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Toyota Corolla 2005
Typical odometer reading from real UK MOT records. Median is what half of these cars read; the band shows where most fall. Kilometres, with miles alongside.
Based on N = 16,629 UK MOT odometer readings. DVSA anonymised MOT test results 2023 (UK headline band), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Lithuanian fleet: typical mileage
Home market data. Odometer distribution from Lithuanian technical inspections (TRANSEKSTA), using each car's latest reading. Kilometres.
Based on N = 1,731 Lithuanian vehicles. Lietuvos techninės apžiūros įmonių asociacija TRANSEKSTA via data.gov.lt, CC BY 4.0.
Across 13,592 Lithuanian Toyota Corolla cars with two or more inspection readings, 34.5% show a later reading below an earlier one at some point, and 1.6% by more than 5,000 km. This is fleet level context from the inspection record, not a verdict on any individual car. Odometer week precision and data entry inflate the raw figure, which is why the larger drop share is shown alongside.
At initial technical inspection, 50.6% of 2005 Toyota Corolla cars failed first time (8,074 inspections). Source: TRANSEKSTA technical inspection open data (data.gov.lt dataset 2721).
EU recall signals for the Toyota Corolla
Model-level recall activity from EU market registers. Counts are advisory and are shown per source, never added together. Not specific to this car.
In the Dutch RDW register, about 7.1% of registered Toyota Corolla cars currently carry at least one open recall. Recalls apply to production windows, not model years alone. See the full per source breakdown, with dates and the reported risk, on the Toyota Corolla recalls page.
UK MOT reliability, proxy for ex-UK imports
UK MOT fleet, proxy data for ex-UK imports (ADR 0007). This is UK data, shown here only because the model also carries an EU signal above.
Of 13,170 initial (first attempt) class 4 MOT tests on 2005 Toyota Corolla cars in 2023, 29.2% failed. That is lower than the 36.3% median for cars of the same age in this fleet (a 7.1 point difference).
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test results 2023, Open Government Licence v3.0. A UK fleet proxy, not a per-car result. Many imports to the Baltics are ex-UK, so the UK failure pattern is a useful, honestly labelled prior. It is not a substitute for an inspection.
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What this is, and what it is not
These figures are an aggregate distribution across many Toyota Corolla cars of the 2005 model year, computed from UK DVSA MOT odometer readings used as a fleet proxy. The MOT dataset is anonymised and carries no VIN and no personal data.
It is not a per-VIN history. It cannot tell you the mileage of one specific car or whether a particular odometer was wound back. Use it as a sanity check: a reading far below the typical band for the age is a clue worth investigating, not proof of anything on its own.
To decode a specific VIN, use the free VIN decoder. For a per-VIN odometer pre-check against official READ-type readings (UK DVSA MOT, plus the Dutch RDW verdict when you add a plate), use the mileage & rollback check. For exactly how this band is computed and every source behind it, see the data methodology.