92.6%
Toyota GR Yaris
Toyota GR Yaris MOT pass rate and common problems
The Toyota GR Yaris passed 92.6% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 20.3 percentage points above the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was condition has ply or cords exposed.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the GR Yaris 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 GR Yaris runs 17.5 points ahead of the Toyota average. It is 4th of the 32 Toyota models in the data. The average GR Yaris arrived at its test 3.7 years old with 16,907 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.
GR Yaris MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 3,554 | 92.7% | 20.4 pts above |
Every Toyota GR Yaris tested in 2025 was aged 3 to 5 years, so there is no other age group to compare with. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where GR Yaris failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Toyota GR Yaris cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Tyres and noise, emissions and leaks together account for 65.2% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common GR Yaris MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Toyota GR Yaris cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 77.1% of everything testers recorded against failed Toyota GR Yaris cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a GR Yaris
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Tyres
Recorded most often: condition has ply or cords exposed, condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords and tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm. 44.7% of failure items.
2
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively and washers provides insufficient washer liquid. 10.9% of failure items.
3
Noise, emissions and leaks
Recorded most often: catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits. 9.1% of failure items.
4
Identification of the vehicle
Recorded most often: registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements. 4% of failure items.
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Toyota GR Yaris MOT FAQs
What is the Toyota GR Yaris MOT pass rate?
92.6% of Toyota GR Yaris cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 4,612 tests. That is 20.3 percentage points above the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 16th of 575 models.
What does a Toyota GR Yaris most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Toyota GR Yaris cars failing their 2025 MOT was condition has ply or cords exposed, on 26.7% of failure items. Next were condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (10.9%) and catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (9.1%).
Which area causes the most Toyota GR Yaris MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was tyres at 51.6%, followed by noise, emissions and leaks at 13.6%.
Does this mean every Toyota GR Yaris has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Toyota GR Yaris 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 GR Yaris'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.