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Toyota Celica MOT pass rate by year

How the Toyota Celica's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1985 to 2008, across the DVSA record.

What is the Toyota Celica MOT pass rate by year?

The MOT pass and failure rate for each Toyota Celica model year, from the DVSA record. Only years with at least 1,000 tests are shown, so each figure is a real average rather than a handful of cars. The Toyota Celica averages 28.7% failures across all years.

YearPass rateFailure rateTests
198574.3%25.7%1,238
198668.4%31.6%1,211
198769.2%30.8%2,197
198866.4%33.6%2,514
198965.7%34.3%2,565
199064.4%35.6%13,104
199165.0%35.0%14,795
199266.2%33.8%12,380
199363.9%36.1%13,045
199465.7%34.3%30,239
199566.8%33.2%31,210
199668.0%32.0%40,949
199769.4%30.6%40,228
199870.0%30.0%45,085
199970.1%29.9%42,553
200070.6%29.4%77,462
200173.0%27.0%106,192
200273.5%26.5%103,368
200373.3%26.7%103,712
200473.3%26.7%85,197
200573.8%26.2%58,301
200674.2%25.8%33,320
200769.3%30.7%4,275
200870.3%29.7%1,879

Does age change how often a Toyota Celica fails?

Older Toyota Celicas fail more often, as expected. The 1985 cars fail 25.7% of tests against 29.7% for the 2008. Across every year the model averages 28.7%. The 1993 is the weakest year at 36.1%, and the 1985 the strongest at 25.7%.

More on the Toyota Celica

The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.

See also
Toyota Celica: common MOT failures and the parts that fix them
All Toyota models compared by MOT failure rate
MOT failure rates across Britain

Sources: DVSA MOT History API: MOT test results and defect data ยท DVSA MOT testing data for Great Britain