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Toyota Verso, Buying guide, MOT record, UK numbers and recalls

25,840 Toyota Versos are licensed in the UK. In 2025 they passed 69.7% of initial MOT tests, 2.6 points below the 72.3% UK average.

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Toyota Verso at the MOT

69.7% of 26,976 initial tests passed in 2025, ranking the Verso 353rd of 575 models. Toyota Versos aged 6 to 10 years passed 76% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 65.1%.

First-time pass rate, 2025

Share of initial tests passed, retests excluded.

  • Toyota Verso69.7%
  • All Toyota modelsThe Verso is 5.4 pts behind75.1%
  • All cars72.3%

Pass rate by age at test

Toyota Verso tests in 2025.

  • 6 to 10 years11,424 tests76%
  • 11 years and over15,552 tests65.1%

Where Versos fail

Share of all failure items recorded on Toyota Verso tests in 2025.

  • Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment37.3%
  • Suspension16.1%
  • Brakes15.9%
  • Tyres11.6%
  • Visibility8.7%

The items testers recorded most often were position lamp not working (11.5%), linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.1%) and wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (5%).

The MOT page lists every common Verso MOT failure. For one car's own results and advisories, run a free MOT history check.

Full Toyota Verso MOT record

What to look at on a viewing

The Verso's most common failure areas, and what a tester checks 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.37.3% of Verso failure items

  2. Suspension

    Listen for knocks over bumps, check the car sits level, and look for leaking shock absorbers and split rubber gaiters.16.1% of Verso failure items

  3. 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.15.9% of Verso failure items

Toyota Versos in the UK

25,840 were licensed at the end of June 2026. The number licensed has grown 21% since the end of 2014, although it peaked at 30,594 at the end of 2018.

Change since 2014
+21%from 21,339 licensed
Typical year of first use
2013half of those licensed at the end of 2025 were first used in 2013 or earlier
First registered in 2025
1against 3,844 in 2016
Declared off the road
1,0984.1% of those registered, under SORN

Licensed Toyota Versos since 2014

Licensed at each year end and in the latest quarter.

Show the figures
DateLicensed
End of 201421,339
End of 201524,710
End of 201628,052
End of 201730,224
End of 201830,594
End of 201930,141
End of 202029,612
End of 202129,610
End of 202229,121
End of 202328,396
End of 202427,515
End of 202526,512
End of June 202625,840

How old they are

Licensed Toyota Versos by year of first use.

  • Licensed at the end of 2025
  • First registered that year
Show the figures
First usedLicensed, end 2025First registered that year
2018812877
20172,2472,448
20163,3823,844
20153,1093,620
20142,833
20133,113
20122,787
20113,673
20102,759
20091,697

3,109 Versos first used in 2015 were still licensed at the end of 2025, roughly 86% of the 3,620 first registered that year.

Verso engines and fuel

1.6 litre engines made up 42% of Toyota Verso MOT tests in 2025, followed by 1.8 litre at 28%. Petrol accounts for 58% of licensed Versos and diesel for 41%.

Engine size at MOT, 2025

Share of 26,974 initial MOT tests in 2025.

  • 1.6 litre42.1%
  • 1.8 litre27.7%
  • 2.0 litre21.4%
  • 1.3 litre7.3%
  • 2.2 litre1.5%

Fuel type, licensed Versos

DfT licensing statistics, June 2026.

FuelLicensedShare
Petrol14,93658%
Diesel10,67041%
Gas2340.9%

Toyota Verso recalls

13 DVSA safety recalls launched from 1992 to October 2026 name the Toyota Verso. The 8 most recent are below. Each covers vehicles built in a set period, so a recall does not mean every Verso is affected.

  1. Nov 2019 R/2019/333

    Incorrectly installed covers could prevent the seat-mounted side airbag from deploying

    Versos built Dec 2010 to Feb 2014 · 3,887 vehicles across the whole recall

    Defect and remedy
    Defect
    Incorrectly installed covers could prevent the seat-mounted side air bag from deploying properly.
    Remedy
    Inspect the covers installed on the front seats and replace any incorrectly installed covers

  2. Feb 2019 R/2018/378

    Incorrect tightening torque was possibly applied during previous injector removal or replacement

    Versos built Jan 2014 to Oct 2017 · 321 vehicles across the whole recall

    Defect and remedy
    Defect
    An incorrect tightening torque was applied at the moment of injector re-installation.
    Remedy
    Check the injector clamp bolt torque and replace the parts if necessary.

  3. Dec 2018 R/2018/306

    Air bag control module for the supplemental restraint system could be susceptible to internal shorting

    Versos built Oct 2003 to May 2007 · 131,435 vehicles across the whole recall

    Defect and remedy
    Defect
    Possible inadvertent air bag deployment.
    Remedy
    Replace the airbag sensor assembly.

  4. Jun 2017 R/2017/010

    Airbag may not deploy

    Versos built Jul 2016 to Jan 2017 · 243 vehicles across the whole recall

    Defect and remedy
    Defect
    The subject vehicles are equipped with right front seat side airbags which may not deploy in a collision as intended.
    Remedy
    Recall the vehicles that are likely to be affected and replace the right front seat side airbags.

  5. Mar 2016 R/2016/013

    Engine may stall

    Versos built Jan 2014 to Jan 2015 · 2,223 vehicles across the whole recall

    Defect and remedy
    Defect
    Under certain conditions condense water in the intake air can corrode the needle bearing housing. Due to corrosion of the bearing housing the sealing between intake air and the electrical actuator circuit of the throttle body might not be water tight anymore. In the condition that water enters in the throttle body actuator circuit the water might cause a throttle body position misreading or short circuit inside the throttle body electrical actuation mechanism. This might trigger the engine to stall while driving.
    Remedy
    Recall the vehicles that are likely to be affected and replace the throttle body with a newly designed one. In addition the engine wire harness and the engine ECU will be inspected and replaced if necessary.

  6. Jan 2016 R/2015/225

    Loss of power

    Versos built Oct 2008 · 14 vehicles across the whole recall

    Defect and remedy
    Defect
    Internal cluctch pistons may have been incorrectly manufacturerd. This may cause incorrect transmission operation.
    Remedy
    On affected vehicles inspect clutch opertaion. Depending on out come either replace clutch component or transmission unit.

  7. Sep 2014 R/2014/070

    Fuel may leak

    1,009 vehicles across the whole recall

    Defect and remedy
    Defect
    The resin moulding around the fuel filter water sensor is inadequate. In low temperature environments this can affect the O ring and allow fuel to seep into the sensor. Consequently fuel can then leak out of the sensor through it's breather hole. Additionally maintenance schedules are incomplete.
    Remedy
    Inspect and replace filter if necessary. Revise maintence information

  8. Feb 2014 R/2014/010

    Steering wheel may detach

    Versos built May 2013 to Aug 2013 · 871 vehicles across the whole recall

    Defect and remedy
    Defect
    It is possible that the nut securing the steering wheel was not correctly tightened when the vehicle was assembled. This could lead to abnormal noise and free play at the steering wheel. If these warnings are ignored the nut could eventually come off and the steering wheel could separate from the steering shaft causing loss of steering ability.
    Remedy
    Recall the vehicles that are likely to be affected to check the steering wheel securing nut is tightened to the correct torque.
How to check a specific Verso for recalls

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Toyota Verso FAQs

How many Toyota Versos are there in the UK?

25,840 Toyota Versos were licensed in the UK at the end of June 2026, with a further 1,098 declared off the road (SORN), according to DfT vehicle licensing statistics.

Is the Toyota Verso 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 69.7% first-time pass rate for the Toyota Verso across 26,976 tests in 2025, below the 72.3% average for all cars.

Has the Toyota Verso had any recalls?

13 DVSA safety recalls launched from 1992 to October 2026 name the Toyota Verso. The most recent was published in November 2019. A recall applies to vehicles built in a set period, so check a specific car on the GOV.UK vehicle recall checker.

What should I check before buying a used Toyota Verso?

On the car itself, start with the areas it most often fails on: lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment, suspension and brakes. Then check the individual car's own records. Outstanding finance, insurance write-offs and police stolen markers are not part of the MOT record, so they take a history check.

How do I check a Toyota Verso'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.

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Across the 1,548 vehicles of every make Carpeep has checked since November 2025, 19% had outstanding finance recorded and 13% an insurance write-off. More on the Toyota history check. To confirm a car's identity, see the Toyota VIN check.

  • Outstanding finance
  • Write-off records
  • Stolen markers
  • Mileage history
  • Previous keepers

MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025 (class 4 initial tests, retests excluded), which also gives the engine sizes. Licensed, SORN, fuel and registration figures are from the Department for Transport vehicle licensing statistics (VEH0120, VEH0124, VEH0160). Recalls are from the DVSA vehicle recalls data, with recalls launched up to October 2026. Government data is used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability. History-check findings are anonymous counts from reports bought on Carpeep, each vehicle counted once, and are published only where at least 100 vehicles returned an answer.