Toyota Proace 2017: MOT failure rate for its age

23.9% of 9,189 MOT tests of the Toyota Proace first registered in 2017 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 82.2 (95% CI 78.8–85.6; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2017 Toyota Proace fails less often than other build years of the same model at the same age.

Toyota Proace built in 2017 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	23.9	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	9189
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 78.8–85.6)	82.2	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	9189
Rank among this model's 8 build years	1	of 8	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	9189
Tested in 2024	1634	tests	median 78,540 miles	2024	1634

Built 2017 against Toyota Proace normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 3: 17.9% vs 23.4%; age 4: 24.2% vs 27.8%; age 5: 23.8% vs 28.7%; age 6: 26.9% vs 31.3%; age 7: 29.7% vs 37.3%. Axis from 0% to 40%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2017 Toyota Proace by registration · All Toyota Proace MOT statistics · Download the build-year table (CSV)

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

How does the 2017 Toyota Proace fail at each age?

Cars built in 2017 were tested at ages 3 to 7 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 Proace built 2017: 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)
3	2,464	17.9	16.4–19.5	23.4	76.4
4	1,733	24.2	22.3–26.3	27.8	87.3
5	1,695	23.8	21.8–25.9	28.7	83
6	1,663	26.9	24.9–29.1	31.3	86.1
7	1,634	29.7	27.5–31.9	37.3	79.7

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 9,189 (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 2017 Toyota Proace?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2017 is lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 14 items per 100 first tests, against 23.4 across all build years of the Toyota Proace. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2017 were tested at ages 3 to 7.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Toyota Proace built 2017 against the Toyota Proace in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2017, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	14	23.4	1,297
Visibility	11.5	13.7	1,067
Brakes	6.4	9.1	595
Tyres	5.7	6.9	530
Body, chassis, structure	5.6	12.4	518

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 9,284 (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 2017 compare with the years around it?

Among the 8 published build years of the Toyota Proace, 2017 ranks 1 (1 = fails least for its age). 2016: index 108.4. 2018: index 97.5.

Toyota Proace build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2013	103.2	94.2–112.3	no different (rough estimate)	1,130
2014	111.0	106.4–115.6	worse	5,109
2015	120.5	116.2–124.8	worse	6,821
2016	108.4	102.5–114.3	worse (rough estimate)	3,696
2017	82.2	78.8–85.6	better	9,189
2018	97.5	93.5–101.5	no different	8,538
2019	93.8	88.8–98.7	better	5,657
2020	98.2	91.6–104.7	no different (rough estimate)	3,567

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 43,707 (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 Proace 2017 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-proace/2017/

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.

Toyota Proace 2017: MOT failure rate for its age

How does the 2017 Toyota Proace fail at each age?

What fails most on the 2017 Toyota Proace?

How does 2017 compare with the years around it?

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