Toyota Corolla MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Toyota Corolla in Great Britain in 2025 — 126,932 tests. Figures cover every Corolla first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Corolla ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
78.6%
6.3 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
126,932
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
5.3%
of Corolla first tests; national 7.3%

How many Toyota Corolla cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 178,919 Toyota Corolla cars that were taxed or on SORN: 154,293 taxed and 24,626 on SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification — kept, but declared off the road by the keeper). The MOT figures above count tests; these count cars, across the whole United Kingdom, cars only. Toyota Corolla vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
154,293
86.2% of the 178,919 Corolla cars taxed or on SORN; 147 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
24,626
declared off the road by their keepers — 13.8% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Corolla cars peaked at 185,603 at the end of 2014 and has since fallen by 31,310 (16.9%) to 154,293 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 6,595 at the end of 2014 to 24,626 at the end of 2025, up 273.4%. A car leaves the taxed count when it is scrapped, exported or declared off the road; the year-end counts do not say which.

Taxed Corolla cars, year by year

Cars of this model taxed and on the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025.

050k100k150k200k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Corolla cars, year 2014: 186kTaxed Corolla cars, year 2015: 172kTaxed Corolla cars, year 2016: 158kTaxed Corolla cars, year 2017: 143kTaxed Corolla cars, year 2018: 127kTaxed Corolla cars, year 2019: 127kTaxed Corolla cars, year 2020: 130kTaxed Corolla cars, year 2021: 135kTaxed Corolla cars, year 2022: 142kTaxed Corolla cars, year 2023: 149kTaxed Corolla cars, year 2024: 150kTaxed Corolla cars, year 2025: 154k154k
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YearTaxed Corolla cars
2014185,603
2015171,922
2016158,166
2017142,883
2018127,332
2019126,704
2020129,732
2021134,862
2022141,801
2023148,714
2024150,255
2025154,293

Corolla cars on SORN, year by year

Cars of this model declared off the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025. Its own scale — SORN counts are a fraction of the taxed count.

05k10k15k20k25k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Corolla cars on SORN, year 2014: 7kCorolla cars on SORN, year 2015: 9kCorolla cars on SORN, year 2016: 11kCorolla cars on SORN, year 2017: 13kCorolla cars on SORN, year 2018: 14kCorolla cars on SORN, year 2019: 16kCorolla cars on SORN, year 2020: 19kCorolla cars on SORN, year 2021: 20kCorolla cars on SORN, year 2022: 21kCorolla cars on SORN, year 2023: 23kCorolla cars on SORN, year 2024: 24kCorolla cars on SORN, year 2025: 25k25k
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YearCorolla cars on SORN
20146,595
20158,627
201610,779
201712,623
201814,240
201916,278
202019,319
202120,247
202221,204
202323,338
202424,225
202524,626

Which model years survive

Taxed Corolla cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 154,293 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. 8 taxed Corolla cars have no recorded year of manufacture and are not in the table, so the rows add up to 154,285. A build year's count depends on how many were sold that year as well as how many have lasted.

Year of manufacture Taxed, end of 2025Share of taxed Corolla cars
202511,5867.5%
202412,1357.9%
202318,12311.7%
202217,74311.5%
202118,68512.1%
202017,75311.5%
201914,8359.6%
20082,6861.7%
20073,5802.3%
200610,1436.6%
20058,7215.7%
20045,3803.5%
20033,9932.6%
20022,6231.7%
All other build years (43 years, each under 1%)6,2994.1%

Population source: Department for Transport / DVLA vehicle licensing statistics, table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026; counts of the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, United Kingdom, cars only, excluding cars recorded with no model name. SortedCars groups DVLA's model name COROLLA under this model. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, DVLA or the Department for Transport.

How the Corolla ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, Corolla vs all cars, 2025.

Toyota CorollaAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Toyota Corolla, vehicle age 3: 90.3%Toyota Corolla, vehicle age 4: 89.6%Toyota Corolla, vehicle age 5: 89.6%Toyota Corolla, vehicle age 6: 88.5%Toyota Corolla, vehicle age 16: 59.6%Toyota Corolla, vehicle age 17: 59.5%Toyota Corolla, vehicle age 18: 60.5%Toyota Corolla, vehicle age 19: 60%Toyota Corolla, vehicle age 20: 59.3%All cars, vehicle age 3: 88.5%All cars, vehicle age 4: 87.2%All cars, vehicle age 5: 86%All cars, vehicle age 6: 83.5%All cars, vehicle age 7: 80.9%All cars, vehicle age 8: 78.2%All cars, vehicle age 9: 74.9%All cars, vehicle age 10: 71.9%All cars, vehicle age 11: 68.6%All cars, vehicle age 12: 65.8%All cars, vehicle age 13: 63.5%All cars, vehicle age 14: 61.2%All cars, vehicle age 15: 59.3%All cars, vehicle age 16: 58.3%All cars, vehicle age 17: 57.2%All cars, vehicle age 18: 57.4%All cars, vehicle age 19: 57%All cars, vehicle age 20: 57.6%Toyota Corolla 59.3%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)Corolla testsCorolla pass rateAll cars
319,17590.3%88.5%
419,97089.6%87.2%
518,99289.6%86.0%
616,47388.5%83.5%
161,13059.6%58.3%
172,82759.5%57.2%
183,76560.5%57.4%
1910,81660.0%57.0%
209,42059.3%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

The Corolla's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the Corolla beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

Corolla ahead
-6-3+0+3+6Age 3: +1.8 points vs the average car3Age 4: +2.4 points vs the average carAge 5: +3.6 points vs the average car5Age 6: +5.0 points vs the average carAge 16: +1.3 points vs the average carAge 17: +2.3 points vs the average car17Age 18: +3.1 points vs the average carAge 19: +3.0 points vs the average car19Age 20: +1.7 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3+1.8
4+2.4
5+3.6
6+5.0
16+1.3
17+2.3
18+3.1
19+3.0
20+1.7

The Corolla fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the Corolla fleet still in use.

05k10k15k20kAge 3: 19k3Age 4: 19kAge 5: 18k5Age 6: 16kAge 16: 1kAge 17: 2k17Age 18: 3kAge 19: 10k19Age 20: 9k20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
319,175
419,970
518,992
616,473
161,130
172,827
183,765
1910,816
209,420

What a Corolla fails on

Where the failure items land when a Corolla fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment32.0%
Brakes18.7%
Visibility12.0%
Tyres11.8%
Suspension10.9%
Body, chassis, structure5.6%
Noise, emissions and leaks4.9%
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems1.5%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.6% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a Corolla, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Tyres: 26.9% of advisories26.9%Brakes: 25.6% of advisories25.6%Suspension: 25.2% of advisories25.2%Non-component advisories: 4.7% of advisoriesBody, chassis, structure: 4.6% of advisoriesIdentification of the vehicle: 4.0% of advisories
TyresBrakesSuspensionNon-component advisoriesBody, chassis, structureIdentification of the vehicle
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres26.9%
Brakes25.6%
Suspension25.2%
Non-component advisories4.7%
Body, chassis, structure4.6%
Identification of the vehicle4.0%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Corolla?

First-time pass rate for the three most-tested Corolla fuel types, 2025, against the all-cars average. Fleet ages differ by fuel — newer fleets help the electrified bars.

50%60%70%80%90%100%all cars 72.3%Hybrid electric: 89.8% of 78,689 tests89.8%Hybrid78,689 testsPetrol: 60.6% of 42,004 tests60.6%Petrol42,004 testsDiesel: 57.9% of 6,181 tests57.9%Diesel6,181 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Hybrid electric78,68989.8%
Petrol42,00460.6%
Diesel6,18157.9%

What mileage is normal for a Corolla?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Corolla; the shaded band holds the middle half. A car far outside the band, in either direction, is worth questions the recorded history can answer.

Typical Corolla (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k35171920Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 28,750 miles (middle half 18,750–48,750)Age 4: typical 38,750 miles (middle half 26,250–58,750)Age 5: typical 46,250 miles (middle half 31,250–73,750)Age 6: typical 56,250 miles (middle half 36,250–98,750)Age 16: typical 116,250 miles (middle half 93,750–143,750)Age 17: typical 123,750 miles (middle half 98,750–148,750)Age 18: typical 113,750 miles (middle half 88,750–143,750)Age 19: typical 101,250 miles (middle half 76,250–131,250)Age 20: typical 103,750 miles (middle half 78,750–131,250)103k mi

Mileage values are midpoints of 2,500-mile bands.

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
318,75028,75048,750
426,25038,75058,750
531,25046,25073,750
636,25056,25098,750
1693,750116,250143,750
1798,750123,750148,750
1888,750113,750143,750
1976,250101,250131,250
2078,750103,750131,250

What fails at each age

The Corolla's failure mix by age band, 2025 — each band's top categories at their true share of that band's failure items; the pale remainder is everything else. How the mix shifts with age is the point of the chart.

TyresVisibilityLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentBrakesSuspensionBody, chassis, structureEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres49.6%
3-5 yrsVisibility23.3%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment11.8%
3-5 yrsBrakes7.6%
3-5 yrsSuspension3.1%
3-5 yrsEverything else4.6%
6-9 yrsTyres41.8%
6-9 yrsVisibility16.8%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment14.7%
6-9 yrsBrakes12.5%
6-9 yrsSuspension7.7%
6-9 yrsEverything else6.5%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment28.4%
14+ yrsBrakes24.8%
14+ yrsSuspension14.8%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure7.5%
14+ yrsTyres7.0%
14+ yrsEverything else17.5%

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How these figures are computed. Every number on this page is calculated by SortedCars from the DVSA anonymised MOT results dataset (every MOT test in Great Britain — 2025 for single-year figures; trend figures state their span, currently 2023–2025). Where a figure comes from a sample or uses banded values (mileage is banded to 2,500 miles), the page says so beside the figure. Test class 4 only, first tests only — retests are excluded. Class 4 is the car MOT class and also covers car-derived vans, pickups and motorhomes tested to the same standard; where this page says "cars" it means class 4. Pass rate = passes ÷ (passes + failures + pass-after-rectification): a vehicle that failed and was fixed during the visit counts as a fail. Pass rates describe fleets, not individual machines: they reflect how cars were driven, maintained and used as well as how they were built, and beyond recorded mileage none of that is in the data. A well-kept example of a model with a weak average can still pass; a neglected example of a strong one can still fail. No figure is shown for any group with fewer than 500 tests. Alias spellings of a make in the DVSA file are counted under one make name, and all trims and variants of a model are grouped under one model name, using SortedCars' grouping tables. The taxed and SORN counts on this page are the one exception: they are not computed from MOT records but taken from the Department for Transport's vehicle licensing statistics (DfT/DVLA table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0), which count the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, UK-wide, cars only. They describe a model as a whole, grouped under SortedCars' model names, and say nothing about any one car. “Dangerous” is DVSA's statutory defect category (in force since May 2018): a defect posing an immediate risk to road safety — driving the vehicle before repair is an offence. What these figures are for. These statistics are general information about groups of vehicles. They are not advice, a valuation or a recommendation to buy, avoid or price any particular vehicle, and no decision about one car should rest on them alone — check the car itself and its own records. We take care over the calculations, but we cannot guarantee they are complete, current or free of error, and we accept no liability for loss arising from reliance on them. This does not limit any liability that cannot lawfully be limited — see our Terms & Conditions. If you believe any figure on this page is inaccurate, contact us. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the DVSA or DVLA. DVSA publishes the raw test records; the statistics on this page are SortedCars' own calculations from them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.