Toyota Aygo MOT pass rate and common failures
What the MOTs of 247,724 Toyota Aygo 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 Aygo pass its MOT first time?
In 2025, 74.8% of the 247,724 Toyota Aygo cars tested passed their MOT first time. Cars of all makes from the same registration years passed 72.6% of the time, so the Toyota Aygo was 2.2 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 Aygo did best for 2015 registrations (7.6 points above all cars of that year) and worst for 2005 registrations (9.6 points below all cars of that year).
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| Registered | Toyota Aygo | All cars | Cars tested |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 92.9% | 89.1% | 1,374 |
| 2021 | 89.4% | 88.2% | 16,509 |
| 2020 | 86.8% | 86.8% | 16,051 |
| 2019 | 85.8% | 84.2% | 21,387 |
| 2018 | 85.4% | 81.7% | 21,274 |
| 2017 | 84.1% | 78.9% | 20,802 |
| 2016 | 82.2% | 75.5% | 21,503 |
| 2015 | 80.0% | 72.4% | 22,441 |
| 2014 | 73.7% | 68.9% | 18,639 |
| 2013 | 68.0% | 65.9% | 14,506 |
| 2012 | 63.2% | 63.5% | 13,963 |
| 2011 | 60.2% | 61.3% | 12,025 |
| 2010 | 58.8% | 59.1% | 10,781 |
| 2009 | 57.8% | 57.9% | 11,437 |
| 2008 | 52.7% | 56.7% | 9,783 |
| 2007 | 52.5% | 56.9% | 7,852 |
| 2006 | 50.6% | 56.6% | 6,284 |
| 2005 | 47.7% | 57.3% | 1,113 |
What the Toyota Aygo failed on most
Of the 62,492 Toyota Aygo cars that failed first time in 2025, the share with each fault on the MOT. One car can fail on several faults.
- 1.Headlight aim out of line13.1%
- 2.Wiper blade not clearing the screen10.4%
- 3.Sidelight or rear light not working10.3%
- 4.Binding brake9.9%
- 5.Badly damaged tyre9.1%
By area of the car: lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 41.6%, brakes 30.0%, suspension 23.1%, tyres 21.9%, visibility 17.0%.
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 Aygo | All cars |
|---|---|---|
| 3 years | 16,000 | 23,200 |
| 4 years | 19,500 | 30,600 |
| 5 years | 23,700 | 36,100 |
| 6 years | 28,800 | 42,400 |
| 7 years | 34,100 | 50,100 |
| 8 years | 40,400 | 58,200 |
| 9 years | 46,200 | 65,200 |
| 10 years | 52,200 | 72,100 |
| 11 years | 57,800 | 78,800 |
| 12 years | 63,200 | 84,700 |
| 13 years | 68,800 | 90,400 |
| 14 years | 72,700 | 95,900 |
| 15 years | 76,800 | 97,900 |
| 16 years | 77,400 | 98,600 |
| 17 years | 83,700 | 103,500 |
| 18 years | 88,500 | 104,800 |
| 19 years | 92,100 | 104,100 |
| 20 years | 93,600 | 103,100 |
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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).