Toyota ESTIMA - 2019
172.3 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2019 is 108.6 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Toyota ESTIMA, model year 2019.
Sample size: 744 cars, 1,503 tests and 2,590 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 744 cars
The 2019 Toyota Estima has an overall defect rate of 172 per 100 vehicles, which is significantly higher than the average of 106 per 100 for cars of the same year, representing a 62% increase. Notably, defects related to steering and lights and electrics are particularly prominent, with the Estima showing much higher rates than average, at 12% and 80% respectively, compared to averages of 2.6% and 14%. Additionally, issues with wheels, suspensions, and axles are also more common in this model than typical, with a defect rate of 164% compared to the average of 112%. The data suggests that as mileage increases, the defect rates also rise, especially in the higher mileage brackets.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 744 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▲ 17.3% better
51.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 62.4 / 100 tests
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
Steering
▼ 332.1% worse
12.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 2.8 / 100 tests
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
- 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
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
Visibility
▲ 9.4% better
12.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 13.8 / 100 tests
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Wiper blade: defective
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▼ 439.6% worse
80.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 14.9 / 100 tests
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
- Headlamp reflector or lens: slightly defective
- Product on the lens or light source which obviously reduces light intensity or changes emitted colour to other than white or yellow
- Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
- 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
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 45.2% worse
163.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 112.9 / 100 tests
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A suspension joint dust cover: severely deteriorated
- 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
Body/Structure
▼ 231.4% worse
11.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 3.5 / 100 tests
- A main load-bearing structural member: fractured or deformed such that structural rigidity is significantly reduced
- Bumper: insecure or with damage likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- An engine mounting or bracket: severely damaged or deteriorated resulting in excessive movement
Equipment
▼ 55.6% worse
2.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 1.8 / 100 tests
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
- A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
- A seat belt:
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- Seat belt retractor not functioning as intended
Other
▼ 90.2% worse
9.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 5.1 / 100 tests
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Emissions levels exceed default limits
- 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: 275
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 221
A stub axle swivel pin and/or bush: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 156
A suspension joint dust cover: severely deteriorated
MINOR
Occurrences: 146
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 141
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 114
Product on the lens or light source which obviously reduces light intensity or changes emitted colour to other than white or yellow
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 113
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 106
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: 86
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 79
Serious faults (Top 10)
A suspension joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
FAIL
Occurrences: 48
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 41
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: 40
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 36
A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has only one lamp or all lamps not working
FAIL
Occurrences: 28
Beam image obviously incorrect
FAIL
Occurrences: 24
A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
FAIL
Occurrences: 20
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 20
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
FAIL
Occurrences: 20
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 19