Does the Toyota C-HR fail the MOT on body, chassis and structure more than it should?

The Toyota C-HR records 0.11 body, chassis and structure failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.59 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) (−0.48, 95% interval −0.51 to −0.45). It ranks 337 of 663 models on body, chassis and structure (1 = most failures above expected).

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What exactly fails on body, chassis and structure?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Toyota C-HR is “A body panel or body component damaged or corroded and likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted, or insecure”, recorded 82 times in 2019–2024.

Toyota C-HR: most frequent body, chassis and structure defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
A body panel or body component damaged or corroded and likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted, or insecure	82	0.03
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot severely deteriorated	61	0.02
Bumper insecure or with damage likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted	41	0.02

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 260,868 (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

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Does the Toyota C-HR fail the MOT on body, chassis and structure more than it should?

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