2012 Toyota Hilux 3.0L Diesel · RM10 MAC
2012 Toyota Hilux (3.0L, diesel). First registered 31 May 2012. Recorded mileage 56,741 miles. MOT expired on 23 Aug 2026.
- Make & Model
- TOYOTA HILUX
- Year / Origin
- 2012 · Reading
- Safety Recall
- Unknown
- MOT Status
- Expired on 23 Aug 2026
- Road Tax
- —
- Recorded Mileage
- 56,741 mi
- ULEZ Compliance
- Non-Compliant (Pre-Euro 6 Diesel)
- Fuel & Engine
- Diesel · 3.0L
- Reliability Guide
- Common Faults
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RM10 MAC Key Findings
- 5 MOT tests recorded
- Latest MOT passed on 15/08/2025
- 56,741 miles recorded at latest MOT
- 1 historical MOT failure
- No defects recorded at the latest MOT
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RM10 MAC MOT History
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5 MOT tests are recorded for this 2012 Toyota Hilux (RM10 MAC) between August 2022 and August 2025.
The record contains 4 passes and 1 failure.
The most recent test on 15 August 2025 was a pass, although the earlier record includes 1 failure that buyers may want to investigate.
RM10 MAC Mileage History
- 18/08/202249,131 mi
- 24/08/202249,132 mi+1 mi
- 31/07/202353,665 mi+4,533 mi
- 13/08/202455,106 mi+1,441 mi
- 15/08/202556,741 mi+1,635 mi
Average of roughly 2,543 miles per year across 5 recorded odometer readings.
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MOT Roadworthiness: Below Average
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- D-4D Fuel Injector Copper Seat Washer Blow-By and Sludge FormationSerious
The 2.5 D-4D (2KD-FTV) and 3.0 D-4D (1KD-FTV) engines use copper washers to seal the common-rail fuel injectors into the cylinder head. Over time and thermal cycling, these copper washers erode, allowing hot combustion blow-by gases to escape into the rocker cover. The hot gases carbonise engine oil into thick granular sludge, which drops into the sump and clogs the oil pickup mesh strainer. This starves the engine of oil pressure, causing rattling bottom-end bearings and catastrophic engine seizure.
- Rear Chassis Ladder Frame Structural Salt CorrosionSerious
Hilux pickups used in UK agricultural, coastal, or winter-salted highway environments suffer from severe structural corrosion on the boxed steel ladder-frame chassis rails. Mud and wet road salt accumulate inside the hollow chassis sections behind the fuel tank and surrounding the rear leaf spring hanger brackets, rusting the steel rails from the inside out. This leads to chassis perforations, weakened towing strength, and failure on the annual UK MOT inspection.
- Steering Column Spiral Cable Clock Spring FailureModerate
The spiral cable (clock spring) inside the steering wheel hub assembly transfers electrical connections to the driver airbag, horn, and steering wheel controls. Through repeated steering turns over high mileage, the internal flat ribbon cable suffers fatigue and fractures. When severed, the driver airbag is disconnected, illuminating the SRS airbag warning light on the dashboard, disabling the horn, and causing an immediate MOT test failure. Subject to UK safety recall R/2014/048.
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