65.5%
Toyota Avensis pass rate
Used Toyota Avensis buying guide
In 2025, Toyota Avensis cars passed 65.5% of 55,139 initial MOT tests, 6.8 points below the 72.3% UK average. Here is where it fails and what to check before you buy.
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Toyota Avensis MOT record in brief
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded.
72.3%
UK average, all cars
−6.8
percentage points below average
Ranked on pass rate the Avensis sits 424th of 575 models in the data. Toyota as a brand averaged 75.1%, so this model runs 9.6 points behind its own brand. Toyota Avensis cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 78.1% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 62.1%.
A pass rate is not a reliability score. The full Toyota Avensis MOT record has the pass rate by age, every common failure and how the Avensis compares with similar cars.
Avensis fuel types
Diesel made up 52% of Toyota Avensis MOT tests in 2025, against 39.3% across all models in this data. The rest ran on other fuels, so tested examples were a genuine mix.
Where the Avensis fails its MOT
Where Toyota Avensis cars that failed their 2025 MOT were marked down, as a share of all recorded failure items.
The specific items testers recorded most often were position lamp not working (8.5%), coil spring fractured or broken (4.3%) and tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (3.7%). See every common Avensis MOT failure.
These are DVSA failure records across every Toyota Avensis that failed, not a claim that every Avensis has these problems.
What should you check when buying a used Avensis?
The areas above, most common first, and what an MOT tester looks at in each.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Walk round with every light on: headlights, brake lights, indicators, fog lights and the number plate lamp. Check no warning lights stay on after starting. 33.4% of Avensis failure items.
2
Brakes
Make sure the pedal feels firm, the car stops in a straight line, the handbrake holds on a slope and no brake warning light is showing. 17.9% of Avensis failure items.
3
Suspension
Listen for knocks over bumps, check the car sits level, and look for leaking shock absorbers and split rubber gaiters. 17.6% of Avensis failure items.
4
Tyres
Check tread depth across the full width of every tyre (the legal minimum is 1.6mm), and look for cuts, bulges and uneven wear. 9.5% of Avensis failure items.
5
Visibility
Check the windscreen for chips or cracks in the driver's view, and that the wipers and washers clear it properly. 7.5% of Avensis failure items.
None of this replaces the car's own record. Run a free MOT history check on the registration to see every test, advisory and recorded mileage for that car.
What the MOT record doesn't tell you
Knowing Toyota Avensis failures cluster around lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and brakes tells you what to inspect. It tells you nothing about whether the car is safe to buy. An MOT does not show money still owed on the car, a write-off, a theft record or a clocked odometer.
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- Outstanding finance
- Write-off records
- Stolen markers
- Mileage history
- Previous keepers
Other used Toyota models
The most-tested Toyota models in 2025, with how their MOT pass rate compares with the Avensis.
Used Toyota Avensis FAQs
Is the Toyota Avensis reliable?
MOT data does not measure reliability. It records whether a car met the roadworthiness standard on the day of its test. What it does show is a 65.5% first-time pass rate for the Toyota Avensis across 55,139 tests in 2025, below the 72.3% average for all cars.
Do older Toyota Avensis cars fail their MOT more often?
Toyota Avensis cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 78.1% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 62.1%. On an older example, the car's own MOT history tells you more than the model average.
What should I check before buying a used Toyota Avensis?
On the car itself, start with the areas it most often fails on: lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment, brakes and suspension. Then check the individual car's history: outstanding finance, insurance write-off records, stolen markers, mileage and previous keepers. None of these appear in the MOT record or on the V5C.
How do I check a Toyota Avensis's history?
Enter the registration of the specific car. A Carpeep car history check reports outstanding finance, write-off category, stolen markers, mileage history, previous keepers, MOT and tax status, import and export markers and scrapped status in one £15 report.
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025 (class 4 initial tests, retests excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.