Pass rate
89.7%
Above average — 1.0 pts behind the 90.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 174 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £10–£29
2020 Toyota Noah MOT pass rate
- 2020
- typical 59,827 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
23.3% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
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
- 88.7%
- Typical mileage
- 60k mi
The 2020 Toyota Noah MOT pass rate is 89.7% of its MOT tests — 1.0 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension 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
Lamps & electrics: 1.7× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 20.9% of everything recorded on the 2020 Toyota Noah, against 12.2% nationally — 8.7 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 23.3%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. 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.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 64% 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.
- Based on a small sample. 174 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 2020 Toyota Noah compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 90.7%, so this figure is 1.0 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 88.7%. The median 2020 Toyota Noah in this dataset had covered 59,827 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Hybrid — 52% of tests, with a 97.8% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 94.7% of the time, April–September 85.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 5.75% of tests.
- 174 recorded tests behind this page.
- 89.7% overall pass rate, 88.7% 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
- 174
- Typical mileage (median)
- 59,827 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 72% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Hybrid is the most common here (52% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Noah
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| West Midlands | 42 | 97.6% |
| North West | 38 | 86.8% |
| South East | 29 | 79.3% |
| London | 27 | 96.3% |
| East Midlands | 16 | 81.3% |
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 2020 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 2020 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 5.8% 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 2.3% 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 1.7% 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.
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 2020 Noah through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £10–£29 — and 64% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £10–£29
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp does not emit a steady red light
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust…
- £18–£45
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 100%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 64%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 174 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 2020 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 2020 cars with a similar record
- Kia Sportage 89.7%
- Citroen C5 89.7%
- Audi A5 89.7%
- Land Rover R Rover Evoque 89.7%
- Jaguar Xf 89.7%
- Ford Mustang 89.7%
Closest pass rates among 2020 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 2020 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 162 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 | 38 | 23.30% | 20.98% | +2.32 |
| Tyres | 34 | 20.90% | 19.76% | +1.14 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 34 | 20.90% | 12.21% | +8.69 |
| Brakes | 16 | 9.80% | 20.89% | −11.09 |
| Visibility | 14 | 8.60% | 4.97% | +3.63 |
| Non-component advisories | 11 | 6.70% | 4.18% | +2.52 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 6 | 3.70% | 5.52% | −1.82 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 4 | 2.50% | 5.57% | −3.07 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 3 | 1.80% | 1.76% | +0.04 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 2 | 1.20% | 0.82% | +0.38 |
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 | 5.8% | £5–20 |
| Rear fog lamp does not emit a steady red light Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.9% | £3–15 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 2.3% | £18–45 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 2.3% | £18–45 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.3% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 1.7% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.7% | £5–25 |
| Mirrors slightly damaged Visibility | Minor | 1.7% | £3–15 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.7% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.7% | £8–22 |
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 | 10.3% | £45–95 |
| Swivel pins and bushes swivel pin and/or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 4.6% | £40–150 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 3.5% | £200–700 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 2.3% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 2.3% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Play in steering rack inner joint(s) Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.3% | £120–300 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 43 | 97.7% | 11,241 mi |
| 30-60k | 44 | 95.5% | 44,235 mi |
| 60-90k | 40 | 80.0% | 77,186 mi |
| 90-120k | 25 | 84.0% | 103,823 mi |
| 120k+ | 21 | 85.7% | 143,149 mi |
Source: 174 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.
2020 Noah MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2020 Toyota Noah?
89.7% of the 174 2020 Toyota Noah tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 90.7% for cars first used in 2020. First-attempt pass rate: 88.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2020 Toyota Noah?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (5.75%), rear fog lamp does not emit a steady red light (2.87%), linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.30%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2020 Toyota Noah MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 97.7% of the time, falling to 85.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2020 Toyota Noah in this dataset had covered 59,827 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2020 Toyota Noah?
Hybrid: 97.8% pass rate across 91 tests. Petrol: 80.7% pass rate across 83 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2020 Toyota Noah MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 94.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 85.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.