Pass rate
89.1%
Above average — 15.8 pts ahead of the 73.3% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 101 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £23–£70
2001 Toyota Regius MOT pass rate
- 2001
- typical 85,396 mi
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Most common fault
Lamps & electrics
33.3% of faults · 12.2% nationally
Part only £6–£18 for Registration plate lamp inoperative (multiple lamps). What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2001 89.1% pass · this year
- Avoid 2006 67.8% pass
Across the 12 years on record, a spread of 21.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 87.9%
- Typical mileage
- 85k mi
The 2001 Toyota Regius MOT pass rate is 89.1% of its MOT tests — 15.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Lamps & electrics is the biggest single reason it fails, at 33.3% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 2.7× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 33.3% of everything recorded on the 2001 Toyota Regius, against 12.2% nationally — 21.1 points above. 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.
- 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 89.1% — 15.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 68% of the repairs this model fails on cost under £30 in parts. The pass rate matters less than what a bad afternoon at the test centre actually costs you.
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 Regius compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.3%, so this figure is 15.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 87.9%. The median 2001 Toyota Regius in this dataset had covered 85,396 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 88.5% of the time, April–September 89.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp lens slightly defective", noted on 6.93% of tests.
- 101 recorded tests behind this page.
- 89.1% overall pass rate, 87.9% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Toyota Regius, the average is 79.7% — best year 2001 (89.1%), worst 2006 (67.8%).
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
- 101
- Typical mileage (median)
- 85,396 mi
- Make and model
- Toyota Regius
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Headlight Bulb
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Regius MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 78% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Regius
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 26 | 96.2% |
| South East | 24 | 83.3% |
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 2001 Regius
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 Regius
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 6.9% of tests
“headlamp lens slightly defective”
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 the battery 3.0% of tests
“battery(ies) insecure”
Check the battery is secure and its terminals are clean and tight — a loose battery is a fail on its own, and a weak one shows up as slow cranking on a cold morning.
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Check the suspension joints 2.0% of tests
“ball joint excessively worn”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
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 Regius through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £23–£70 — and 68% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £23–£70
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp lens defective
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 68%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 101 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 Regius, side by side
12 model years on record, from 2000 to 2017. Across them the pass rate runs from 67.8% to 89.1% — a spread of 21.3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 80.9% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2001 89.1%headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2006 67.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 72.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 75.5% rear fog lamp not working
- 2010 75.0% rear fog lamp not working
- 2011 82.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 74.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 80.7% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2015 82.3% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2016 80.8% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2017 79.8% headlamp lens slightly defective
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 Regius 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
- Porsche 911 86.3%
- Jaguar XK8 80.6%
- Porsche Boxster 80.5%
- Mercedes-Benz Slk 80.3%
- BMW Z3 79.5%
- Subaru Impreza 79.3%
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 Regius 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 116 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 39 | 33.30% | 12.21% | +21.09 |
| Brakes | 24 | 20.50% | 20.89% | −0.39 |
| Suspension | 23 | 19.70% | 20.98% | −1.28 |
| Tyres | 15 | 12.80% | 19.76% | −6.96 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 7 | 6.00% | 5.57% | +0.43 |
| Visibility | 2 | 1.70% | 4.97% | −3.27 |
| Non-component advisories | 2 | 1.70% | 4.18% | −2.48 |
| Steering | 2 | 1.70% | 2.57% | −0.87 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1 | 0.90% | 5.52% | −4.62 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 0.90% | 1.76% | −0.86 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 6.9% | £5–25 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 5.0% | £80–250 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.0% | £60–140 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.0% | £3–15 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.0% | £5–20 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault Brakes | Major | 2.0% | £3–15 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.0% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.0% | £5–25 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.0% | £3–15 |
| Stop lamp lens defective which has no effect on emitted light Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.0% | £3–12 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 8.9% | £45–95 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 6.9% | £18–45 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 5.9% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp has a product on the lens so that the light output is severely reduced Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Advisory | 5.9% | £5–25 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 4.0% | £25–65 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 4.0% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 1 | 100.0% | 18,811 mi |
| 30-60k | 19 | 89.5% | 50,959 mi |
| 60-90k | 36 | 86.1% | 74,537 mi |
| 90-120k | 21 | 95.2% | 100,826 mi |
| 120k+ | 24 | 87.5% | 143,275 mi |
Source: 101 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 Regius MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2001 Toyota Regius?
89.1% of the 101 2001 Toyota Regius tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.3% for cars first used in 2001. First-attempt pass rate: 87.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2001 Toyota Regius?
The three most recorded items are headlamp lens slightly defective (6.93%), joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (4.95%), battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier (2.97%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2001 Toyota Regius MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 87.5% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2001 Toyota Regius in this dataset had covered 85,396 mi.
Does the season affect the 2001 Toyota Regius MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 88.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 89.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.