Toyota MR2

Complaints by model year

Each bar is one model year. The most recent years are still collecting complaints.

NHTSA ODI complaints (public domain) · updated 23 Oct 2026

New York safety inspections

Share of first inspections failed on safety, by model year. Older cars fail more as miles build up, so compare each year with the average car of the same year. Best against its own year: 2000.

NY DMV Vehicle Inspections, initial inspections since Aug 2021 · how we count

Year by year

A model year gets its own page when it has enough data for at least three sections

Most common problems

• Power train13
• Engine and engine cooling13
• Air bags6
• Vehicle speed control5
• Seat belts4
• Latches/locks/linkages4
• Tires3
• Steering3

NHTSA ODI complaints, all model years

Fatal crashes in the US

From 2020 to 2023, 12 MR2 vehicles were involved in crashes on US public roads in which someone died, and 8 people died inside them. These are counts, not crash rates: a model with more cars on the road shows up more often, and people killed outside the vehicle are not counted here.

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), crash years 2020–2023 (public domain) · how we count

In New Zealand

1,577 MR2 cars are on the New Zealand register; 84% arrived as used imports.

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi, Motor Vehicle Register (March 2026) · CC BY 4.0

In the Netherlands

1,746 MR2 cars are on Dutch roads; 62% arrived later as imports. Open a year for APK defects, odometer checks and colours.

RDW Open Data: registered vehicles (CC0) · list price is the manufacturer's catalogue price when new

In Finland

119 MR2 cars were in use in Finland on 30 Jun 2026: 100% petrol, 0% diesel. Mileage is the odometer reading at the last inspection.

Traficom (Finnish Transport and Communications Agency), open data on vehicles in use, 30 Jun 2026 · CC BY 4.0

Road collisions in Great Britain

From 2021 to 2025, 73 MR2 cars were involved in road collisions in Great Britain that injured someone and were reported to the police. 1 of those collisions were fatal and 21 caused serious injuries. As with any count, models with more cars on British roads appear more often.

Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data 2021–2025 · Open Government Licence v3.0 · how we count

In the United Kingdom

6,789 MR2 cars were licensed for the road at the end of 2025, by year of manufacture.

Department for Transport and DVLA, vehicle licensing statistics (table VEH0124) · Open Government Licence v3.0

MOT test results in Great Britain

10,757 MR2 cars took their annual MOT test in 2023; 66% passed first time, against 61% for all cars of the same ages. Older cars fail more often, so compare a year with the same year of other cars.

Why they fail

Share of all first tests that ended in a fail because of each part of the car (one test can fail on several).

DVSA anonymised MOT tests and results, 2023 (Department for Transport) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · first tests of cars only; a fix made at the test station within the hour still counts as a fail

New registrations in Europe

3 new Toyota MR2 cars registered in the EU, Norway and Iceland between 2010 and 2014, from the European Environment Agency's CO₂ monitoring of every new car. In 2014 the largest markets were Spain (1).

Averages are weighted by registrations; CO₂ is the type-approval value (NEDC until the WLTP switch). European Environment Agency, CO₂ emissions from new passenger cars · re-use permitted with acknowledgement

Recalls

1 campaigns cover the MR2.

NHTSA recalls