Does the Toyota Alphard fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Toyota Alphard records 5.92 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 16.72 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−10.80, 95% interval −11.18 to −10.42). It ranks 666 of 712 models on brakes (1 = most failures above expected).
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What exactly fails on brakes?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Toyota Alphard is “a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm”, recorded 1,076 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm | 1,076 | 2.43 |
| Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 212 | 0.48 |
| Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake | 147 | 0.33 |
| Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded | 146 | 0.33 |
| Parking brake inoperative on one side | 135 | 0.31 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 44,239 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
If a Toyota Alphard gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?
11.3% of Toyota Alphard MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.1 months and 6,119 miles later (4,138 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 4,138 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
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