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

The Toyota Previa records 25.72 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 23.59 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+2.13, 95% interval +1.64 to +2.62). It ranks 217 of 712 models on brakes (1 = most failures above expected).

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What exactly fails on brakes?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Toyota Previa is “a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm”, recorded 1,827 times in 2019–2024.

Toyota Previa: most frequent brakes defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm	1,827	4.46
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded	1,610	3.93
Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement	1,528	3.73
Parking brake inoperative on one side	858	2.09
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake	745	1.82

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 40,983 (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 Previa gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?

18.4% of Toyota Previa MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.1 months and 4,899 miles later (9,972 advisories followed).

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 9,972 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

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

What exactly fails on brakes?

If a Toyota Previa gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?

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