How many Toyota Highlanders are still on the road in Great Britain, how many are declared off the road, how new registrations have changed and which fuels they use. Built from DVLA licensing records and 1,130 DVSA MOT tests.
Licensed in Great Britain1,197+0.4% on a year earlier
Declared SORN30Off the road, not taxed
MOT first-time pass rate, 202587.3%Cars of the same ages 87.7%
Rank by number licensedNo. 652of 1,159 models we cover
Licensed countAt its peakhighest since 2021
Average annual mileage9,130miles a year
How many Toyota Highlanders are left in Great Britain?
There were 1,197 Toyota Highlanders licensed in Great Britain at the end of March 2026, and a further 30 declared off the road (SORN).
That is the most on the road at any year end since 2021.
Toyota Highlanders licensed in Great Britain
Numbers are still rising: the latest count is the highest in this series.
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Toyota Highlanders licensed in Great Britain at the end of each year
In 2025, 87.3% of Toyota Highlander MOT tests were passed first time,
against 72.8% for all cars.
Cars of the same ages as the Toyota Highlanders tested pass 87.7% of the time, so the Toyota Highlander does about as well as average for its age.
MOT first-time pass rate by age: Toyota Highlander vs all cars
Comparing like with like: each bar pair covers cars of the same age, so an older average age does not count against a model.
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MOT first-time pass rate by vehicle age, Toyota Highlander compared with all cars
Registered: cars on the DVLA record at the end of the year they were first registered. Left:
licensed or declared SORN at the end of 2025.
Both cover the United Kingdom. Pass rate: first-time passes at normal MOT tests in Great
Britain in 2025; all cars: every car first registered the same year.
Toyota Highlander annual mileage
The average Toyota Highlander covers 9,130 miles a year,
worked out from odometer readings at consecutive MOT tests.
Average annual mileage by age
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Average annual mileage of a Toyota Highlander by vehicle age
Registrations of Toyota Highlanders for the first time in Great Britain peaked at 748 in 2021. In 2025, 14 were registered. With almost none registered new, the number on the road is likely to keep falling.
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Toyota Highlanders registered for the first time in Great Britain, by year
Of the 1,227 Toyota Highlanders licensed in the UK at the end of 2025, 100.0% have an engine of 2,401cc to 2,500cc.
Engine sizes, end of 2025
DVLA records engine size in 100cc bands.
Toyota Highlanders licensed in the UK at the end of 2025, by engine size
Engine size
Share of those licensed
2,401cc to 2,500cc 1,227 licensed
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Source:DfT / DVLAEnd of 2014 to end of 2025Updated
United Kingdom figures from DfT table VEH0220 (licensed cars at the end of each year, SORN
excluded), so they differ slightly from the Great Britain counts elsewhere on this page.
How we use engine sizes.
Toyota Highlander fuel economy and CO2
The Vehicle Certification Agency’s new car data lists the Toyota Highlander from 2021 to 2024. On the WLTP test (listings 2021 to 2024), official combined fuel economy for its petrol hybrid versions ranges from 39.8 mpg, with CO2 of 159 to 160 g/km.
Official WLTP figures by engine and fuel, listed 2021 to 2024
Official WLTP figures by engine and fuel, listed 2021 to 2024
Official figures from laboratory type-approval tests. VCA says they may not be achieved in
real-world driving, and should not be used to rank cars with similar figures.
Engine sizes are rounded to the nearest 0.1 litre. A version is one line in
VCA’s data (description, gearbox, engine and fuel), counted once however many years it was
listed.
Matched from VCA’s model names “Highlander MY22”, “Highlander”. How we use VCA’s figures.
Toyota Highlander safety recalls
DVSA lists 9 safety recalls for the Toyota Highlander since 1992, the first in 2015. The most recent was launched on 20 April 2026.
2nd Seat Spring Replacement on Highlander
Launched 20 April 2026DVSA recall R/2026/097Manufacturer ref. 6GG11 (26SD-026)
Defect
For certain vehicles equipped with second row seats that use recliner assemblies to unlock the seatbacks allow for seatback angle adjustment and locking due to a design change made by the supplier the recliner teeth may not fully engage during seatback adjustment. This could lead to the seatback not remaining in a locked position increasing the risk of injury in the event of a crash at higher speeds.
Remedy
Replace the return springs in the recliner assembly with improved ones.
A recall applies to cars built on particular dates or with particular VINs, not to every Toyota Highlander. The details come from manufacturers through DVSA, which says they may be delayed or
incomplete. To check a specific car, use GOV.UK’s vehicle recall check or ask the manufacturer or a
dealer. How we match recalls to models.
Figures cover Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales). Northern Ireland is not included.
Licensed counts are vehicles with a current tax or exemption at the end of each year (or the latest quarter). SORN counts are shown separately.
First registrations count vehicles registered in Great Britain for the first time, including used imports.
Models are grouped by DVLA’s generic model name, so every generation and trim counts together.
MOT figures cover normal tests of cars aged three and over in 2025; retests are excluded. Age is rounded to the nearest year.
DVSA records the model name typed in at the test. We match those names to DVLA’s generic models, so a handful of tests may be counted under a close relative.
