Toyota Prius — reliability by registration year

2004–2022 · 19 registration years · 121,824 first tests

2015 breaks the run — 2.3 pp worse than the years either side 2014 breaks the run — 1.5 pp better than the years either side

Registration years

First-attempt MOT results for every Prius registration year with at least 500 first tests in 2025. Pass rates rise with newer cars, so read a year against its neighbours rather than against the top of the table. Years without their own report are listed here with the same figures.

Toyota Prius first-attempt MOT results by registration year
Year First tests First-attempt pass Incl. PRS Most common failure
2022 1,166 91.8% 94.1%
2021 2,167 90.8% 93.7%
2020 7,409 88.2% 92.1% Tyres — Condition (front) 10.4%
2019 11,080 87.1% 92.3% Registration plate lamp(s) 11.6%
2018 10,102 87.6% 91.6% Tread depth (front) 13.0%
2017 10,100 86.5% 91.1% Tread depth (front) 13.0%
2016 9,674 83.3% 89.3% Tread depth (front) 9.4%
2015 8,452 77.8% 87.7% Position lamp (front) 15.8%
2.3 pp worse than the years either side What failed 2015 Priuss most often: Position lamp (front) (15.8%) · Registration plate lamp(s) (rear) (13.6%) · Headlamp (front) (9.1%)
2014 8,789 76.9% 87.1% Position lamp (front) 15.8%
1.5 pp better than the years either side What failed 2014 Priuss most often: Position lamp (front) (15.8%) · Registration plate lamp(s) (rear) (12.3%) · Tread depth (front) (8.8%)
2013 7,387 73.1% 83.8% Position lamp (front) 15.5%
2012 7,189 71.8% 82.7% Position lamp (front) 15.3%
2011 6,402 68.3% 80.9% Position lamp (front) 25.6%
2010 8,502 67.3% 79.5% Position lamp (front) 25.7%
2009 6,052 65.1% 76.2% Position lamp (front) 22.9%
2008 5,840 63.6% 76.0% Position lamp (front) 15.2%
2007 5,787 62.9% 74.9% Position lamp (front) 16.1%
2006 3,011 60.3% 72.6% Position lamp (front) 16.9%
2005 1,997 61.8% 75.1% Position lamp (front) 20.5%
2004 718 60.6% 74.7% Position lamp (front) 19.6%

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