- Make and model
- Toyota Noah
- 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 Noah MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 67% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Noah
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| London | 17 | 76.5% |
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 2008 Noah
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 2008 Noah
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 13.7% 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 wipers and washers 3.9% of tests
“wipers blade defective”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
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Check the brakes 2.0% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
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 2008 Noah through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £28–£97 — and 59% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £28–£97
- 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
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 59%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 51 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 Noah, side by side
14 model years on record, from 2007 to 2021. Across them the pass rate runs from 79.2% to 93.4% — a spread of 14.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2007 81.6% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2008 80.4%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 79.8% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2010 82.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 79.2% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2012 85.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 88.8% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2015 88.6% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2016 87.8% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2017 89.1% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2018 92.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2019 92.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2020 89.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2021 93.4% rear fog lamp not working
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 2008 Toyota Noah 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 2008 cars with a similar record
Closest pass rates among 2008 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 2008 Toyota Noah 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 8 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 68 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 27 | 39.70% | 12.21% | +27.49 |
| Tyres | 10 | 14.70% | 19.76% | −5.06 |
| Brakes | 9 | 13.20% | 20.89% | −7.69 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 7 | 10.30% | 5.52% | +4.78 |
| Suspension | 5 | 7.40% | 20.98% | −13.58 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 4 | 5.90% | 5.57% | +0.33 |
| Visibility | 3 | 4.40% | 4.97% | −0.57 |
| Non-component advisories | 3 | 4.40% | 4.18% | +0.22 |
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 | 13.7% | £5–20 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 7.8% | £3–15 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 5.9% | £80–250 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 3.9% | £8–22 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 2.0% | £18–45 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.0% | £60–250 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.0% | £60–250 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.0% | £60–250 |
| Catalyst emissions hydrocarbon content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.0% | £60–250 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 2.0% | £45–95 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 13.7% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 9.8% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp has a product on the lens so that the light output is severely reduced Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Advisory | 7.8% | £5–25 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 5.9% | £200–700 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 5.9% | £30–75 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 3.9% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 4 | 75.0% | 52,263 mi |
| 60-90k | 28 | 82.1% | 77,194 mi |
| 90-120k | 16 | 75.0% | 101,854 mi |
| 120k+ | 2 | 100.0% | 130,359 mi |
Source: 51 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.
2008 Noah MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2008 Toyota Noah?
80.4% of the 51 2008 Toyota Noah tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.1% for cars first used in 2008. First-attempt pass rate: 76.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2008 Toyota Noah?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (13.73%), rear fog lamp not working (7.84%), joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (5.88%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2008 Toyota Noah MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 75.0% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2008 Toyota Noah in this dataset had covered 81,710 mi.