Pass rate
93.4%
Above average — 20.9 pts ahead of the 72.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 167 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £23–£82
2006 Toyota Supra MOT pass rate
- 2006
- typical 95,453 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
22.6% 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
- 93.1%
- Typical mileage
- 95k mi
The 2006 Toyota Supra MOT pass rate is 93.4% of its MOT tests — 20.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 22.6% 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
Lamps & electrics: 1.8× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 22.0% of everything recorded on the 2006 Toyota Supra, against 12.2% nationally — 9.8 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 22.6%, but at 21.0% 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.
- 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 72.5% and this one manages 93.4% — 20.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 57% 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 2006 Toyota Supra compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.5%, so this figure is 20.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 93.1%. The median 2006 Toyota Supra in this dataset had covered 95,453 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 88.6% of the time, April–September 96.9%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp lens slightly defective", noted on 1.80% of tests.
- 167 recorded tests behind this page.
- 93.4% overall pass rate, 93.1% 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
- 167
- Typical mileage (median)
- 95,453 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
Headlight Bulb
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Supra MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 72% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Supra
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 45 | 95.6% |
| East of England | 23 | 91.3% |
| North West | 18 | 94.4% |
| East Midlands | 17 | 94.1% |
| South West | 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 2006 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 2006 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 1.8% 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 wipers and washers 1.8% of tests
“wipers blade defective”
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.
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Check the suspension joints 1.2% 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.
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 2006 Supra through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £23–£82 — and 57% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £23–£82
- Cheapest common item: all direction indicators flashing more than…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: catalytic converter missing where one was…
- £120–£400
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 57%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 167 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 2006 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 2006 cars with a similar record
- Aston Martin V8 Vantage 91.8%
- Bentley Continental 90.1%
- Porsche 911 88.6%
- Porsche Boxster 85.8%
- Mercedes-Benz Sl 85.4%
- Porsche Cayman 83.8%
Closest pass rates among 2006 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 2006 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 162 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 | 37 | 22.60% | 20.98% | +1.62 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 36 | 22.00% | 12.21% | +9.79 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 24 | 14.60% | 5.52% | +9.08 |
| Brakes | 19 | 11.60% | 20.89% | −9.29 |
| Tyres | 15 | 9.10% | 19.76% | −10.66 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 13 | 7.90% | 5.57% | +2.33 |
| Visibility | 7 | 4.30% | 4.97% | −0.67 |
| Non-component advisories | 4 | 2.40% | 4.18% | −1.78 |
| Steering | 4 | 2.40% | 2.57% | −0.17 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 3 | 1.80% | 1.76% | +0.04 |
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 | 1.8% | £5–25 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.8% | £5–20 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.8% | £8–22 |
| All direction indicators flashing more than 120 times a minute Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.2% | £3–12 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 1.2% | £18–45 |
| Catalytic converter missing where one was fitted as standard Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.2% | £120–400 |
| Emissions not tested unable to be completed Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.2% | £60–250 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 1.2% | £18–45 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.2% | £3–15 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Major | 1.2% | £20–80 |
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 | 8.4% | £200–700 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 5.4% | £40–150 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 4.2% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 3.6% | £45–110 |
| Chassis condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 3.0% | £180–450 |
| Headlamp has a product on the lens so that the light output is severely reduced Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Advisory | 3.0% | £5–25 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 3 | 100.0% | 29,544 mi |
| 30-60k | 10 | 80.0% | 45,253 mi |
| 60-90k | 58 | 94.8% | 75,876 mi |
| 90-120k | 53 | 96.2% | 103,119 mi |
| 120k+ | 43 | 90.7% | 146,121 mi |
Source: 167 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.
2006 Supra MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2006 Toyota Supra?
93.4% of the 167 2006 Toyota Supra tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.5% for cars first used in 2006. First-attempt pass rate: 93.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2006 Toyota Supra?
The three most recorded items are headlamp lens slightly defective (1.80%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (1.80%), wipers blade defective (1.80%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2006 Toyota Supra MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 90.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2006 Toyota Supra in this dataset had covered 95,453 mi.
Does the season affect the 2006 Toyota Supra MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 88.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 96.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.