Toyota Prius: no years to avoid
Based on 153,148 real MOT tests from DVSA records. Each year is compared against every other car first registered the same year — otherwise the numbers would only tell you that older cars fail more, which you knew.
The short answer
Avoid 2021. The worst is the 2021, which fails its MOT 34% more often than other cars of the same age. The 2013 is the strongest, failing 58% less often than average.
Found a Toyota Prius you like?
Averages tell you what to expect. Its registration tells you what actually happened — every MOT, every advisory, and whether the mileage adds up.
Every Prius model year
Shaded rows are the years that differ most from other cars of the same age — worse, better.
| Registered | MOT tests | Fail rate | vs same-age cars |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2,540 | 26.3% |
28% better
|
| 2006 | 3,665 | 28.0% |
23% better
|
| 2007 | 6,784 | 25.3% |
28% better
|
| 2008 | 6,847 | 22.8% |
35% better
|
| 2009 | 6,940 | 22.9% |
32% better
|
| 2010 | 9,551 | 21.0% |
35% better
|
| 2011 | 6,978 | 19.4% |
36% better
|
| 2012 | 7,606 | 14.8% |
47% better
|
| 2013 | 9,353 | 10.8% |
58% better
|
| 2014 | 11,187 | 10.4% |
55% better
|
| 2015 | 13,075 | 9.2% |
53% better
|
| 2016 | 14,880 | 8.3% |
51% better
|
| 2017 | 14,959 | 6.7% |
53% better
|
| 2018 | 13,366 | 6.4% |
47% better
|
| 2019 | 16,176 | 7.0% |
32% better
|
| 2020 | 8,101 | 9.7% |
about average
|
| 2021 Worst | 1,140 | 8.4% |
34% worse
|
How this is worked out
Every MOT test recorded by DVSA in 2023 on a Toyota Prius, grouped by the year the car was first registered. Retests are excluded, so a car that failed and was fixed still counts as a failure. Each year's rate is then divided by the rate for all cars first registered that year — so 120 means 20% more failures than its contemporaries, not 20% more than a brand new car.
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