Toyota Townace MOT reliability

Toyota Townaces passed their MOT first time 64% of the time across 88 tests in 2025. 60 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from 88 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

First-time pass rate

64%

MOTs analysed

88

Still licensed (GB)

60

Body type

Hatchback

Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age. Years with very few MOTs can show extreme pass rates, even 0% or 100%, so give more weight to years with more tests.

In detail:

First registered

2012 petrol

7 MOTs

These figures come from only 7 MOT tests. With so few cars, a single pass or fail changes the percentages a lot, so treat them as a rough guide rather than a true average.

Passed first time 57%. Typical mileage 112,683 (most between 99,361 and 143,787).

2021: 40% → 2022: 56% → 2023: 50% → 2024: 80% → 2025: 57%

Most common failures

Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements (28.6%)
Parking brake performance: inoperative on one side (14.3%)
Ball joint excessively worn (14.3%)
Position lamp: not working (14.3%)
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect (14.3%)

Where 2012 Townaces fail

Brakes

28.6%

Lights & electrics

14.3%

Suspension & axles

14.3%

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Based on 2025 initial MOT tests in DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset (cars and light vans). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Model details: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB.