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

The Toyota Proace records 12.39 body, chassis and structure failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 3.86 expected for a lcv of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+8.53, 95% interval +8.21 to +8.84). It ranks 57 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 Proace is “A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc”, recorded 2,351 times in 2019–2024.

Toyota Proace: 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 missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc	2,351	4.93
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot severely deteriorated	2,258	4.73
Exhaust system leaking or insecure	739	1.55
A door will not open using the relevant control or close properly	64	0.13
A body panel or body component damaged or corroded and likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted, or insecure	50	0.10

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 47,726 (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 Proace gets a body, chassis and structure advisory, how often does it fail next time?

28.0% of Toyota Proace 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 9,014 miles later (813 advisories followed).

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 813 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

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

What exactly fails on body, chassis and structure?

If a Toyota Proace gets a body, chassis and structure advisory, how often does it fail next time?

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