Pass rate
89.6%
Above average — 17.4 pts ahead of the 72.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 317 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £24–£76
2004 Toyota Supra MOT pass rate
- 2004
- typical 106,685 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
20.6% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2015 96.3% pass
- Avoid 2000 86.1% pass
Across the 11 years on record, a spread of 10.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 88.7%
- Typical mileage
- 107k mi
The 2004 Toyota Supra MOT pass rate is 89.6% of its MOT tests — 17.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 20.6% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Toyota Supra does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Emissions & leaks: 2.3× the national share
Emissions & leaks make up 12.8% of everything recorded on the 2004 Toyota Supra, against 5.5% nationally — 7.3 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 20.6%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. A smoky diesel or a leaking joint fails on emissions more often than on wear, so ask for a recent emissions printout.
- 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 72.2% and this one manages 89.6% — 17.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 317 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 2004 Toyota Supra compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.2%, so this figure is 17.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 88.7%. The median 2004 Toyota Supra in this dataset had covered 106,685 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 89.0% of the time, April–September 89.9%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 2.84% of tests.
- 317 recorded tests behind this page.
- 89.6% overall pass rate, 88.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Toyota Supra, the average is 89.0% — best year 2015 (96.3%), worst 2000 (86.1%).
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
- 317
- Typical mileage (median)
- 106,685 mi
- Make and model
- Toyota Supra
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Number Plate Lamp
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Supra MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 52% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Supra
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 72 | 93.1% |
| East of England | 51 | 84.3% |
| South West | 40 | 87.5% |
| North West | 35 | 94.3% |
| West Midlands | 29 | 89.7% |
| Yorkshire | 25 | 80.0% |
| East Midlands | 18 | 94.4% |
| Scotland | 17 | 88.2% |
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 2004 Supra
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 2004 Supra
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 2.8% of tests
“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.
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Check the suspension joints 2.5% of tests
“ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated”
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.
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Check the battery 1.9% 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.
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 2004 Supra through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £24–£76 — and 50% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £24–£76
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp not working
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: emissions not tested unable to be completed
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 50%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 317 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 Supra, side by side
11 model years on record, from 2000 to 2019. Across them the pass rate runs from 86.1% to 96.3% — a spread of 10.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 86.1% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2001 89.5% catalyst emissions lambda reading…
- 2002 86.2% catalyst emissions carbon…
- 2003 87.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2004 89.6%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2005 88.3% headlamp aim projected beam image…
- 2006 93.4% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2007 87.8% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2008 92.8% catalyst emissions carbon…
- 2015 96.3% position lamp incorrect colour
- 2019 92.1% catalyst emissions lambda reading…
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 2004 Toyota Supra 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 2004 cars with a similar record
- Bentley Continental 89.2%
- BMW M3 88.2%
- Porsche 911 87.2%
- Mercedes-Benz Sl 86.7%
- Honda S2000 86.7%
- Mercedes-Benz S-Class 83.1%
Closest pass rates among 2004 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 2004 Toyota Supra 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 483 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 | 100 | 20.60% | 20.98% | −0.38 |
| Brakes | 91 | 18.70% | 20.89% | −2.19 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 71 | 14.60% | 12.21% | +2.39 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 62 | 12.80% | 5.52% | +7.28 |
| Tyres | 58 | 11.90% | 19.76% | −7.86 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 42 | 8.60% | 5.57% | +3.03 |
| Non-component advisories | 18 | 3.70% | 4.18% | −0.48 |
| Visibility | 16 | 3.30% | 4.97% | −1.67 |
| Steering | 13 | 2.70% | 2.57% | +0.13 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 12 | 2.50% | 1.76% | +0.74 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.8% | £5–20 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 2.5% | £18–45 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.9% | £60–140 |
| Emissions not tested unable to be completed Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.9% | £60–250 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.9% | £5–25 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.9% | £3–15 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 1.6% | £60–150 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.3% | £5–25 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Major | 1.3% | £20–80 |
| Switch faulty Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.3% | £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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 11.7% | £200–700 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 8.2% | £45–110 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Advisory | 7.9% | £60–150 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 7.3% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 6.3% | £45–95 |
| Exhaust system noise is clearly in excess of that emitted by a similar vehicle fitted with a standard silencer in… Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 5.0% | £45–120 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 5 | 60.0% | 1,188 mi |
| 30-60k | 20 | 100.0% | 46,477 mi |
| 60-90k | 86 | 91.9% | 78,152 mi |
| 90-120k | 102 | 92.2% | 106,870 mi |
| 120k+ | 104 | 84.6% | 153,045 mi |
Source: 317 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.
2004 Supra MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2004 Toyota Supra?
89.6% of the 317 2004 Toyota Supra tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.2% for cars first used in 2004. First-attempt pass rate: 88.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2004 Toyota Supra?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (2.84%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (2.52%), battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier (1.89%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2004 Toyota Supra MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 60.0% of the time, falling to 84.6% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2004 Toyota Supra in this dataset had covered 106,685 mi.
Does the season affect the 2004 Toyota Supra MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 89.0% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 89.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.