Toyota Yaris MOT pass rate and common failures

72% of Toyota Yaris MOTs passed first time, above the 69% for all cars at the same ages.

72%passed first time (cars its age: 69%)
3.8mToyota Yaris MOTs counted since May 2018
4,500typical miles a year at 10 years old

First-time pass rate by year registered

Each year's Toyota Yariss against every car first registered the same year, at the same ages. Newer cars have only had their first few MOTs, so they look better. Years with fewer than 5,000 MOTs are left out.

Share of MOTs passed first time, by year first registered. All cars: every car first registered that year, at the same ages.
Registered	Yaris	All cars	MOTs
2023	92%	88%	21k
2022	92%	88%	67k
2021	91%	86%	77k
2020	89%	86%	81k
2019	88%	85%	140k
2018	86%	84%	168k
2017	85%	83%	191k
2016	85%	80%	228k
2015	83%	78%	264k
2014	78%	74%	247k
2013	75%	71%	247k
2012	72%	68%	233k
2011	72%	65%	138k
2010	68%	62%	161k
2009	68%	61%	217k
2008	60%	59%	200k
2007	59%	58%	192k
2006	57%	57%	165k
2005	56%	56%	171k
2004	54%	55%	150k
2003	54%	56%	135k
2002	56%	56%	112k
2001	55%	57%	89k
2000	53%	59%	51k
1999	51%	61%	18k

Compare two years of the Yaris, age for age.

First-time pass rate by age

Share of MOTs at each age that passed first time. Ages with fewer than 10,000 Toyota Yaris MOTs are left out.

Commonest reasons for failure

Wiper does not clear the windscreenOther cars its age: 2.53.9
Position lamp not workingOther cars its age: 2.73.3
Coil spring fractured or brokenOther cars its age: 2.52.8
Stop lamp (brake light) not workingOther cars its age: 2.42.5
Tyre tread below the legal limitOther cars its age: 2.62.2
Number plate lamp not workingOther cars its age: 1.42.0
Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrectOther cars its age: 1.51.7
Windscreen washer gives too little liquidOther cars its age: 1.51.5

Out of every 100 Toyota Yaris MOTs, against other cars at the same ages.

Where it comes up more than other cars its age

Anti-roll bar link pin or bush wornAdvisory. Other cars its age: 0.53.1
Headlamp has a product on the lensAdvisory. Other cars its age: 0.92.5
Wheel bearing slightly noisyAdvisory. Other cars its age: 0.41.1
Wheel bearing rough when rotatedFail. Other cars its age: 0.41.1
Macpherson strut corroded but not seriously weakenedAdvisory. Other cars its age: 0.20.8
Anti-roll bar linkage pin or bush excessively wornFail. Other cars its age: 0.20.7

Out of every 100 Toyota Yaris MOTs. Only items noted well above other cars of the same ages.

Miles a year

Typical miles a year between one MOT and the next: 4,500 at 3 years old, 3,500 at 20. Rounded to the nearest 1,000.

Counted from DVSA records of 286,058,652 MOTs, 20 May 2018 to 18 October 2026. A test and its retests count as one MOT, and a fail put right at the test counts as a first-time fail, as the DVSA counts it. About Toyota Yariss in general, not a prediction for any one car. Spotted a mistake? Email fuzzyreguk@gmail.com.

Check a Toyota Yaris's MOT history

Every test and advisory, free, from the registration.