Does the Toyota Prius+ fail the MOT on body, chassis and structure more than it should?

The Toyota Prius+ records 0.35 body, chassis and structure failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 2.01 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−1.66, 95% interval −1.87 to −1.45). It ranks 434 of 663 models on body, chassis and structure (1 = most failures above expected).

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No single body, chassis and structure defect wording reaches 30 items on the Toyota Prius+; the failures are spread across several.