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1,441 MOT tests analysed. lands in the middle of the pack — here's where Proace City Icons pass, fail, and end up on the retest sheet.
That's 1.1 points above the UK fleet average across our 1,984 tracked models — a confident result.
Pass
78.6%
Pass-after-fix
6.0%
Fail
14.8%
Avg miles
45,295
Pass + Pass-after-fix + Fail = 100%
Diesel cars registered from September 2015 generally meet Euro 6 — compliant in London ULEZ, Birmingham CAZ, Bristol CAZ, and Glasgow LEZ.
Performance by cohort
2 year bands · 1,441 tests
Pass rate is broadly flat across the cohorts — new and old Proace City Icon examples track each other at the test bay.
Pass
78.9%
Fail
12.8%
PRS
7.0%
Avg mileage at test
52,185 mi
Pass
78.5%
Fail
15.3%
PRS
5.8%
Avg mileage at test
43,517 mi
Cohort = vehicle's first-registration year band. Same model, different generations of build.
The picture
Across 1,441 MOT tests, the Proace City Icon returns 78.6% first-time pass — roughly in line with the UK fleet average. The single most-logged Major fail is brake pads worn below 1.5 mm. Wipers that don't clear the screen and windscreen damage round out the top three. Average tested mileage sits at 45,295, which is the lens to read those failure rankings through. If you own one and the next test is close, the ranked list below is a sensible pre-test checklist.
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a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm
65 occurrences · 4.5% of tests
Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
62 occurrences · 4.3% of tests
Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured but not adversely affecting driver's view
45 occurrences · 3.1% of tests
A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources
44 occurrences · 3.1% of tests
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
29 occurrences · 2.0% of tests
A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
25 occurrences · 1.7% of tests
Wiper blade defective
24 occurrences · 1.7% of tests
A tyre seriously damaged
22 occurrences · 1.5% of tests
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot severely deteriorated
20 occurrences · 1.4% of tests
Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn
17 occurrences · 1.2% of tests
Counts cover Major and Dangerous defects logged at test. Advisory items excluded so this shows why a car was rejected, not just what the tester flagged in passing.
Worst-case fix budget · top 4 failures
£168–£335
If every one of this Proace City Icon's most-logged Major fails hit at the same MOT, that's the real-world UK garage range. Reality is usually one or two items, not all of them. Open the estimator →
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Year-band analysis
First-time MOT pass rate split by registration band. Pass rates barely move across bands here, so the year you buy Toyota Proace City Icon makes little measurable difference to MOT outcomes.
Best band to buy
78.9%
2018–2020 registration
the 2018–2020 band climbs to 78.9% — a 0.4-point improvement. Failures here are mostly wear items: less than 1.5 mm thick, does not clear the windscreen effectively — the structural issues that drag down older examples don't appear in the top-10 for this band.
Band to be cautious about
78.5%
2021+ registration
On the 2021-on band, the data shows a 78.5% pass rate against a fleet average of 78.9% on the newer band. The main culprits logged at test: less than 1.5 mm thick, does not clear the windscreen effectively, and damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view. Average mileage on test for this band is 43,517 miles — high-mileage wear items are a recurring theme.
Best band to buy: 2018-2020 (78.9% first-time pass). Worst band to avoid: 2021+ (78.5% pass). That's a 0.4-point spread across 1,143 older tests and 298 newer ones — year of build makes a material difference on this model.
Picked against this car's top failure patterns. Affiliate links to Amazon UK — we earn a small cut at no cost to you. Disclosed up-front, doesn't shape the data.
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Brake pad measurement gauge
Testers fail pads under 1.5mm. A wear gauge tells you if you've got two months left or two weeks.
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Bosch Aerotwin wiper blades
Cheap wipers fail the test on smear streaks. Bosch Aerotwins last a winter and clear a screen properly.
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H7 / W21W bulb pack
A spare-bulb kit lives in the boot. Test morning is not the time to find your stop-lamp's gone.
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Use the failure ranking as a pre-test checklist or a haggling lever. Treat the headline pass rate as a fleet-wide trend, not a guarantee on any individual car.
If you own a Proace City Icon and your last MOT looked nothing like the ranked failures above, that's normal — individual cars vary widely. The ranking shows the patterns testers flag most often across the country.
