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

The Toyota Highlander records 15.66 lamps, reflectors and electrics failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 6.30 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+9.36, 95% interval +7.03 to +11.69). It ranks 81 of 729 models on lamps, reflectors and electrics (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on lamps, reflectors and electrics · check a Toyota Highlander by registration

No single lamps, reflectors and electrics defect wording reaches 30 items on the Toyota Highlander; the failures are spread across several.