Pass rate
96.5%
Above average — 14.4 pts ahead of the 82.1% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 115 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £18–£44
2015 Toyota Prius T3 Vvt-I MOT pass rate
- 2015
- typical 274,559 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
25.9% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2014 98.6% pass
- Avoid 2013 84.9% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 13.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 96.4%
- Typical mileage
- 275k mi
The 2015 Toyota Prius T3 Vvt-I MOT pass rate is 96.5% of its MOT tests — 14.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 25.9% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Toyota Prius T3 Vvt-I does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Visibility: 4.5× the national share
Visibility accounts for 22.2% of everything recorded on the 2015 Toyota Prius T3 Vvt-I, against 5.0% nationally — 17.2 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 25.9%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. Wipers, washers and a chip in the driver’s eyeline are the three quickest ways to fail a test that the car otherwise deserves to pass.
- 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 82.1% and this one manages 96.5% — 14.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 115 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 2015 Toyota Prius T3 Vvt-I compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 82.1%, so this figure is 14.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 96.4%. The median 2015 Toyota Prius T3 Vvt-I in this dataset had covered 274,559 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 100.0% of the time, April–September 93.2%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively", noted on 4.35% of tests.
- 115 recorded tests behind this page.
- 96.5% overall pass rate, 96.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Toyota Prius T3 Vvt-I, the average is 94.6% — best year 2014 (98.6%), worst 2013 (84.9%).
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
- 115
- Typical mileage (median)
- 274,559 mi
- Make and model
- Toyota Prius T3 Vvt-I
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Wiper Blade
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Prius T3 Vvt-I MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 87% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Prius T3 Vvt-I
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 112 | 97.3% |
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 2015 Prius T3 Vvt-I
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 2015 Prius T3 Vvt-I
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 wipers and washers 4.3% of tests
“wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”
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 1.7% 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.
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Check the tyre tread 1.7% of tests
“tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm”
Check all four tyres cold, including the inner shoulder where wear hides — 1.6mm across the central three-quarters is the legal limit, and most testers fail at 1.6mm without argument.
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 2015 Prius T3 Vvt-I through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £18–£44 — and 50% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £18–£44
- Cheapest common item: wipers does not clear the windscreen…
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm
- £45–£95
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 50%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 115 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 Prius T3 Vvt-I, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2013 to 2015. Across them the pass rate runs from 84.9% to 98.6% — a spread of 13.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2013 84.9% malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2014 98.6% tread depth below requirements of…
- 2015 96.5%wipers does not clear the…
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 2015 Toyota Prius T3 Vvt-I 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 2015 cars with a similar record
- Bentley Continental 95.6%
- Porsche 911 95.5%
- Porsche Cayman 94.7%
- Porsche Boxster 94.4%
- Jaguar F-Type 92.9%
- Audi A8 92.7%
Closest pass rates among 2015 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 2015 Toyota Prius T3 Vvt-I 10 failure items · 6 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 27 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 | 7 | 25.90% | 20.98% | +4.92 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 6 | 22.20% | 12.21% | +9.99 |
| Visibility | 6 | 22.20% | 4.97% | +17.23 |
| Tyres | 4 | 14.80% | 19.76% | −4.96 |
| Brakes | 2 | 7.40% | 20.89% | −13.49 |
| Road Wheels | 2 | 7.40% | 0.75% | +6.65 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 4.3% | £8–22 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Rectified | 1.7% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Rectified | 1.7% | £45–95 |
| Anti-roll bar insecure and impairing directional stability Suspension | Rectified | 0.87% | £12–30 |
| Anti-roll bar likely to become detached Suspension | Major | 0.87% | £12–30 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Rectified | 0.87% | £18–45 |
| Fixing missing Road Wheels | Rectified | 0.87% | £20–55 |
| Fixing missing Road Wheels | Major | 0.87% | £20–55 |
| Headlamp aim too high and too far to the left. Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.87% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp not working on main beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.87% | £5–25 |
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.
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 120k+ | 97 | 95.9% | 274,068 mi |
Source: 115 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.
2015 Prius T3 Vvt-I MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2015 Toyota Prius T3 Vvt-I?
96.5% of the 115 2015 Toyota Prius T3 Vvt-I tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 82.1% for cars first used in 2015. First-attempt pass rate: 96.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2015 Toyota Prius T3 Vvt-I?
The three most recorded items are wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (4.35%), brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (1.74%), tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (1.74%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2015 Toyota Prius T3 Vvt-I MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 95.9% of the time, falling to 95.9% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2015 Toyota Prius T3 Vvt-I in this dataset had covered 274,559 mi.
Does the season affect the 2015 Toyota Prius T3 Vvt-I MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 100.0% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 93.2%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.