Pass rate
81.9%
Around average — 8.6 pts ahead of the 73.3% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 72 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £56–£170
2001 Toyota Picnic MOT pass rate
- 2001
- typical 138,058 mi
Only 72 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
Suspension
27.1% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Part only £35–£75 for Suspension pin or bush excessively worn. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2001 81.9% pass · this year
- Avoid 2000 77.5% pass
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 4.4 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 79.0%
- Typical mileage
- 138k mi
The 2001 Toyota Picnic MOT pass rate is 81.9% of its MOT tests — 8.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 27.1% 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: 2.7× the national share
Emissions & leaks make up 14.8% of everything recorded on the 2001 Toyota Picnic, against 5.5% nationally — 9.3 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 27.1%, 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 73.3% and this one manages 81.9% — 8.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 34% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
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 2001 Toyota Picnic compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.3%, so this figure is 8.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 79.0%. The median 2001 Toyota Picnic in this dataset had covered 138,058 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 12.50% of tests.
- 72 recorded tests behind this page.
- 81.9% overall pass rate, 79.0% 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
- 72
- Typical mileage (median)
- 138,058 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 72% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Picnic
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 27 | 85.2% |
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 2001 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 2001 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 12.5% 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 corrosion 5.6% 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 exhaust and emissions 4.2% of tests
“catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside 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 2001 Picnic through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £56–£170 — and 34% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £56–£170
- 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
- 40%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 34%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 72 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 2001 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 2001 cars with a similar record
- Jaguar XK8 80.6%
- Porsche Boxster 80.5%
- Mercedes-Benz Slk 80.3%
- BMW Z3 79.5%
- Subaru Impreza 79.3%
- Jaguar Xkr 79.2%
Closest pass rates among 2001 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 2001 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 234 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 | 64 | 27.10% | 20.98% | +6.12 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 35 | 14.80% | 5.52% | +9.28 |
| Tyres | 28 | 11.90% | 19.76% | −7.86 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 25 | 10.60% | 5.57% | +5.03 |
| Brakes | 24 | 10.20% | 20.89% | −10.69 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 24 | 10.20% | 12.21% | −2.01 |
| Non-component advisories | 15 | 6.40% | 4.18% | +2.22 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 10 | 4.20% | 1.76% | +2.44 |
| Visibility | 5 | 2.10% | 4.97% | −2.87 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 4 | 1.70% | 0.82% | +0.88 |
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 | 12.5% | £5–20 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 9.7% | £80–250 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 5.6% | £180–450 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 5.6% | £80–250 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 4.2% | £60–250 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 4.2% | £40–150 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.8% | £60–140 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.8% | £30–80 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.8% | £5–25 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) missing in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.8% | £5–20 |
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 | 34.7% | £200–700 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 30.6% | £25–65 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 19.4% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 15.3% | £45–95 |
| Registration plates inscription illegible Identification of the vehicle | Advisory | 13.9% | £20–80 |
| Non-component advisories Play in steering rack inner joint(s) Non-component advisories | Advisory | 11.1% | £120–300 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60-90k | 5 | 100.0% | 72,588 mi |
| 90-120k | 22 | 81.8% | 105,055 mi |
| 120k+ | 45 | 80.0% | 174,274 mi |
Source: 72 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.
2001 Picnic MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2001 Toyota Picnic?
81.9% of the 72 2001 Toyota Picnic tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.3% for cars first used in 2001. First-attempt pass rate: 79.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2001 Toyota Picnic?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (12.50%), joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (9.72%), component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (5.56%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2001 Toyota Picnic MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 80.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2001 Toyota Picnic in this dataset had covered 138,058 mi.