Does the Toyota Urban Cruiser fail the MOT on lamps, reflectors and electrics more than it should?

The Toyota Urban Cruiser records 17.70 lamps, reflectors and electrics failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 22.33 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−4.63, 95% interval −5.22 to −4.04). It ranks 514 of 729 models on lamps, reflectors and electrics (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on lamps, reflectors and electrics · check a Toyota Urban Cruiser by registration

What exactly fails on lamps, reflectors and electrics?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Toyota Urban Cruiser is “Headlamp reflector or lens slightly defective”, recorded 983 times in 2019–2024.

Toyota Urban Cruiser: most frequent lamps, reflectors and electrics defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
Headlamp reflector or lens slightly defective	983	3.97
A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources	712	2.88
Reflector defective or damaged by up to 50% of the reflecting surface	647	2.61
A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning	534	2.16
The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements	426	1.72

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

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