Does the Toyota Carina fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Toyota Carina records 20.43 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 21.31 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) (−0.88, 95% interval −1.89 to +0.13). It ranks 386 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 Carina by registration
What exactly fails on brakes?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Toyota Carina is “Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded”, recorded 372 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded | 372 | 4.67 |
| Brakes imbalance across an axle such that the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle. | 287 | 3.60 |
| Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake | 136 | 1.71 |
| A flexible brake hose excessively damaged, deteriorated, chafed, twisted or stretched | 92 | 1.15 |
| Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 88 | 1.10 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 7,974 (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 Carina gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?
16.0% of Toyota Carina MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.1 months and 2,009 miles later (1,451 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 1,451 (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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