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

The Toyota Previa records 1.37 vehicle identification failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.73 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+0.64, 95% interval +0.53 to +0.76). It ranks 39 of 636 models on vehicle identification (1 = most failures above expected).

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What exactly fails on vehicle identification?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Toyota Previa is “Number plate inscription missing or illegible”, recorded 328 times in 2019–2024.

Toyota Previa: most frequent vehicle identification defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
Number plate inscription missing or illegible	328	0.80
Number plate does not conform to the specified requirements	142	0.35
Number plate missing or so insecure that it is likely to fall off	86	0.21

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 vehicle identification advisory, how often does it fail next time?

5.6% of Toyota Previa MOTs with a vehicle identification advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.1 months and 4,931 miles later (2,174 advisories followed).

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 2,174 (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 vehicle identification more than it should?

What exactly fails on vehicle identification?

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

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