Toyota Land Cruiser 2004: MOT failure rate for its age

38.1% of 12,445 MOT tests of the Toyota Land Cruiser first registered in 2004 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 102.1 (95% CI 99.2–105.0; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2004 build year is no different from other years of the same model at the same age.

Toyota Land Cruiser built in 2004 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	38.1	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	12445
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 99.2–105.0)	102.1	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	12445
Rank among this model's 23 build years	20	of 23	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	12445
Tested in 2024	1756	tests	median 154,196 miles	2024	1756

Built 2004 against Toyota Land Cruiser normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 15: 40% vs 40.1%; age 16: 37.1% vs 36.4%; age 17: 38.4% vs 37.2%; age 18: 38.4% vs 36.7%; age 19: 36.9% vs 36.4%; age 20: 37% vs 36.2%. Axis from 0% to 50%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2004 Toyota Land Cruiser by registration · All Toyota Land Cruiser 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 2004 Toyota Land Cruiser fail at each age?

Cars built in 2004 were tested at ages 15 to 20 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 Land Cruiser built 2004: 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)
15	2,320	40	38–42	40.1	99.8
16	2,054	37.1	35.1–39.3	36.4	101.9
17	2,228	38.4	36.4–40.5	37.2	103.4
18	2,146	38.4	36.3–40.4	36.7	104.5
19	1,941	36.9	34.8–39.1	36.4	101.2
20	1,756	37	34.8–39.3	36.2	102.2

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 12,445 (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 2004 Toyota Land Cruiser?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2004 is suspension: 40.3 items per 100 first tests, against 25.9 across all build years of the Toyota Land Cruiser. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2004 were tested at ages 15 to 20.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Toyota Land Cruiser built 2004 against the Toyota Land Cruiser in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2004, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Suspension	40.3	25.9	5,013
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	36.4	25.8	4,524
Body, chassis, structure	29.2	18.3	3,639
Brakes	26.1	21.9	3,249
Visibility	11.7	10.1	1,458

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 12,445 (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 2004 compare with the years around it?

Among the 23 published build years of the Toyota Land Cruiser, 2004 ranks 20 (1 = fails least for its age). 2003: index 100.3. 2005: index 98.8.

Toyota Land Cruiser build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
1998	98.4	92.4–104.3	no different (rough estimate)	2,709
1999	104.5	99.2–109.8	no different (rough estimate)	3,666
2000	100.2	95.2–105.1	no different	4,128
2001	97.9	93.9–101.8	no different	6,356
2002	100.2	96.5–103.8	no different	7,641
2003	100.3	97.1–103.6	no different	9,888
2004	102.1	99.2–105.0	no different	12,445
2005	98.8	95.8–101.8	no different	11,723
2006	102.9	99.2–106.6	no different	8,385
2007	99.8	95.7–103.9	no different	6,838
2008	98.4	93.0–103.9	no different	4,045
2009	104.5	97.2–111.8	no different (rough estimate)	2,644
2010	90.3	84.4–96.1	better	4,009
2011	98.4	90.7–106.0	no different (rough estimate)	2,842
2012	91.8	83.5–100.0	no different (rough estimate)	2,557
2013	91.3	82.6–100.0	no different (rough estimate)	2,576
2014	87.3	80.4–94.2	better	4,320
2015	101.6	94.0–109.3	no different	4,401
2016	100.1	91.5–108.8	no different (rough estimate)	3,694
2017	100.3	89.1–111.6	no different (rough estimate)	2,330
2018	97.2	86.6–107.8	no different (rough estimate)	2,581
2019	99.8	87.0–112.6	no different (rough estimate)	1,877
2020	98.8	79.1–118.5	no different (rough estimate)	830

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 112,485 (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 Land Cruiser 2004 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-land-cruiser/2004/

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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