Pass rate
76.7%
Around average — 3.7 pts ahead of the 73.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 60 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £37–£99
2007 Toyota Surf MOT pass rate
- 2007
- typical 198,775 mi
Only 60 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
Most common fault
Suspension
27.6% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2003 81.4% pass
- Avoid 2007 76.7% pass · this year
Across the 5 years on record, a spread of 4.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 71.4%
- Typical mileage
- 199k mi
The 2007 Toyota Surf MOT pass rate is 76.7% of its MOT tests — 3.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 27.6% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Toyota Surf does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 2.8× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 15.5% of everything recorded on the 2007 Toyota Surf, against 5.6% nationally — 9.9 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 27.6%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. Look underneath for corrosion near the jacking points and suspension mounts; surface rust is normal, flaking metal is not.
- 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 73.0% and this one manages 76.7% — 3.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 60 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 2007 Toyota Surf compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.0%, so this figure is 3.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 71.4%. The median 2007 Toyota Surf in this dataset had covered 198,775 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 8.33% of tests.
- 60 recorded tests behind this page.
- 76.7% overall pass rate, 71.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Toyota Surf, the average is 78.5% — best year 2003 (81.4%), worst 2007 (76.7%).
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
- 60
- Typical mileage (median)
- 198,775 mi
- Make and model
- Toyota Surf
- 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 Surf MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 67% so small gaps stay visible.
What fails a 2007 Surf
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 2007 Surf
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 8.3% 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 exhaust and emissions 5.0% of tests
“exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases”
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.
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Check the windscreen 5.0% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
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 2007 Surf through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £37–£99 — and 39% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £37–£99
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 39%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 60 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 Surf, side by side
5 model years on record, from 2003 to 2007. Across them the pass rate runs from 76.7% to 81.4% — a spread of 4.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2003 81.4% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2004 78.2% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2005 77.9% service brake imbalance across an…
- 2006 77.0% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2007 76.7%registration plate lamp(s)…
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 2007 Toyota Surf 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 2007 cars with a similar record
- Mercedes-Benz Slk 76.8%
- Vauxhall Agila 76.8%
- BMW 118 76.9%
- BMW 520 76.5%
- BMW 1 Series 76.9%
- Mazda Rx-8 77.0%
Closest pass rates among 2007 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 2007 Toyota Surf 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 180 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 | 50 | 27.60% | 20.98% | +6.62 |
| Brakes | 34 | 18.80% | 20.89% | −2.09 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 28 | 15.50% | 5.57% | +9.93 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 21 | 11.60% | 12.21% | −0.61 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 16 | 8.80% | 5.52% | +3.28 |
| Steering | 9 | 5.00% | 2.57% | +2.43 |
| Tyres | 8 | 4.40% | 19.76% | −15.36 |
| Visibility | 8 | 4.40% | 4.97% | −0.57 |
| Non-component advisories | 3 | 1.70% | 4.18% | −2.48 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 3 | 1.70% | 0.82% | +0.88 |
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 | 8.3% | £5–20 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 5.0% | £45–120 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.0% | £5–25 |
| Service brake performance efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 5.0% | £60–150 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 5.0% | £80–200 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 5.0% | £8–22 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 3.3% | £80–250 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 3.3% | £18–45 |
| Parking brake performance inoperative on one side Brakes | Major | 3.3% | £60–150 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency less than 50% of the required value Brakes | Major | 3.3% | £45–110 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 20.0% | £40–150 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 18.3% | £200–700 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 15.0% | £80–180 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 11.7% | £18–45 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 11.7% | £30–75 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 10.0% | £25–65 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60-90k | 2 | 100.0% | 66,004 mi |
| 120k+ | 58 | 75.9% | 213,510 mi |
Source: 60 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.
2007 Surf MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2007 Toyota Surf?
76.7% of the 60 2007 Toyota Surf tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.0% for cars first used in 2007. First-attempt pass rate: 71.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2007 Toyota Surf?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (8.33%), exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases (5.00%), position lamp not working (5.00%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2007 Toyota Surf MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 75.9% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2007 Toyota Surf in this dataset had covered 198,775 mi.