Toyota Proace City MOT Pass Rate & Official DVSA Failure Statistics

Toyota Proace City MOT History and Failure Rates vs UK National Average

The Toyota Proace City passed on its first attempt in 82.7%, and its overall record sits +4.1 percentage points above the national average for all cars. These figures come from every recorded DVSA MOT test for the Toyota Proace City in the 2023–2025 data: 6,285 tests across 4 model years (2020–2023). A test still carries exactly one pass or fail verdict.

Figures are computed from every recorded DVSA test for this model in the 2023–2025 data.

Most Common Toyota Proace City MOT Problems by Failure Category

Every MOT failure a tester records belongs to one inspection section of the DVSA manual. For the Toyota Proace City, the Visibility section leads the record — the breakdown below shows where the recorded failures cluster, then the exact strings behind the three biggest sections.

Shares are over the Toyota Proace City's recorded defect strings, merged across its year pages.

Top Recorded Toyota Proace City DVSA MOT Test Statistics & Defect Descriptions

The descriptions below are the exact DVSA failure strings testers recorded most often for the Toyota Proace City, each with how many of the model's 6,285 tests it was noted on.

• "Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively" (Major) — noted on about 326 Toyota Proace City tests, 5.2% of the model's MOT record.
• "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view" (Minor) — noted on about 309 Toyota Proace City tests, 4.9% of the model's MOT record.
• "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources" (Minor) — noted on about 293 Toyota Proace City tests, 4.7% of the model's MOT record.
• "Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick" (Major) — noted on about 201 Toyota Proace City tests, 3.2% of the model's MOT record.
• "Wipers blade defective" (Minor) — noted on about 163 Toyota Proace City tests, 2.6% of the model's MOT record.
• "Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated" (Minor) — noted on about 150 Toyota Proace City tests, 2.4% of the model's MOT record.

Best and Worst Toyota Proace City Model Years by Pass Rate

The strongest Toyota Proace City model year on record is 2023 (95.5% across 88 tests), and the weakest is 2021 (84.1%). The gap between them is 11.4 points. Years with fewer than 50 recorded tests are excluded, so these are the years with enough MOT history to mean something.

Toyota Proace City reliability is improving in the DVSA data — the pass rate moves about 2.3 points a year across the most recent model years shown above.

Newest model year first. Only years with at least 50 recorded tests are listed.

Pre-MOT Inspection Checklist for Toyota Proace City Owners

These checks follow this Toyota Proace City's own most-recorded failure strings, starting with what a tester is most likely to flag on a Toyota Proace City.

• the wipers and washers — “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.

• the windscreen — “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.

• the lights — “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.

Derived from the DVSA failure strings testers recorded for the Toyota Proace City. A check that finds nothing means the item is likely fine, not that the test is guaranteed.

Frequently Asked Questions: Toyota Proace City MOT & Reliability