Toyota Supra MOT Pass Rate & Official DVSA Failure Statistics

Toyota Supra MOT History and Failure Rates vs UK National Average

The Toyota Supra passed on its first attempt in 88.0%, and its overall record sits +8.0 percentage points above the national average for all cars. These figures come from every recorded DVSA MOT test for the Toyota Supra in the 2023–2025 data: 2,022 tests across 11 model years (2000–2019). 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 Supra MOT Problems by Failure Category

Every MOT failure a tester records belongs to one inspection section of the DVSA manual. For the Toyota Supra, the Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 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 Supra's recorded defect strings, merged across its year pages.

Top Recorded Toyota Supra DVSA MOT Test Statistics & Defect Descriptions

The descriptions below are the exact DVSA failure strings testers recorded most often for the Toyota Supra, each with how many of the model's 2,022 tests it was noted on.

• "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources" (Minor) — noted on about 34 Toyota Supra tests, 1.7% of the model's MOT record.
• "Headlamp lens slightly defective" (Minor) — noted on about 33 Toyota Supra tests, 1.6% of the model's MOT record.
• "Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated" (Minor) — noted on about 30 Toyota Supra tests, 1.5% of the model's MOT record.
• "Service brake performance excessively binding" (Major) — noted on about 26 Toyota Supra tests, 1.3% of the model's MOT record.
• "Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits" (Major) — noted on about 24 Toyota Supra tests, 1.2% of the model's MOT record.
• "Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier" (Minor) — noted on about 20 Toyota Supra tests, 1.0% of the model's MOT record.

Best and Worst Toyota Supra Model Years by Pass Rate

The strongest Toyota Supra model year on record is 2015 (96.3% across 54 tests), and the weakest is 2000 (86.1%). The gap between them is 10.2 points. Years with fewer than 50 recorded tests are excluded, so these are the years with enough MOT history to mean something.

Toyota Supra reliability is improving in the DVSA data — the pass rate moves about 0.9 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 Supra Owners

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

• 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.

• the suspension joints — “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.

• the exhaust and emissions — “catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits”

  Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.

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

Where the Toyota Supra is most common

Across every Supra model year on record (2000–2019): 1,009 Toyota Supra cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 2,022 tests. Crawley (RH) has the most, with 50 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.

The twenty areas with the most Toyota Supra cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →

Frequently Asked Questions: Toyota Supra MOT & Reliability