Does the Toyota Supra fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Toyota Supra records 9.45 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 19.37 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−9.92, 95% interval −10.74 to −9.09). It ranks 653 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 Supra by registration
What exactly fails on brakes?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Toyota Supra is “Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake”, recorded 290 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake | 290 | 2.66 |
| A flexible brake hose excessively damaged, deteriorated, chafed, twisted or stretched | 62 | 0.57 |
| Brakes imbalance across an axle such that the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle. | 59 | 0.54 |
| Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded | 49 | 0.45 |
| Flexible brake hose excessively damaged, chafed, twisted or stretched | 46 | 0.42 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 10,884 (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 Supra gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?
10.3% of Toyota Supra MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.3 months and 650 miles later (1,083 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 1,083 (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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