Does the Toyota Estima fail the MOT on noise, emissions and leaks more than it should?

The Toyota Estima records 2.70 noise, emissions and leaks failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 4.55 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−1.85, 95% interval −2.01 to −1.70). It ranks 533 of 678 models on noise, emissions and leaks (1 = most failures above expected).

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What exactly fails on noise, emissions and leaks?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Toyota Estima is “Engine MIL illuminated indicating a malfunction”, recorded 578 times in 2019–2024.

Toyota Estima: most frequent noise, emissions and leaks defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
Engine MIL illuminated indicating a malfunction	578	0.80
Emissions levels exceed default limits	484	0.67
Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer	287	0.39
Emissions levels exceed the manufacturer's specified limits	158	0.22
Emissions test unable to be completed	134	0.18

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 72,662 (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 Estima gets a noise, emissions and leaks advisory, how often does it fail next time?

10.7% of Toyota Estima MOTs with a noise, emissions and leaks advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.1 months and 5,450 miles later (2,158 advisories followed).

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 2,158 (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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