Toyota Estima 2012: MOT failure rate for its age

18.1% of 4,128 MOT tests of the Toyota Estima first registered in 2012 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 97.4 (95% CI 90.4–104.4; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2012 build year is no different from other years of the same model at the same age.

Toyota Estima built in 2012 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	18.1	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	4128
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 90.4–104.4)	97.4	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	4128
Rank among this model's 19 build years	6	of 19	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	4128
Tested in 2024	1547	tests	median 78,227 miles	2024	1547

Built 2012 against Toyota Estima normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 7: 16.5% vs 23.8%; age 8: 22.6% vs 23.6%; age 9: 17.3% vs 21.5%; age 10: 17.3% vs 18.9%; age 11: 18.4% vs 17%; age 12: 18.4% vs 18.8%. Axis from 0% to 30%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2012 Toyota Estima by registration · All Toyota Estima MOT statistics · Download the build-year table (CSV)

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · full dataset (v5).

How does the 2012 Toyota Estima fail at each age?

Cars built in 2012 were tested at ages 7 to 12 between 2019 and 2024. Each row compares their first-time failure share with what this model normally shows at that age, after allowing for the overall failure level of each test year.

Toyota Estima built 2012: first-time MOT failure by age, against the model's normal rate at that age (2019–2024)
Age	Tests	Failed, %	95% interval	Normal for this model at that age, %	Index (100 = normal)
7	393 (rough estimate)	16.5	13.2–20.5	23.8	69.4
8	394 (rough estimate)	22.6	18.7–27	23.6	95.8
9	469 (rough estimate)	17.3	14.1–21	21.5	80.4
10	784	17.3	14.9–20.2	18.9	91.7
11	1,328	18.4	16.4–20.5	17	108.3
12	1,547	18.4	16.5–20.4	18.8	97.7

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 4,915 (initial tests) · Method: normal rate = this model's first-time failure share at that age across its build years (cells of 400+ tests), adjusted for each test year's overall level; cells of 30+ tests, under 500 marked rough · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

What fails most on the 2012 Toyota Estima?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2012 is lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 18.4 items per 100 first tests, against 28.3 across all build years of the Toyota Estima. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2012 were tested at ages 7 to 12.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Toyota Estima built 2012 against the Toyota Estima in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2012, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	18.4	28.3	906
Suspension	15.3	19.3	751
Visibility	4	6.1	198
Tyres	3.1	5.3	151
Brakes	2.6	6.4	126

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 4,915 (initial tests of this build year) · Method: failure items grouped by DVSA's top-level defect groups, per 100 initial tests; groups with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How does 2012 compare with the years around it?

Among the 19 published build years of the Toyota Estima, 2012 ranks 6 (1 = fails least for its age). 2011: index 99.3. 2013: index 99.2.

Toyota Estima build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2002	132.7	118.2–147.1	worse (rough estimate)	752
2003	127.1	115.2–139.1	worse (rough estimate)	1,055
2004	114.1	103.0–125.2	worse (rough estimate)	1,241
2005	121.7	109.4–133.9	worse (rough estimate)	1,162
2006	96.7	91.0–102.4	no different	4,390
2007	102.9	97.0–108.8	no different	4,503
2008	96.6	91.2–101.9	no different	5,613
2009	94.7	89.0–100.4	no different	5,372
2010	99.8	93.7–106.0	no different	5,032
2011	99.3	92.5–106.2	no different (rough estimate)	4,139
2012	97.4	90.4–104.4	no different	4,128
2013	99.2	92.5–105.9	no different	4,404
2014	95.2	88.7–101.8	no different (rough estimate)	3,953
2015	112.1	104.3–119.9	worse (rough estimate)	3,138
2016	105.8	99.1–112.5	no different (rough estimate)	3,828
2017	100.3	93.1–107.4	no different (rough estimate)	3,100
2018	97.4	89.9–104.9	no different (rough estimate)	2,562
2019	92.2	84.9–99.6	better (rough estimate)	2,475
2020	109.0	98.1–119.8	no different (rough estimate)	1,332

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 62,179 (initial tests) · Method: observed failures against those expected for the same model at the same ages, test-year level adjusted; verdict follows the printed one-decimal bound · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How to cite this page

MOT Risk Index (2026). Toyota Estima 2012 MOT statistics (data release dvsa-2024-v2; full dataset motriskindex-families-2024-v5, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22975051), updated 30 September 2026. motriskindex.co.uk/cars/toyota-estima/2012/

How every figure is calculated: methodology. Age, test year and build year are tied together (age = test year − build year), so the test-year level is taken as observed, not estimated.

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