78.9%
Toyota Vitz pass rate
Used Toyota Vitz buying guide
In 2025, Toyota Vitz cars passed 78.9% of 2,254 initial MOT tests, 6.6 points above the 72.3% UK average. Here is where it fails and what to check before you buy.
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Toyota Vitz MOT record in brief
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded.
72.3%
UK average, all cars
+6.6
percentage points above average
Ranked on pass rate the Vitz sits 212th of 575 models in the data. Toyota as a brand averaged 75.1%, so this model runs 3.8 points ahead of its own brand. Toyota Vitz cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 88% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 76.3%.
A pass rate is not a reliability score. The full Toyota Vitz MOT record has the pass rate by age, every common failure and how the Vitz compares with similar cars.
Vitz fuel types
Petrol was the most common fuel among Toyota Vitz cars tested in 2025. Diesel made up just 0.1% of tests.
Where the Vitz fails its MOT
Where Toyota Vitz 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 linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (10.3%), position lamp not working (6.3%) and rear fog lamp not working (6.2%). See every common Vitz MOT failure.
These are DVSA failure records across every Toyota Vitz that failed, not a claim that every Vitz has these problems.
What should you check when buying a used Vitz?
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. 45.2% of Vitz failure items.
2
Suspension
Listen for knocks over bumps, check the car sits level, and look for leaking shock absorbers and split rubber gaiters. 18.9% of Vitz failure items.
3
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. 11.5% of Vitz failure items.
4
Visibility
Check the windscreen for chips or cracks in the driver's view, and that the wipers and washers clear it properly. 9.8% of Vitz failure items.
5
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. 6.4% of Vitz 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 Vitz failures cluster around lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and suspension 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 Vitz.
Used Toyota Vitz FAQs
Is the Toyota Vitz 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 78.9% first-time pass rate for the Toyota Vitz across 2,254 tests in 2025, above the 72.3% average for all cars.
Do older Toyota Vitz cars fail their MOT more often?
Toyota Vitz cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 88% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 76.3%. 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 Vitz?
On the car itself, start with the areas it most often fails on: lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment, suspension and tyres. 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 Vitz'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.