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Toyota HILUX - 2020

90.3 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2020 is 91.3 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Toyota HILUX, model year 2020. Sample size: 5,931 cars, 12,622 tests and 11,393 recorded faults.
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Less faults compared to the average car of same model year

Quick summary

Total: 5,931 cars

The Toyota Hilux from 2020 has a slightly higher overall defect rate of 90 per 100 vehicles compared to the yearly average of 90 per 100. This model shows significant defects in visibility, lights and electrics, body structure, and equipment, with rates noticeably worse than average. However, it performs better than average in the wheels, suspensions, and axles category, indicating fewer issues in this area. Defect rates increase with mileage, particularly in the higher mileage brackets, reflecting common trends seen across similar vehicles. Overall, while the Hilux shows strengths in certain mechanical areas, it faces challenges in safety and electrical components.

Cars by mileage segment

Total: 5,931 cars

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Categories

Brakes
▲ 8.9% better
46.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 50.8 / 100 tests
  • Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
  • Excessive fluctuation in brake effort through each wheel revolution
  • Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
  • Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
  • Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
Steering
▲ 20.0% better
1.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 1.5 / 100 tests
  • A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
  • Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
  • Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
  • A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
  • Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
Visibility
▼ 34.8% worse
19.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 14.1 / 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
▼ 115.2% worse
24.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 11.2 / 100 tests
  • A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has only one lamp or all lamps not working
  • A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has only one lamp or all lamps not working
  • The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
  • 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
  • The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 20.9% better
77.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 97.5 / 100 tests
  • A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
  • A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
  • A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
  • Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
  • A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
Body/Structure
▼ 33.3% worse
3.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 2.4 / 100 tests
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
  • A body panel or body component: damaged or corroded and likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted, or insecure
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
  • Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
  • Bumper: insecure or with damage likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted
Equipment
▼ 100.0% worse
3.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 1.5 / 100 tests
  • A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
  • A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
  • ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
  • A seat belt:
  • ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
Other
▼ 78.4% worse
6.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 3.7 / 100 tests
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
  • Smoke opacity levels exceed the manufacturer’s specified limit
  • 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
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction

Fault rate by mileage segment

Model    Year average
0 273 0–31,000 mi 31,000–62,000 62,000–93,000 93,000–124,000 124,000+
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.

Most common faults (Top 10)

Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,222
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,034
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 937
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 572
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 411
The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
PRS
Occurrences: 352
Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
MINOR
Occurrences: 323
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 276
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 269
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 260

Serious faults (Top 10)

Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 269
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 174
Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
FAIL
Occurrences: 141
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: 138
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: 135
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 133
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 123
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 109
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 92
The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 89