Pass rate
77.5%
Around average — 3.7 pts ahead of the 73.8% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 187 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £53–£163
2000 Toyota Picnic MOT pass rate
- 2000
- typical 142,795 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
22.8% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2001 81.9% pass
- Avoid 2000 77.5% pass · this year
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 4.4 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 73.9%
- Typical mileage
- 143k mi
The 2000 Toyota Picnic MOT pass rate is 77.5% of its MOT tests — 3.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 22.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Toyota Picnic does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Emissions & leaks: 2.5× the national share
Emissions & leaks make up 13.7% of everything recorded on the 2000 Toyota Picnic, against 5.5% nationally — 8.2 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 22.8%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. A smoky diesel or a leaking joint fails on emissions more often than on wear, so ask for a recent emissions printout.
- 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 73.8% and this one manages 77.5% — 3.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 187 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 2000 Toyota Picnic compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.8%, so this figure is 3.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 73.9%. The median 2000 Toyota Picnic in this dataset had covered 142,795 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Petrol — 91% of tests, with a 77.1% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 82.1% of the time, April–September 73.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 10.70% of tests.
- 187 recorded tests behind this page.
- 77.5% overall pass rate, 73.9% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Toyota Picnic, the average is 78.7% — best year 2001 (81.9%), worst 2000 (77.5%).
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
- 187
- Typical mileage (median)
- 142,795 mi
- Make and model
- Toyota Picnic
- 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 Picnic MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 65% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (91% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Picnic
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 74 | 75.7% |
| East of England | 31 | 77.4% |
| South West | 23 | 78.3% |
| West Midlands | 19 | 84.2% |
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 2000 Picnic
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 2000 Picnic
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 10.7% 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 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.
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Check the exhaust and emissions 3.2% of tests
“catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
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 2000 Picnic through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £53–£163 — and 41% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £53–£163
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 30%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 41%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 187 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 Picnic, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2000 to 2001. Across them the pass rate runs from 77.5% to 81.9% — a spread of 4.4 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 77.5%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2001 81.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
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 2000 Toyota Picnic 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 2000 cars with a similar record
- BMW Z3 78.4%
- Saab 9-3 76.6%
- BMW 3 Series 76.5%
- Mercedes-Benz Clk 79.2%
- Land Rover Discovery 75.7%
- Rover Mini 79.4%
Closest pass rates among 2000 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 2000 Toyota Picnic 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 589 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 | 135 | 22.80% | 20.98% | +1.82 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 81 | 13.70% | 5.52% | +8.18 |
| Brakes | 79 | 13.30% | 20.89% | −7.59 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 78 | 13.20% | 5.57% | +7.63 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 70 | 11.80% | 12.21% | −0.41 |
| Tyres | 60 | 10.10% | 19.76% | −9.66 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 25 | 4.20% | 1.76% | +2.44 |
| Steering | 24 | 4.10% | 2.57% | +1.53 |
| Non-component advisories | 20 | 3.40% | 4.18% | −0.78 |
| Visibility | 17 | 2.90% | 4.97% | −2.07 |
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 | 10.7% | £5–20 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 6.4% | £80–250 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 5.9% | £80–200 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.3% | £5–25 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 3.2% | £60–250 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 3.2% | £180–450 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 3.2% | £5–25 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 2.7% | £80–250 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.1% | £60–250 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.1% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 24.1% | £200–700 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 20.9% | £25–65 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 16.6% | £45–120 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 15.0% | £45–95 |
| Registration plates inscription illegible Identification of the vehicle | Advisory | 12.3% | £20–80 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 11.8% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 6 | 83.3% | 50,439 mi |
| 60-90k | 21 | 81.0% | 83,891 mi |
| 90-120k | 43 | 86.0% | 99,428 mi |
| 120k+ | 117 | 73.5% | 162,982 mi |
Source: 187 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.
2000 Picnic MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2000 Toyota Picnic?
77.5% of the 187 2000 Toyota Picnic tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.8% for cars first used in 2000. First-attempt pass rate: 73.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2000 Toyota Picnic?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (10.70%), joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (6.42%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (5.88%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2000 Toyota Picnic MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 83.3% of the time, falling to 73.5% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2000 Toyota Picnic in this dataset had covered 142,795 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2000 Toyota Picnic?
Petrol: 77.1% pass rate across 170 tests. Diesel: 82.4% pass rate across 17 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2000 Toyota Picnic MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 82.1% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 73.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.