Does the Toyota Highlander fail the MOT on tyres more than it should?

The Toyota Highlander records 4.50 tyres failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 6.38 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−1.88, 95% interval −3.36 to −0.39). It ranks 496 of 751 models on tyres (1 = most failures above expected).

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

No single tyres defect wording reaches 30 items on the Toyota Highlander; the failures are spread across several.