Toyota RAV-4
Registered from 1995 to 2015.
About this model
The Toyota RAV4 is a compact crossover SUV produced by the Japanese automobile manufacturer Toyota. Having sold over 15 million units worldwide as of 2025, the RAV4 is the best-selling SUV of all time. The car is credited with popularizing compact crossover automobiles, often credited as the first modern compact crossover SUV. In February 2025, the RAV4 replaced the Ford F-150 as the best-selling car in the United States, after nearly four decades of the latter's reign.
From the Wikipedia article Toyota RAV4, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2011 2.2 diesel. 649 of 3,598 tests failed, 18%.
Better than 73% of 2011 cars. The typical one fails 22%, across 924 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 39% | 251 |
| Brakes | 39% | 250 |
| Lights and electrics | 30% | 195 |
| Tyres and wheels | 16% | 101 |
| Visibility | 15% | 96 |
| Body and structure | 12% | 78 |
The defects inspectors cite
- A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- A suspension joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- A suspension component fractured or likely to fail
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Suspension — 39% of its failures
- A suspension joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- A suspension component fractured or likely to fail
- Brakes — 39% of its failures
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm
- Tyres and wheels — 16% of its failures
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- Lights and electrics — 30% of its failures
- A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps
- Visibility — 15% of its failures
- Body and structure — 12% of its failures
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
When it starts failing
At 160–180k miles this one fails 21% of its inspections, against the 27% an ordinary car of the same age fails.
| Odometer | Failure rate | Rate | Its age | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20–40k miles | 7% | 14% | 69 | |
| 40–60k miles | 12% | 18% | 353 | |
| 60–80k miles | 14% | 21% | 701 | |
| 80–100k miles | 16% | 24% | 897 | |
| 100–120k miles | 21% | 25% | 759 | |
| 120–140k miles | 26% | 26% | 489 | |
| 140–160k miles | 26% | 26% | 198 | |
| 160–180k miles | 21% | 27% | 72 |
3,538 British inspections, grouped by the odometer reading recorded at the test.
Half of these have more than 80k miles on them. That is how far people drive this car, not how long it lasts.