92.8%
Toyota Yaris Cross
Toyota Yaris Cross MOT pass rate and common problems
The Toyota Yaris Cross passed 92.8% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 20.5 percentage points above the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was headlamp aim too high.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Yaris Cross 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 Yaris Cross runs 17.7 points ahead of the Toyota average. It is 3rd of the 32 Toyota models in the data. The average Yaris Cross arrived at its test 3.1 years old with 23,709 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.
Yaris Cross 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 | 5,416 | 92.6% | 20.3 pts above |
Every Toyota Yaris Cross 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 Yaris Cross failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Toyota Yaris Cross cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and visibility together account for 64.7% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Yaris Cross MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Toyota Yaris Cross cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 86.2% of everything testers recorded against failed Toyota Yaris Cross cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Yaris Cross
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: headlamp aim too high and headlamp aim too low. 36.8% of failure items.
2
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively, washers not working and washers provides insufficient washer liquid. 23.7% of failure items.
3
Tyres
Recorded most often: condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords, tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm, tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative and condition has ply or cords exposed. 16.1% of failure items.
4
Suspension
Recorded most often: shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak. 9.7% of failure items.
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Toyota Yaris Cross MOT FAQs
What is the Toyota Yaris Cross MOT pass rate?
92.8% of Toyota Yaris Cross cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 18,118 tests. That is 20.5 percentage points above the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 15th of 575 models.
What does a Toyota Yaris Cross most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Toyota Yaris Cross cars failing their 2025 MOT was headlamp aim too high, on 33.8% of failure items. Next were wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (15.7%) and shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak (9.7%).
Which area causes the most Toyota Yaris Cross MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 40.4%, followed by visibility at 24.3%.
Does this mean every Toyota Yaris Cross has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Toyota Yaris Cross 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 Yaris Cross'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.