Does the Toyota Avensis fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Toyota Avensis records 16.66 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 16.33 expected for a car of the same age mix: about as expected for its class and age (the difference is within its interval or under 0.5 items per 100 tests) (+0.33, 95% interval +0.22 to +0.44). It ranks 301 of 712 models on brakes (1 = most failures above expected).
Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on brakes · check a Toyota Avensis by registration
What exactly fails on brakes?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Toyota Avensis is “a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm”, recorded 14,607 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm | 14,607 | 2.86 |
| Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded | 12,715 | 2.49 |
| Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 5,488 | 1.07 |
| Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake | 4,803 | 0.94 |
| Leaking brake pipe or connection on a hydraulic system | 4,704 | 0.92 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 511,269 (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 Avensis gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?
14.2% of Toyota Avensis MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 5,552 miles later (95,011 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 95,011 (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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