Toyota Auris MOT pass rate and common failures
What the MOTs of 138,396 Toyota Auris cars in 2025 show. These are patterns across all tests recorded by DVSA, not a verdict on any one car.
How often does a Toyota Auris pass its MOT first time?
In 2025, 71.5% of the 138,396 Toyota Auris cars tested passed their MOT first time. Cars of all makes from the same registration years passed 68.0% of the time, so the Toyota Auris was 3.5 points above them.
Pass rate by registration year
First-time pass rate in 2025 for each year the car was first registered, next to all cars registered in the same year. Older cars fail more often, so compare like with like. Years with fewer than 1,000 cars tested are not shown.
Compared with all cars registered in the same year, the Toyota Auris did best for 2013 registrations (9.4 points above all cars of that year) and worst for 2019 registrations (5.1 points below all cars of that year).
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| Registered | Toyota Auris | All cars | Cars tested |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 79.1% | 84.2% | 1,013 |
| 2018 | 80.4% | 81.7% | 11,953 |
| 2017 | 79.9% | 78.9% | 12,550 |
| 2016 | 78.8% | 75.5% | 14,103 |
| 2015 | 77.3% | 72.4% | 15,710 |
| 2014 | 76.3% | 68.9% | 15,606 |
| 2013 | 75.3% | 65.9% | 13,056 |
| 2012 | 65.8% | 63.5% | 8,069 |
| 2011 | 63.4% | 61.3% | 8,903 |
| 2010 | 62.9% | 59.1% | 8,943 |
| 2009 | 61.7% | 57.9% | 9,720 |
| 2008 | 58.6% | 56.7% | 9,818 |
| 2007 | 58.2% | 56.9% | 8,906 |
What the Toyota Auris failed on most
Of the 39,395 Toyota Auris cars that failed first time in 2025, the share with each fault on the MOT. One car can fail on several faults.
- 1.Sidelight or rear light not working14.2%
- 2.Brake light not working14.0%
- 3.Split suspension joint cover10.6%
- 4.Headlight aim out of line9.9%
- 5.Headlight not working9.4%
By area of the car: lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 52.9%, suspension 25.8%, brakes 24.4%, tyres 19.5%, visibility 14.7%.
Typical mileage by age
The median odometer reading at the MOT, by the car's age at the test to the nearest year, up to 20 years. Half the cars had covered more and half less. A rough guide when a car's mileage looks high or low for its age.
| Age | Toyota Auris | All cars |
|---|---|---|
| 6 years | 76,900 | 42,400 |
| 7 years | 57,900 | 50,100 |
| 8 years | 62,400 | 58,200 |
| 9 years | 68,700 | 65,200 |
| 10 years | 77,500 | 72,100 |
| 11 years | 82,200 | 78,800 |
| 12 years | 81,600 | 84,700 |
| 13 years | 86,300 | 90,400 |
| 14 years | 90,800 | 95,900 |
| 15 years | 93,200 | 97,900 |
| 16 years | 93,700 | 98,600 |
| 17 years | 101,500 | 103,500 |
| 18 years | 101,200 | 104,800 |
| 19 years | 105,200 | 104,100 |
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Source
Calculated by Carhealth from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), Anonymised MOT tests and results, 2025: 28,468,316 cars. How we worked it out.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).