Headlamp lens slightly defective on the Toyota Rav-4
Headlamp lens slightly defective on the Toyota Rav-4 is recorded on 4,644 tests — 4.2% of all its MOT tests, against 0.9% across every car in the data. That is 4.7× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 0.9% of tests record it — this model is 4.7× that share |
| The 251 models compared | 18 of 251, highest first |
| The model's own record | 109,644 tests · every year of the Rav-4 → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Toyota Rav-4 tested, whatever its mileage, service history and use. The like-for-like comparison on the model page is the fairer number.
Year by year
In 2001, 8.5% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2014, 0.4%. The share has fallen 8.1 points over that time. Worst year 2004 at 8.9%; best 2014 at 0.4%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 242 | 2,852 | 8.5% |
| 2002 | 411 | 4,686 | 8.8% |
| 2003 | 564 | 6,796 | 8.3% |
| 2004 | 818 | 9,212 | 8.9% |
| 2005 | 955 | 11,422 | 8.4% |
| 2006 | 506 | 11,828 | 4.3% |
| 2007 | 192 | 9,840 | 1.9% |
| 2008 | 99 | 6,171 | 1.6% |
| 2009 | 190 | 5,691 | 3.3% |
| 2010 | 351 | 12,713 | 2.8% |
| 2011 | 163 | 11,645 | 1.4% |
| 2012 | 48 | 6,296 | 0.8% |
| 2013 | 19 | 4,855 | 0.4% |
| 2014 | 17 | 4,567 | 0.4% |
Years with fewer than 0.2% of tests recording the item are left out: a year with two failures in 400 tests is noise, and this table is not here to make noise look like a trend.
What it costs
A typical UK repair for this item is £5–£25 fitted. It is a job a careful owner can do at home. What the part is, and what to buy →
Prices are typical UK supply-and-fitting estimates, not quotes. What happens if it fails covers the retest rules.
Where this sits
- Headlamp lens slightly defective: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
- Toyota Rav-4 MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Toyota model →