Pass rate
91.3%
Above average — 3.5 pts behind the 94.8% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 149 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £38–£105
2023 Toyota Proace MOT pass rate
- 2023
- Van
- 2 trims combined
- typical 27,758 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
28.6% 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 2023 91.3% pass · this year
- Avoid 2014 71.7% pass
Across the 11 years on record, a spread of 19.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 90.3%
- Typical mileage
- 28k mi
The 2023 Toyota Proace MOT pass rate is 91.3% of its MOT tests — 3.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 28.6% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Toyota Proace 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 2023 Toyota Proace, against 12.2% nationally — 8.7 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 28.6%, but at 20.9% 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.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, vans this age and mileage expect about 94.8%; this one manages 91.3% — 3.5 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 32% 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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Every Toyota Proace first registered in 2023 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2023 Toyota Proace compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 94.8%, so this figure is 3.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 90.3%. The median 2023 Toyota Proace in this dataset had covered 27,758 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 92.9% of the time, April–September 89.1%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 4.03% of tests.
- 149 recorded tests behind this page.
- 91.3% overall pass rate, 90.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Toyota Proace, the average is 81.9% — best year 2023 (91.3%), worst 2014 (71.7%).
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
- 149
- Typical mileage (median)
- 27,758 mi
- Make and model
- Toyota Proace
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Windscreen
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Proace MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 52% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Proace
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 39 | 84.6% |
| East of England | 29 | 96.6% |
| Wales | 23 | 100.0% |
| West Midlands | 17 | 76.5% |
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 2023 Proace
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 2023 Proace
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 windscreen 4.0% 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 brakes 3.4% 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 lights 2.0% of tests
“headlamp aim too high”
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.
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 2023 Proace through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £38–£105 — and 32% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £38–£105
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 32%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 149 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 Proace, side by side
11 model years on record, from 2013 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 71.7% to 91.3% — a spread of 19.6 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2013 71.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 71.7% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2015 72.5% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2016 76.0% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2017 82.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2018 84.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2019 86.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2020 86.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2021 86.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2022 87.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2023 91.3%windscreen damaged but not…
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 2023 Toyota Proace 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 2023 vans with a similar record
Closest pass rates among 2023 vans with at least 1,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. Full rankings: best vans and worst vans for MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2023 Toyota Proace 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 8 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 91 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 | 26 | 28.60% | 20.89% | +7.71 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 19 | 20.90% | 12.21% | +8.69 |
| Tyres | 12 | 13.20% | 19.76% | −6.56 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 11 | 12.10% | 5.52% | +6.58 |
| Visibility | 10 | 11.00% | 4.97% | +6.03 |
| Non-component advisories | 6 | 6.60% | 4.18% | +2.42 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 5 | 5.50% | 5.57% | −0.07 |
| Suspension | 2 | 2.20% | 20.98% | −18.78 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 4.0% | £80–200 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 3.4% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.0% | £30–80 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 2.0% | £80–250 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.0% | £5–20 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.0% | £3–12 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.3% | £30–80 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 1.3% | £80–250 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.3% | £3–12 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.3% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 6.0% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 4.7% | £45–110 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 4.7% | £200–700 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 4.0% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 2.0% | £45–110 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.0% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 77 | 96.1% | 14,609 mi |
| 30-60k | 44 | 88.6% | 42,383 mi |
| 60-90k | 12 | 75.0% | 73,841 mi |
| 90-120k | 5 | 60.0% | 104,602 mi |
| 120k+ | 2 | 100.0% | 188,345 mi |
Source: 149 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.
2023 Proace MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2023 Toyota Proace?
91.3% of the 149 2023 Toyota Proace tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 94.8% for cars first used in 2023. First-attempt pass rate: 90.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2023 Toyota Proace?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (4.03%), brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (3.36%), headlamp aim too high (2.01%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2023 Toyota Proace MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 96.1% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2023 Toyota Proace in this dataset had covered 27,758 mi.
Does the season affect the 2023 Toyota Proace MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 92.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 89.1%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.