Does the Toyota Urban Cruiser fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Toyota Urban Cruiser records 17.38 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 14.01 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+3.37, 95% interval +2.85 to +3.89). It ranks 169 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 Urban Cruiser by registration
What exactly fails on brakes?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Toyota Urban Cruiser is “Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded”, recorded 957 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded | 957 | 3.87 |
| a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm | 614 | 2.48 |
| Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake | 349 | 1.41 |
| ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction | 345 | 1.39 |
| Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn | 333 | 1.35 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 24,748 (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 Urban Cruiser gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?
14.2% of Toyota Urban Cruiser MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 5,644 miles later (6,013 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 6,013 (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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