Toyota Prius 2001: MOT failure rate for its age

34.7% of 513 MOT tests of the Toyota Prius first registered in 2001 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 86.4 (95% CI 73.7–99.1; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2001 Toyota Prius fails less often than other build years of the same model at the same age. This is a rough estimate from a smaller sample.

Toyota Prius built in 2001 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	34.7	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	513
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 73.7–99.1)	86.4	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	513
Rank among this model's 20 build years	2	of 20	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	513
Tested in 2024	70	tests	median 134,161 miles	2024	70

Built 2001 against Toyota Prius normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 18: 34.7% vs 41.9%; age 19: 31.8% vs 37.4%; age 20: 38.2% vs 40.5%; age 21: 43.1% vs n/a%; age 22: 40.2% vs n/a%. Axis from 0% to 50%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

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Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · full dataset (v5).

How does the 2001 Toyota Prius fail at each age?

Cars built in 2001 were tested at ages 18 to 22 between 2019 and 2024. Each row compares their first-time failure share with what this model normally shows at that age, after allowing for the overall failure level of each test year.

Toyota Prius built 2001: first-time MOT failure by age, against the model's normal rate at that age (2019–2024)
Age	Tests	Failed, %	95% interval	Normal for this model at that age, %	Index (100 = normal)
18	225 (rough estimate)	34.7	28.8–41.1	41.9	82.7
19	157 (rough estimate)	31.8	25.1–39.5	37.4	85.2
20	131 (rough estimate)	38.2	30.3–46.7	40.5	94.2
21	109 (rough estimate)	43.1	34.2–52.5	not available	not available
22	92 (rough estimate)	40.2	30.8–50.4	not available	not available

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 714 (initial tests) · Method: normal rate = this model's first-time failure share at that age across its build years (cells of 400+ tests), adjusted for each test year's overall level; cells of 30+ tests, under 500 marked rough · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

What fails most on the 2001 Toyota Prius?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2001 is lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 27 items per 100 first tests, against 14.6 across all build years of the Toyota Prius. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2001 were tested at ages 18 to 22.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Toyota Prius built 2001 against the Toyota Prius in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2001, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	27	14.6	212
Suspension	24.7	7.2	194
Brakes	17.9	4.9	140
Body, chassis, structure	12.5	2.4	98
Visibility	10.8	5	85

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 784 (initial tests of this build year) · Method: failure items grouped by DVSA's top-level defect groups, per 100 initial tests; groups with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How does 2001 compare with the years around it?

Among the 20 published build years of the Toyota Prius, 2001 ranks 2 (1 = fails least for its age). 2002: index 93.0.

Toyota Prius build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2001	86.4	73.7–99.1	better (rough estimate)	513
2002	93.0	77.3–108.6	no different (rough estimate)	370
2003	101.3	90.7–111.9	no different (rough estimate)	906
2004	103.1	99.0–107.2	no different	6,230
2005	101.3	98.7–103.8	no different	16,301
2006	105.1	102.9–107.3	worse	23,311
2007	101.5	99.8–103.1	no different	42,045
2008	99.7	98.0–101.4	no different	42,644
2009	102.9	101.2–104.6	worse	43,646
2010	105.2	103.7–106.7	worse	63,774
2011	108.4	106.6–110.2	worse	50,026
2012	100.6	98.8–102.3	no different	56,639
2013	101.4	99.7–103.2	no different	58,145
2014	100.1	98.4–101.8	no different	66,349
2015	106.3	104.5–108.1	worse	69,223
2016	88.9	87.2–90.6	better	77,143
2017	80.8	79.0–82.7	better	62,396
2018	89.3	87.1–91.5	better	51,183
2019	108.0	105.5–110.6	worse	48,741
2020	109.3	104.9–113.7	worse	17,030

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 796,615 (initial tests) · Method: observed failures against those expected for the same model at the same ages, test-year level adjusted; verdict follows the printed one-decimal bound · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How to cite this page

MOT Risk Index (2026). Toyota Prius 2001 MOT statistics (data release dvsa-2024-v2; full dataset motriskindex-families-2024-v5, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22975051), updated 30 September 2026. motriskindex.co.uk/cars/toyota-prius/2001/

How every figure is calculated: methodology. Age, test year and build year are tied together (age = test year − build year), so the test-year level is taken as observed, not estimated.

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