72.4%
Toyota Yaris
Toyota Yaris MOT pass rate and common problems
The Toyota Yaris passed 72.4% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, in line with the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was position lamp not working.
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How the 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 Yaris runs 2.7 points behind the Toyota average. It is 21st of the 32 Toyota models in the data. The average Yaris arrived at its test 11.8 years old with 64,660 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 MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Toyota Yaris cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 89.2% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 61.1%, a drop of 28.1 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 67,395 | 89.2% | 16.9 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 139,599 | 80.6% | 8.3 pts above |
| 11 years and over | 234,766 | 61.1% | 11.2 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 Yaris failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Toyota Yaris cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and suspension together account for 53.6% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Yaris MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Toyota Yaris cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 38.2% of everything testers recorded against failed Toyota 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 Yaris
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working, stop lamp not working, headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect, registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps and headlamp not working on dipped beam. 18.9% of failure items.
2
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively and washers provides insufficient washer liquid. 7.8% of failure items.
3
Suspension
Recorded most often: coil spring fractured or broken and pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn. 7.7% of failure items.
4
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm. 3.8% of failure items.
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Toyota Yaris MOT FAQs
What is the Toyota Yaris MOT pass rate?
72.4% of Toyota Yaris cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 460,778 tests. That is in line with the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 305th of 575 models.
What does a Toyota Yaris most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Toyota Yaris cars failing their 2025 MOT was position lamp not working, on 6.8% of failure items. Next were coil spring fractured or broken (5.4%) and wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (5.2%).
Which area causes the most Toyota Yaris MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 33%, followed by suspension at 20.6%.
Do older Toyota Yaris cars fail their MOT more often?
Toyota Yaris cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 89.2% of MOT tests in 2025, against 61.1% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Toyota Yaris has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Toyota 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 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.