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

The Toyota Celica records 38.70 lamps, reflectors and electrics failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 38.07 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) (+0.63, 95% interval +0.20 to +1.06). It ranks 261 of 729 models on lamps, reflectors and electrics (1 = most failures above expected).

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What exactly fails on lamps, reflectors and electrics?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Toyota Celica is “The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements”, recorded 6,469 times in 2019–2024.

Toyota Celica: most frequent lamps, reflectors and electrics defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements	6,469	8.15
A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources	4,955	6.24
Headlamp reflector or lens slightly defective	3,482	4.39
A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning	2,848	3.59
Stop lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning	1,829	2.30

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 79,361 (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 Celica gets a lamps, reflectors and electrics advisory, how often does it fail next time?

32.2% of Toyota Celica MOTs with a lamps, reflectors and electrics advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 4,244 miles later (1,765 advisories followed).

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 1,765 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

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

What exactly fails on lamps, reflectors and electrics?

If a Toyota Celica gets a lamps, reflectors and electrics advisory, how often does it fail next time?

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