Toyota Yaris MOT pass rate and common failures
What the MOTs of 442,370 Toyota Yaris 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 Yaris pass its MOT first time?
In 2025, 72.0% of the 442,370 Toyota Yaris cars tested passed their MOT first time. Cars of all makes from the same registration years passed 70.1% of the time, so the Toyota Yaris was 1.9 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 Yaris did best for 2015 registrations (6.5 points above all cars of that year) and worst for 2000 registrations (8.0 points below all cars of that year).
See the figures
| Registered | Toyota Yaris | All cars | Cars tested |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 92.1% | 89.1% | 17,336 |
| 2021 | 90.9% | 88.2% | 23,209 |
| 2020 | 88.5% | 86.8% | 20,094 |
| 2019 | 86.3% | 84.2% | 27,244 |
| 2018 | 83.6% | 81.7% | 27,274 |
| 2017 | 81.1% | 78.9% | 26,164 |
| 2016 | 80.5% | 75.5% | 27,851 |
| 2015 | 78.9% | 72.4% | 30,019 |
| 2014 | 72.3% | 68.9% | 28,423 |
| 2013 | 68.6% | 65.9% | 28,186 |
| 2012 | 66.7% | 63.5% | 26,590 |
| 2011 | 66.1% | 61.3% | 15,471 |
| 2010 | 61.9% | 59.1% | 17,516 |
| 2009 | 62.8% | 57.9% | 23,051 |
| 2008 | 56.1% | 56.7% | 20,175 |
| 2007 | 55.0% | 56.9% | 18,423 |
| 2006 | 53.6% | 56.6% | 14,733 |
| 2005 | 54.5% | 57.3% | 13,843 |
| 2004 | 53.5% | 57.4% | 11,036 |
| 2003 | 53.2% | 58.4% | 9,228 |
| 2002 | 56.2% | 59.2% | 7,169 |
| 2001 | 55.5% | 61.0% | 5,605 |
| 2000 | 54.7% | 62.7% | 2,689 |
What the Toyota Yaris failed on most
Of the 123,786 Toyota Yaris 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 working14.1%
- 2.Broken or weak suspension spring11.9%
- 3.Headlight aim out of line11.1%
- 4.Wiper blade not clearing the screen10.6%
- 5.Windscreen washers not working9.4%
By area of the car: lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 47.9%, suspension 33.6%, visibility 20.3%, brakes 18.4%, tyres 17.6%.
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 Yaris | All cars |
|---|---|---|
| 3 years | 18,000 | 23,200 |
| 4 years | 23,700 | 30,600 |
| 5 years | 26,400 | 36,100 |
| 6 years | 31,200 | 42,400 |
| 7 years | 37,400 | 50,100 |
| 8 years | 42,800 | 58,200 |
| 9 years | 48,700 | 65,200 |
| 10 years | 55,800 | 72,100 |
| 11 years | 61,100 | 78,800 |
| 12 years | 67,300 | 84,700 |
| 13 years | 72,000 | 90,400 |
| 14 years | 75,900 | 95,900 |
| 15 years | 81,200 | 97,900 |
| 16 years | 84,400 | 98,600 |
| 17 years | 93,100 | 103,500 |
| 18 years | 94,600 | 104,800 |
| 19 years | 95,400 | 104,100 |
| 20 years | 90,300 | 103,100 |
Looking at a Toyota Yaris?
Averages describe thousands of cars. The one you are looking at has its own history.
- Toyota Yaris buyer's guideCommon problems and what to check before you buy.
- Free MOT history checkEvery MOT result, failure and advisory for one registration.
- Full car history checkFinance, write-off, stolen and mileage records for the exact car.
- MOT league tableMakes and models ranked against cars of the same age.
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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).