Pass rate
85.1%
Above average — 7.9 pts ahead of the 77.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 67 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £21–£60
2012 Toyota Noah MOT pass rate
- 2012
- typical 64,873 mi
Only 67 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
Brakes
23.3% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£40 for Brake pads under 1.5 mm. 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
- 83.6%
- Typical mileage
- 65k mi
The 2012 Toyota Noah MOT pass rate is 85.1% of its MOT tests — 7.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 23.3% 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
Fewer problems with tyres
Tyres are 10.0% of this car’s recorded faults, against 19.8% nationally — the mirror image of the usual story on a car of this age.
- 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 77.2% and this one manages 85.1% — 7.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 67 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 2012 Toyota Noah compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 77.2%, so this figure is 7.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 83.6%. The median 2012 Toyota Noah in this dataset had covered 64,873 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 93.3% of the time, April–September 78.4%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 7.46% of tests.
- 67 recorded tests behind this page.
- 85.1% overall pass rate, 83.6% 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
- 67
- Typical mileage (median)
- 64,873 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 58% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Noah
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 17 | 88.2% |
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 2012 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 2012 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 7.5% 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 4.5% of tests
“linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt”
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.
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Check the wipers and washers 3.0% of tests
“washers provides insufficient washer liquid”
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.
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 2012 Noah through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £21–£60 — and 45% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £21–£60
- Cheapest common item: anti-lock braking system warning lamp…
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 45%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 67 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 2012 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 2012 cars with a similar record
Closest pass rates among 2012 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 2012 Toyota Noah 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 60 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 14 | 23.30% | 20.89% | +2.41 |
| Suspension | 12 | 20.00% | 20.98% | −0.98 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 9 | 15.00% | 12.21% | +2.79 |
| Tyres | 6 | 10.00% | 19.76% | −9.76 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 4 | 6.70% | 5.57% | +1.13 |
| Visibility | 4 | 6.70% | 4.97% | +1.73 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 3 | 5.00% | 5.52% | −0.52 |
| Non-component advisories | 3 | 5.00% | 4.18% | +0.82 |
| Steering | 3 | 5.00% | 2.57% | +2.43 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 2 | 3.30% | 0.82% | +2.48 |
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 | 7.5% | £5–20 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 4.5% | £18–45 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault Brakes | Major | 3.0% | £3–15 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 3.0% | £80–250 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 3.0% | £18–45 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Major | 3.0% | £5–15 |
| Anti-lock braking system wheel speed sensor excessively damaged Brakes | Major | 1.5% | £45–110 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.5% | £18–45 |
| Brake fluid significantly below minimum mark Brakes | Major | 1.5% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.5% | £18–45 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 6.0% | £45–110 |
| Swivel pins and bushes swivel pin and/or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 6.0% | £40–150 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 4.5% | £18–45 |
| Steering rack has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel (steering rack fitted) Steering | Advisory | 4.5% | £120–300 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 3.0% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Play in steering rack inner joint(s) Non-component advisories | Advisory | 3.0% | £120–300 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 24 | 79.2% | 47,102 mi |
| 60-90k | 29 | 93.1% | 70,695 mi |
| 90-120k | 8 | 87.5% | 106,586 mi |
| 120k+ | 6 | 66.7% | 156,910 mi |
Source: 67 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.
2012 Noah MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2012 Toyota Noah?
85.1% of the 67 2012 Toyota Noah tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 77.2% for cars first used in 2012. First-attempt pass rate: 83.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2012 Toyota Noah?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (7.46%), linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (4.48%), anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an abs fault (2.99%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2012 Toyota Noah MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 79.2% of the time, falling to 66.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2012 Toyota Noah in this dataset had covered 64,873 mi.
Does the season affect the 2012 Toyota Noah MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 93.3% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 78.4%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.