Toyota ALPHARD - 2018
260.6 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2018 is 123.2 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Toyota ALPHARD, model year 2018.
Sample size: 469 cars, 680 tests and 1,772 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 469 cars
The 2018 Toyota Alphard exhibits a significantly higher overall defect rate of 261 defects per 100 vehicles, compared to the average of 120 per 100 vehicles for its year, reflecting a 117% increase in defects. Notably, as mileage increases, the defect rate also rises sharply, particularly in the 93,000 to 124,000-mile category, where it reaches 432 defects per 100 vehicles. The Alphard stands out negatively in several categories, showing a higher incidence of brake defects at 83%, compared to the average of 67%, and a particularly alarming 92% in lights and electrics, well above the average of 17%. While tyre wear is a common issue in many vehicles, the Alphard's performance in defects related to steering and body structure also raises concerns, demonstrating a significant deviation from average metrics.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 469 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▼ 20.1% worse
82.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 68.8 / 100 tests
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake hose ferrules: excessively corroded
Steering
▼ 148.0% worse
12.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 5.0 / 100 tests
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
- A steering linkage component with: excessive movement between components or likely to become detached
- Steering gear casing: retaining devices dangerously loose or relative movement to chassis/bodywork visible
- Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
Visibility
▼ 23.0% worse
17.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 13.9 / 100 tests
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Wiper blade: defective
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▼ 425.0% worse
92.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 17.6 / 100 tests
- Headlamp reflector or lens: slightly defective
- Beam image obviously incorrect
- Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
- Product on the lens or light source which obviously reduces light intensity or changes emitted colour to other than white or yellow
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 110.6% worse
266.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 126.7 / 100 tests
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A suspension joint dust cover: severely deteriorated
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A stub axle swivel pin and/or bush: excessively worn
Body/Structure
▼ 274.5% worse
19.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 5.1 / 100 tests
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
- Bumper: insecure or with damage likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted
Equipment
▼ 86.4% worse
4.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 2.2 / 100 tests
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
- Seat belt not functioning as intended or of an incorrect type
- A statutory seat belt missing
- A seat belt:
Other
▼ 282.9% worse
26.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 7.0 / 100 tests
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Emissions levels exceed default limits
- Exhaust noise levels in excess of those permitted
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
Fault rate by mileage segment
Model
Year average
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.
Most common faults (Top 10)
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 251
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 192
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 88
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 87
A suspension joint dust cover: severely deteriorated
MINOR
Occurrences: 79
A stub axle swivel pin and/or bush: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 77
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 74
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 72
Headlamp reflector or lens: slightly defective
MINOR
Occurrences: 65
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 60
Serious faults (Top 10)
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 32
Beam image obviously incorrect
FAIL
Occurrences: 29
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 28
A suspension joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
FAIL
Occurrences: 27
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
FAIL
Occurrences: 16
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 15
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 14
An obligatory rear fog lamp missing, or a front or rear fog lamp inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 14
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 14
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 13