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

The Toyota Prius+ records 1.64 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 6.57 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−4.93, 95% interval −5.31 to −4.55). It ranks 565 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 Prius+ by registration

What exactly fails on brakes?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Toyota Prius+ is “a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm”, recorded 160 times in 2019–2024.

Toyota Prius+: 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	160	0.91

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 17,525 (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 Prius+ gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?

3.2% of Toyota Prius+ MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 5.8 months and 15,956 miles later (623 advisories followed).

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 623 (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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