Toyota Urban Cruiser MOT Pass Rate & Official DVSA Failure Statistics

Toyota Urban Cruiser MOT History and Failure Rates vs UK National Average

The Toyota Urban Cruiser passed on its first attempt in 77.5%, and its overall record sits +0.1 percentage points above the national average for all cars. These figures come from every recorded DVSA MOT test for the Toyota Urban Cruiser in the 2023–2025 data: 13,548 tests across 4 model years (2009–2012). 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 Urban Cruiser MOT Problems by Failure Category

Every MOT failure a tester records belongs to one inspection section of the DVSA manual. For the Toyota Urban Cruiser, 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 Urban Cruiser's recorded defect strings, merged across its year pages.

Top Recorded Toyota Urban Cruiser DVSA MOT Test Statistics & Defect Descriptions

The descriptions below are the exact DVSA failure strings testers recorded most often for the Toyota Urban Cruiser, each with how many of the model's 13,548 tests it was noted on.

• "Headlamp lens slightly defective" (Minor) — noted on about 626 Toyota Urban Cruiser tests, 4.6% of the model's MOT record.
• "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources" (Minor) — noted on about 622 Toyota Urban Cruiser tests, 4.6% of the model's MOT record.
• "Rear reflectors defective or damaged by up to 50% of the reflecting surface" (Minor) — noted on about 468 Toyota Urban Cruiser tests, 3.5% of the model's MOT record.
• "Position lamp not working" (Major) — noted on about 355 Toyota Urban Cruiser tests, 2.6% of the model's MOT record.
• "Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded" (Major) — noted on about 287 Toyota Urban Cruiser tests, 2.1% of the model's MOT record.
• "Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction" (Major) — noted on about 283 Toyota Urban Cruiser tests, 2.1% of the model's MOT record.

Best and Worst Toyota Urban Cruiser Model Years by Pass Rate

The strongest Toyota Urban Cruiser model year on record is 2012 (84.0% across 1,934 tests), and the weakest is 2009 (79.6%). The gap between them is 4.4 points. Years with fewer than 50 recorded tests are excluded, so these are the years with enough MOT history to mean something.

Toyota Urban Cruiser reliability is improving in the DVSA data — the pass rate moves about 1.5 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 Urban Cruiser Owners

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

• the lights — “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.

• the brake pipes — “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.

• the windscreen — “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.

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

Frequently Asked Questions: Toyota Urban Cruiser MOT & Reliability