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

The Toyota Prius records 2.41 body, chassis and structure failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 4.14 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−1.73, 95% interval −1.77 to −1.69). It ranks 438 of 663 models on body, chassis and structure (1 = most failures above expected).

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What exactly fails on body, chassis and structure?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Toyota Prius is “A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot severely deteriorated”, recorded 6,743 times in 2019–2024.

Toyota Prius: most frequent body, chassis and structure defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot severely deteriorated	6,743	0.80
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc	5,969	0.71
Exhaust system leaking or insecure	3,249	0.39
Fire risk due to fuel tank shield or exhaust shield missing where fitted as original equipment	906	0.11
Bumper insecure or with damage likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted	802	0.10

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 842,178 (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 body, chassis and structure advisory, how often does it fail next time?

10.8% of Toyota Prius MOTs with a body, chassis and structure advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 8,232 miles later (13,226 advisories followed).

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 13,226 (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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Does the Toyota Prius fail the MOT on body, chassis and structure more than it should?

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