Toyota PROACE - 2016
224.1 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2016 is 154.9 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Toyota PROACE, model year 2016.
Sample size: 635 cars, 1,532 tests and 3,433 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 635 cars
The 2016 Toyota Proace has an overall defect rate of 224 per 100 vehicles, which is significantly higher than the yearly average of 151 per 100, making it 49% worse in terms of defects. This model shows increasing defect rates with mileage, particularly in higher mileage categories, where it reaches 356 per 100 for vehicles over 124,000 miles. Notably, while the Proace performs better than average in wheel-related issues, it falls short in several areas, including brakes and visibility, where defects are considerably more frequent compared to the average car. Additionally, it has strikingly high defect rates in categories such as lights and electrics, and body/structure, highlighting specific vulnerabilities that potential buyers should consider.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 635 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▼ 40.9% worse
110.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 78.2 / 100 tests
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
- Excessive fluctuation in brake effort through each wheel revolution
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
Steering
▲ 8.6% better
7.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 8.1 / 100 tests
- Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Power steering fluid: level below minimum mark
- Power steering fluid: reservoir empty
Visibility
▼ 81.3% worse
27.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 15.0 / 100 tests
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Obligatory mirror or device: slightly damaged or loose
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Wiper blade: defective
Lights & Electrics
▼ 232.7% worse
84.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 25.4 / 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
- A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has only one lamp or all lamps not working
- Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
- Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 28.7% better
113.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 159.4 / 100 tests
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
Body/Structure
▼ 675.8% worse
70.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 9.1 / 100 tests
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- A main load-bearing structural member: fractured or deformed such that structural rigidity is significantly reduced
Equipment
▼ 63.6% worse
5.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 3.3 / 100 tests
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
- A seat belt:
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
Other
▼ 158.4% worse
29.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 11.3 / 100 tests
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Emissions test unable to be completed
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Smoke opacity levels exceed the manufacturer’s specified limit
- An induction or exhaust leak that could affect emissions levels
Fault rate by mileage segment
Model
Year average
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.
Most common faults (Top 10)
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 345
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 322
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 227
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
MINOR
Occurrences: 186
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 161
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 148
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
FAIL
Occurrences: 145
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: 140
Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 110
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 87
Serious faults (Top 10)
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
FAIL
Occurrences: 145
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 82
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 56
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 46
A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
FAIL
Occurrences: 43
Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
FAIL
Occurrences: 43
Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
FAIL
Occurrences: 42
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: 35
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 32
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 31