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

The Toyota Hiace records 4.81 noise, emissions and leaks failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 5.72 expected for a lcv of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−0.91, 95% interval −1.05 to −0.77). It ranks 429 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 Hiace is “Smoke opacity levels exceed the manufacturer's specified limit”, recorded 1,292 times in 2019–2024.

Toyota Hiace: most frequent noise, emissions and leaks defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
Smoke opacity levels exceed the manufacturer's specified limit	1,292	1.21
Smoke opacity levels exceed default limit	1,067	1.00
Emissions test not completed because smoke levels are significantly in excess of the specified limit values	619	0.58
Emissions test unable to be completed	588	0.55
Exhaust emits excessive smoke or vapour of any colour to an extent likely to obscure the vision of other road users.	355	0.33

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 106,856 (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 Hiace gets a noise, emissions and leaks advisory, how often does it fail next time?

6.5% of Toyota Hiace MOTs with a noise, emissions and leaks advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 4,584 miles later (5,143 advisories followed).

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 5,143 (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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