Pass rate
84.0%
Around average — 5.4 pts ahead of the 78.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 50 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £21–£58
2013 Toyota Wish MOT pass rate
- 2013
- typical 63,470 mi
Only 50 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
Lamps & electrics
29.9% of faults · 12.2% nationally
Part only £6–£18 for Registration plate lamp inoperative (multiple lamps). What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2013 84.0% pass · this year
- Avoid 2009 81.7% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 2.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 81.4%
- Typical mileage
- 63k mi
The 2013 Toyota Wish MOT pass rate is 84.0% of its MOT tests — 5.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Lamps & electrics is the biggest single reason it fails, at 29.9% of what testers record.
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Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 2.4× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 29.9% of everything recorded on the 2013 Toyota Wish, against 12.2% nationally — 17.7 points above. 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 78.6% and this one manages 84.0% — 5.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 60% 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 2013 Toyota Wish compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 78.6%, so this figure is 5.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 81.4%. The median 2013 Toyota Wish in this dataset had covered 63,470 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 8.00% of tests.
- 50 recorded tests behind this page.
- 84.0% overall pass rate, 81.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Toyota Wish, the average is 82.6% — best year 2013 (84.0%), worst 2009 (81.7%).
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
- 50
- Typical mileage (median)
- 63,470 mi
- Make and model
- Toyota Wish
- 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 Wish MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 67% so small gaps stay visible.
What fails a 2013 Wish
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 2013 Wish
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 8.0% 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 windscreen 8.0% 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.
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Check the suspension joints 4.0% 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 2013 Wish through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £21–£58 — and 60% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £21–£58
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp missing
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 60%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 50 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 Wish, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2009 to 2013. Across them the pass rate runs from 81.7% to 84.0% — a spread of 2.3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2009 81.7% position lamp not working
- 2010 82.5% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2013 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 2013 Toyota Wish 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 2013 cars with a similar record
- BMW X5 84.1%
- Mitsubishi Mirage 83.9%
- MINI First 83.9%
- Suzuki Jimny 83.8%
- BMW 4 Series 84.2%
- Land Rover Range Rover 84.3%
Closest pass rates among 2013 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 2013 Toyota Wish 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 77 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 23 | 29.90% | 12.21% | +17.69 |
| Suspension | 16 | 20.80% | 20.98% | −0.18 |
| Brakes | 13 | 16.90% | 20.89% | −3.99 |
| Tyres | 11 | 14.30% | 19.76% | −5.46 |
| Visibility | 7 | 9.10% | 4.97% | +4.13 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 2 | 2.60% | 5.52% | −2.92 |
| Non-component advisories | 2 | 2.60% | 4.18% | −1.58 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1 | 1.30% | 5.57% | −4.27 |
| Steering | 1 | 1.30% | 2.57% | −1.27 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 1.30% | 1.76% | −0.46 |
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 | 8.0% | £5–20 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 8.0% | £80–200 |
| Rear fog lamp missing Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 6.0% | £3–15 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 4.0% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 4.0% | £30–80 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 4.0% | £18–45 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) does not illuminate simultaneously with the position lamps Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 4.0% | £5–25 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 4.0% | £5–20 |
| Switch missing Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.0% | £5–25 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 4.0% | £8–22 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 12.0% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 10.0% | £18–45 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 10.0% | £30–75 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 6.0% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 4.0% | £200–700 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 4.0% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 21 | 90.5% | 47,048 mi |
| 60-90k | 16 | 75.0% | 74,162 mi |
| 90-120k | 6 | 83.3% | 102,572 mi |
| 120k+ | 7 | 85.7% | 155,978 mi |
Source: 50 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.
2013 Wish MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2013 Toyota Wish?
84.0% of the 50 2013 Toyota Wish tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 78.6% for cars first used in 2013. First-attempt pass rate: 81.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2013 Toyota Wish?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (8.00%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (8.00%), rear fog lamp missing (6.00%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2013 Toyota Wish MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 90.5% of the time, falling to 85.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2013 Toyota Wish in this dataset had covered 63,470 mi.