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Does the Toyota Land Cruiser fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?

The Toyota Land Cruiser records 21.88 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 19.54 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+2.34, 95% interval +2.09 to +2.58). It ranks 208 of 712 models on brakes (1 = most failures above expected).

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

What exactly fails on brakes?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Toyota Land Cruiser is “Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded”, recorded 5,593 times in 2019–2024.

Toyota Land Cruiser: most frequent brakes defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wordingItemsPer 100 tests
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded5,5933.99
a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm3,8662.75
Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement3,4262.44
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake2,4861.77
Parking brake inoperative on one side2,0351.45

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 140,330 (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 Land Cruiser gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?

16.7% of Toyota Land Cruiser MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.1 months and 4,708 miles later (27,292 advisories followed).

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 27,292 (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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