74.9%
Toyota Aygo
Toyota Aygo MOT pass rate and common problems
The Toyota Aygo passed 74.9% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 2.6 percentage points above the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was position lamp not working.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Aygo compares
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. A car that failed and was repaired at the test station counts as a fail.
75.1%
Toyota average
72.3%
UK average, all cars
The Aygo is level with the Toyota average. It is 17th of the 32 Toyota models in the data. The average Aygo arrived at its test 10.3 years old with 54,529 miles recorded.
A pass rate records whether cars met the roadworthiness standard on test day. It is not a reliability score, and part of any gap reflects how old the tested cars were.
Aygo MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Toyota Aygo cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 87.8% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 60.5%, a drop of 27.4 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 48,594 | 87.8% | 15.5 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 107,362 | 82.4% | 10.1 pts above |
| 11 years and over | 100,166 | 60.5% | 11.8 pts below |
That is a steep decline with age, so the headline rate flatters older examples. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Aygo failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Toyota Aygo cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and brakes together account for 48.6% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Aygo MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Toyota Aygo cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 37.1% of everything testers recorded against failed Toyota Aygo cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Aygo
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working, headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect, stop lamp not working and headlamp aim too low. 14.3% of failure items.
2
Brakes
Recorded most often: service brake performance excessively binding and brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick. 7.5% of failure items.
3
Suspension
Recorded most often: component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength and pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn. 6.8% of failure items.
4
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 4.3% of failure items.
The car's own MOT history matters more than any model average. A free MOT history check shows whether a specific Aygo has failed on these items before, or had them noted as advisories. Buying one? See the used Toyota Aygo buying guide.
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Toyota Aygo MOT FAQs
What is the Toyota Aygo MOT pass rate?
74.9% of Toyota Aygo cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 256,989 tests. That is 2.6 percentage points above the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 266th of 575 models.
What does a Toyota Aygo most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Toyota Aygo cars failing their 2025 MOT was position lamp not working, on 5% of failure items. Next were service brake performance excessively binding (4.7%) and wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (4.3%).
Which area causes the most Toyota Aygo MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 27.7%, followed by brakes at 20.9%.
Do older Toyota Aygo cars fail their MOT more often?
Toyota Aygo cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 87.8% of MOT tests in 2025, against 60.5% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Toyota Aygo has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Toyota Aygo that failed in 2025. They show where the model most often needs attention, not the condition of any individual car.
How do I see a specific Toyota Aygo's MOT history?
Enter its registration on the free Carpeep MOT history check to see that car's own test results, failures, advisories and recorded mileages.
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025: class 4 initial tests, retests excluded, with failure items from failed tests (advisories and minor defects excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.