Toyota ESTIMA - 2007
222.7 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2007 is 357.4 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Toyota ESTIMA, model year 2007.
Sample size: 928 cars, 1,683 tests and 3,748 recorded faults.
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Less faults compared to the average car of same model year
Less faults compared to the average car of same model year
Quick summary
Total: 928 cars
The 2007 Toyota Estima shows a significantly lower overall defect rate compared to the average car of the same year, with 223 defects per 100 vehicles versus 352. This model excels particularly in the categories of brakes, visibility, and body/structure, all of which have a notably lower defect percentage than the average vehicle. Mileage-related trends indicate that defect rates increase with higher mileage, but even at the highest mileage bracket, the Estima remains competitive. Overall, this model demonstrates a commendable reliability profile, particularly in critical safety and structural areas.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 928 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▲ 52.6% better
67.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 141.7 / 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 lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
Steering
▲ 6.0% better
18.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 20.0 / 100 tests
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
- Free play in the steering, measured at the rim of the steering wheel is: excessive
- Excessive wear or play in a universal joint or a flexible coupling excessively deteriorated
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
Visibility
▲ 30.2% better
18.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 26.5 / 100 tests
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Wiper blade: defective
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
Lights & Electrics
▼ 1.3% worse
104.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 102.9 / 100 tests
- Product on the lens or light source which obviously reduces light intensity or changes emitted colour to other than white or yellow
- Headlamp reflector or lens: slightly defective
- 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
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
- Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 37.7% better
195.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 314.0 / 100 tests
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A stub axle swivel pin and/or bush: excessively worn
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A suspension joint dust cover: severely deteriorated
Body/Structure
▲ 65.5% better
18.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 54.8 / 100 tests
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- 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
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
Equipment
▲ 69.7% better
3.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 10.9 / 100 tests
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- Audible warning:
- A statutory seat belt missing
- Seat belt retractor not functioning as intended
- Seat belt not functioning as intended or of an incorrect type
Other
▲ 56.9% better
18.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 43.9 / 100 tests
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Emissions levels exceed default limits
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Smoke opacity levels exceed default limit
- 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)
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 363
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 276
Product on the lens or light source which obviously reduces light intensity or changes emitted colour to other than white or yellow
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 210
A suspension joint dust cover: severely deteriorated
MINOR
Occurrences: 189
A stub axle swivel pin and/or bush: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 189
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 178
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 178
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 176
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 114
A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
MINOR
Occurrences: 95
Serious faults (Top 10)
A suspension joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
FAIL
Occurrences: 81
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 63
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: 59
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 35
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 33
A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
FAIL
Occurrences: 31
Product on the lens or light source which obviously reduces light intensity or changes emitted colour to other than white or yellow
FAIL
Occurrences: 30
Beam image obviously incorrect
FAIL
Occurrences: 29
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 27
Front or rear fog lamp emitted colour or position not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 27