Toyota MR2 - 2004
270.6 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2004 is 384.6 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Toyota MR2, model year 2004.
Sample size: 1,287 cars, 2,849 tests and 7,709 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: 1,287 cars
The 2004 Toyota MR2 demonstrates a lower overall defect rate compared to the average car of the same year, with 271 defects per 100 vehicles versus the average of 382. This represents a 29% better performance in terms of reliability. Notably, the MR2 excels in categories such as steering and visibility, showing significantly fewer defects than the average, with reductions of 66% and 58% respectively. Additionally, the MR2 appears to have fewer issues with equipment, boasting an 81% better performance in that area. Mileage trends indicate that defects increase with mileage, particularly after 124,000 miles, but the MR2 remains relatively consistent in overall reliability compared to its peers.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 1,287 cars
Categories
Brakes
▲ 3.8% better
158.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 164.2 / 100 tests
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Brake hose ferrules: excessively corroded
Steering
▲ 65.5% better
8.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 24.9 / 100 tests
- Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
- Power steering pipe, hose or wiring: excessively damaged or corroded
- 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
▲ 58.4% better
12.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 29.3 / 100 tests
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Wiper blade: defective
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▲ 51.9% better
52.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 109.9 / 100 tests
- Headlamp reflector or lens: slightly defective
- Beam image obviously incorrect
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
- 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
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 24.0% better
237.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 312.9 / 100 tests
- A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- 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 component: excessively damaged or corroded
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
Body/Structure
▲ 58.6% better
26.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 63.6 / 100 tests
- Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
- Body, cab or chassis: excessively corroded at mounting points
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- 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
▲ 81.9% better
2.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 13.8 / 100 tests
- Audible warning:
- A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- A seat belt:
- Seat belt not functioning as intended or of an incorrect type
Other
▲ 15.0% better
42.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 50.5 / 100 tests
- 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
- Emissions levels exceed default limits
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
- Emissions levels exceed the manufacturer’s specified limits
Fault rate by mileage segment
Model
Year average
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.
Most common faults (Top 10)
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 663
A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 593
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 457
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 451
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 372
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 357
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 333
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 313
Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
FAIL
Occurrences: 231
Brake hose ferrules: excessively corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 201
Serious faults (Top 10)
Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
FAIL
Occurrences: 231
Parking brake inoperative on one side, or in the case of testing on the road, the vehicle deviates excessively from a straight line
FAIL
Occurrences: 123
Parking brake efficiency: less than 50% of the required value
FAIL
Occurrences: 84
Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
FAIL
Occurrences: 71
Beam image obviously incorrect
FAIL
Occurrences: 68
Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
FAIL
Occurrences: 64
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
FAIL
Occurrences: 58
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 57
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
FAIL
Occurrences: 56
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 55