Toyota Surf
Registered from 2003 to 2008.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2005 3.0 diesel. 21 of 85 tests failed, 25%.
Better than 67% of 2005 cars. The typical one fails 27%, across 837 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Lights and electrics | 67% | 14 |
| Brakes | 57% | 12 |
| Body and structure | 38% | 8 |
| Suspension | 29% | 6 |
| Steering | 24% | 5 |
| Plates and identity | 10% | 2 |
The defects inspectors cite
- An obligatory rear fog lamp missing, or a front or rear fog lamp inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Brakes imbalance across an axle such that the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle.
- Exhaust system leaking or insecure
- Parking brake inoperative on one side
- A flexible brake hose excessively damaged, deteriorated, chafed, twisted or stretched
Where it stands out against its peers
- Lights and electrics: failed more often than 97% of 2005 cars — 67% of its 21 failed tests, where an ordinary 2005 car has 41%.
- Brakes: failed more often than 95% of 2005 cars — 57% of its 21 failed tests, where an ordinary 2005 car has 37%.
- Steering: failed more often than 95% of 2005 cars — 24% of its 21 failed tests, where an ordinary 2005 car has 5%.
Same model year only, at least 30 peer cars, zeros included. Every car has a worst part; this shows which, and how far from ordinary it is. A high share means more to check, not a verdict.
NHTSA's investigations are American; no European regulator publishes an equivalent record, so this section has nothing to draw on for a European car. There is no European equivalent of the service-bulletin register either.
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Brakes — 57% of its failures
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Parking brake inoperative on one side
- A flexible brake hose excessively damaged, deteriorated, chafed, twisted or stretched
- Suspension — 29% of its failures
- Steering — 24% of its failures
- Lights and electrics — 67% of its failures
- An obligatory rear fog lamp missing, or a front or rear fog lamp inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Body and structure — 38% of its failures
- Plates and identity — 10% of its failures