Toyota Urban Cruiser 2012: MOT failure rate for its age

21.0% of 3,556 MOT tests of the Toyota Urban Cruiser first registered in 2012 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 91.2 (95% CI 84.6–97.7; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2012 Toyota Urban Cruiser 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 Urban Cruiser built in 2012 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	21.0	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	3556
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 84.6–97.7)	91.2	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	3556
Rank among this model's 4 build years	1	of 4	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	3556
Tested in 2024	557	tests	median 79,110 miles	2024	557

Built 2012 against Toyota Urban Cruiser normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 7: 17.4% vs 18.9%; age 8: 19.3% vs 21.3%; age 9: 21.3% vs 23%; age 10: 21.3% vs 23.3%; age 11: 21% vs 25.2%; age 12: 26.2% vs 26.7%. Axis from 0% to 30%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2012 Toyota Urban Cruiser by registration · All Toyota Urban Cruiser 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 2012 Toyota Urban Cruiser fail at each age?

Cars built in 2012 were tested at ages 7 to 12 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 Urban Cruiser built 2012: 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)
7	622	17.4	14.6–20.5	18.9	92
8	597	19.3	16.3–22.6	21.3	90.3
9	602	21.3	18.2–24.7	23	92.4
10	592	21.3	18.2–24.8	23.3	91.2
11	586	21	17.9–24.5	25.2	83.2
12	557	26.2	22.7–30	26.7	98.1

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 3,556 (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 2012 Toyota Urban Cruiser?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2012 is brakes: 15.5 items per 100 first tests, against 17.4 across all build years of the Toyota Urban Cruiser. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2012 were tested at ages 7 to 12.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Toyota Urban Cruiser built 2012 against the Toyota Urban Cruiser in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2012, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Brakes	15.5	17.4	552
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	9.4	17.7	335
Suspension	6.7	7.4	237
Visibility	6.3	8.3	225
Tyres	4.7	5.6	166

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 3,556 (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 2012 compare with the years around it?

Among the 4 published build years of the Toyota Urban Cruiser, 2012 ranks 1 (1 = fails least for its age). 2011: index 100.0.

Toyota Urban Cruiser build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2009	101.2	97.0–105.4	no different	7,660
2010	103.2	98.7–107.7	no different	7,343
2011	100.0	95.0–105.0	no different	6,153
2012	91.2	84.6–97.7	better (rough estimate)	3,556

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 24,712 (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 Urban Cruiser 2012 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-urban-cruiser/2012/

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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