Pass rate
84.0%
Around average — 6.8 pts ahead of the 77.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 1,934 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £23–£64
2012 Toyota Urban Cruiser MOT pass rate
- 2012
- typical 80,340 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
30.5% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£55 for Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2012 84.0% pass · this year
- Avoid 2009 79.6% pass
Across the 4 years on record, a spread of 4.4 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 81.4%
- Typical mileage
- 80k mi
The 2012 Toyota Urban Cruiser MOT pass rate is 84.0% of its MOT tests — 6.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 30.5% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Toyota Urban Cruiser does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.5× the national share
Brakes make up 30.5% of everything recorded on the 2012 Toyota Urban Cruiser, against 20.9% nationally — 9.6 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- 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 77.2% and this one manages 84.0% — 6.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 56% 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 2012 Toyota Urban Cruiser compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 77.2%, so this figure is 6.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 81.4%. The median 2012 Toyota Urban Cruiser in this dataset had covered 80,340 mi.
83% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 83.9% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 85.1% of the time, April–September 82.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 3.41% of tests.
- 1,934 recorded tests behind this page.
- 84.0% overall pass rate, 81.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Toyota Urban Cruiser, the average is 81.1% — best year 2012 (84.0%), worst 2009 (79.6%).
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
- 1,934
- Typical mileage (median)
- 80,340 mi
- Make and model
- Toyota Urban Cruiser
- 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 Urban Cruiser MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 70% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (83% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Urban Cruiser
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 338 | 78.7% |
| North West | 266 | 83.8% |
| South East | 244 | 84.8% |
| Yorkshire | 211 | 84.8% |
| West Midlands | 178 | 86.5% |
| South West | 161 | 80.7% |
| East Midlands | 148 | 87.8% |
| North East | 137 | 85.4% |
| Wales | 112 | 82.1% |
| East of England | 111 | 90.1% |
| London | 28 | 92.9% |
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 2012 Urban Cruiser
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 2012 Urban Cruiser
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 3.4% 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 brake pipes 2.5% of tests
“rigid brake pipes excessively corroded”
Brake pipes run under the car, usually in front of the rear wheels. Flaking or crusty metal is what fails; a light dusting of surface rust does not. Worth asking a garage to look while it is on a ramp.
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Check the suspension joints 1.9% of tests
“pins and bushes pin or bush 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 2012 Urban Cruiser through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £23–£64 — and 56% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £23–£64
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: rigid brake pipes excessively corroded
- £80–£180
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 56%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 1,934 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 Urban Cruiser, side by side
4 model years on record, from 2009 to 2012. Across them the pass rate runs from 79.6% to 84.0% — a spread of 4.4 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2009 79.6% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2010 80.6% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2011 81.9% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2012 84.0%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 2012 Toyota Urban Cruiser 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 2012 cars with a similar record
- Volkswagen Up 83.8%
- Honda Cr-V 84.2%
- Jaguar Xj 84.2%
- MINI Countryman 84.2%
- Skoda Citigo 84.3%
- Mercedes-Benz Ml 83.7%
Closest pass rates among 2012 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 2012 Toyota Urban Cruiser 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 3,870 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 1,184 | 30.50% | 20.89% | +9.61 |
| Suspension | 1,003 | 25.80% | 20.98% | +4.82 |
| Tyres | 560 | 14.40% | 19.76% | −5.36 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 357 | 9.20% | 12.21% | −3.01 |
| Non-component advisories | 225 | 5.80% | 4.18% | +1.62 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 153 | 3.90% | 5.57% | −1.67 |
| Visibility | 142 | 3.70% | 4.97% | −1.27 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 138 | 3.60% | 5.52% | −1.92 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 82 | 2.10% | 1.76% | +0.34 |
| Steering | 26 | 0.70% | 2.57% | −1.87 |
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 | 3.4% | £5–20 |
| Rear reflectors defective or damaged by up to 50% of the reflecting surface Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.5% | £5–25 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Major | 2.5% | £80–180 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.4% | £5–25 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.9% | £40–150 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 1.4% | £45–110 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 1.4% | £18–45 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.3% | £3–12 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.2% | £8–22 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 1.2% | £18–45 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 19.8% | £80–180 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 14.7% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 13.7% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 13.0% | £40–150 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 8.8% | £45–95 |
| Suspension arm corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 7.1% | £35–85 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 61 | 90.2% | 21,819 mi |
| 30-60k | 393 | 89.8% | 47,613 mi |
| 60-90k | 719 | 83.4% | 74,993 mi |
| 90-120k | 501 | 82.0% | 103,172 mi |
| 120k+ | 259 | 78.8% | 141,495 mi |
Source: 1,934 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.
2012 Urban Cruiser MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2012 Toyota Urban Cruiser?
84.0% of the 1,934 2012 Toyota Urban Cruiser tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 77.2% for cars first used in 2012. First-attempt pass rate: 81.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2012 Toyota Urban Cruiser?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (3.41%), rear reflectors defective or damaged by up to 50% of the reflecting surface (2.53%), rigid brake pipes excessively corroded (2.53%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2012 Toyota Urban Cruiser MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 90.2% of the time, falling to 78.8% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2012 Toyota Urban Cruiser in this dataset had covered 80,340 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2012 Toyota Urban Cruiser?
Diesel: 83.9% pass rate across 1,610 tests. Petrol: 84.6% pass rate across 324 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2012 Toyota Urban Cruiser MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 85.1% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 82.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.