Does the Toyota C-HR fail the MOT on lamps, reflectors and electrics more than it should?

The Toyota C-HR records 4.34 lamps, reflectors and electrics failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 3.14 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+1.20, 95% interval +1.12 to +1.28). It ranks 237 of 729 models on lamps, reflectors and electrics (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on lamps, reflectors and electrics · check a Toyota C-HR by registration

What exactly fails on lamps, reflectors and electrics?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Toyota C-HR is “A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED”, recorded 4,563 times in 2019–2024.

Toyota C-HR: most frequent lamps, reflectors and electrics defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED	4,563	1.75
A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources	1,166	0.45
A reversing lamp inoperative	1,104	0.42
Headlamp aim unable to be tested	691	0.26
A lens defective which has no effect on emitted light	690	0.26

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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