Toyota GT86 MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Toyota GT86 in Great Britain in 2025 — 6,789 tests. Figures cover every GT86 first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the GT86 ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
83.8%
11.5 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
6,789
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
4.3%
of GT86 first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
58,750
middle half: 41,250–76,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Toyota GT86 cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 8,264 Toyota GT86 cars that were taxed or on SORN: 7,720 taxed and 544 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 GT86 vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
7,720
93.4% of the 8,264 GT86 cars taxed or on SORN; 17 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
544
declared off the road by their keepers — 6.6% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed GT86 cars peaked at 7,873 at the end of 2023 and has since fallen by 153 (1.9%) to 7,720 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 67 at the end of 2014 to 544 at the end of 2025, up 711.9%. 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 GT86 cars, year by year

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

02k4k6k8k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed GT86 cars, year 2014: 4kTaxed GT86 cars, year 2015: 5kTaxed GT86 cars, year 2016: 5kTaxed GT86 cars, year 2017: 6kTaxed GT86 cars, year 2018: 6kTaxed GT86 cars, year 2019: 7kTaxed GT86 cars, year 2020: 7kTaxed GT86 cars, year 2021: 7kTaxed GT86 cars, year 2022: 7kTaxed GT86 cars, year 2023: 8kTaxed GT86 cars, year 2024: 8kTaxed GT86 cars, year 2025: 8k8k
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YearTaxed GT86 cars
20144,001
20154,679
20165,325
20175,858
20186,281
20196,575
20206,732
20216,550
20226,760
20237,873
20247,808
20257,720

GT86 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.

02004006002014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)GT86 cars on SORN, year 2014: 67GT86 cars on SORN, year 2015: 100GT86 cars on SORN, year 2016: 108GT86 cars on SORN, year 2017: 137GT86 cars on SORN, year 2018: 166GT86 cars on SORN, year 2019: 179GT86 cars on SORN, year 2020: 257GT86 cars on SORN, year 2021: 248GT86 cars on SORN, year 2022: 289GT86 cars on SORN, year 2023: 403GT86 cars on SORN, year 2024: 494GT86 cars on SORN, year 2025: 544544
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YearGT86 cars on SORN
201467
2015100
2016108
2017137
2018166
2019179
2020257
2021248
2022289
2023403
2024494
2025544

Which model years survive

Taxed GT86 cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 7,720 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. 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 GT86 cars
20231,24016.1%
20221702.2%
20202443.2%
20193254.2%
20184315.6%
20176037.8%
20166047.8%
20156698.7%
201485311.0%
20131,44518.7%
20121,08614.1%
All other build years (three years, each under 1%)500.6%

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 names GT86, GR86 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 GT86 ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, GT86 vs all cars, 2025.

Toyota GT86All cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Toyota GT86, vehicle age 8: 87.1%Toyota GT86, vehicle age 9: 85.6%Toyota GT86, vehicle age 10: 84.7%Toyota GT86, vehicle age 11: 81.2%Toyota GT86, vehicle age 12: 80.9%Toyota GT86, vehicle age 13: 78.7%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 GT86 78.7%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)GT86 testsGT86 pass rateAll cars
861987.1%78.2%
963085.6%74.9%
1070884.7%71.9%
1190281.2%68.6%
121,52080.9%65.8%
131,16278.7%63.5%

Better or worse than the average car?

The GT86's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the GT86 beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

GT86 ahead
-16-8+0+8+16Age 8: +8.9 points vs the average carAge 9: +10.7 points vs the average car9Age 10: +12.8 points vs the average carAge 11: +12.6 points vs the average car11Age 12: +15.1 points vs the average carAge 13: +15.2 points vs the average car13Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
8+8.9
9+10.7
10+12.8
11+12.6
12+15.1
13+15.2

The GT86 fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the GT86 fleet still in use.

05001k1k2kAge 8: 6198Age 9: 630Age 10: 70810Age 11: 902Age 12: 1k12Age 13: 1k13Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
8619
9630
10708
11902
121,520
131,162

What a GT86 fails on

Where the failure items land when a GT86 fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Tyres20.9%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment18.2%
Brakes14.8%
Noise, emissions and leaks13.8%
Suspension13.3%
Visibility10.7%
Body, chassis, structure2.8%
Road Wheels2.0%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (96.5% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a GT86, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Tyres: 43.6% of advisories43.6%Brakes: 31.0% of advisories31.0%Suspension: 13.3% of advisories13.3%Body, chassis, structure: 3.2% of advisoriesNon-component advisories: 3.2% of advisoriesIdentification of the vehicle: 2.1% of advisories
TyresBrakesSuspensionBody, chassis, structureNon-component advisoriesIdentification of the vehicle
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres43.6%
Brakes31.0%
Suspension13.3%
Body, chassis, structure3.2%
Non-component advisories3.2%
Identification of the vehicle2.1%

What mileage is normal for a GT86?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) GT86; 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 GT86 (median)
0k25k50k75k100k8101213Vehicle age (years)Age 8: typical 43,750 miles (middle half 31,250–61,250)Age 9: typical 53,750 miles (middle half 38,750–68,750)Age 10: typical 58,750 miles (middle half 41,250–76,250)Age 11: typical 66,250 miles (middle half 51,250–86,250)Age 12: typical 71,250 miles (middle half 56,250–91,250)Age 13: typical 76,250 miles (middle half 58,750–96,250)76k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
831,25043,75061,250
938,75053,75068,750
1041,25058,75076,250
1151,25066,25086,250
1256,25071,25091,250
1358,75076,25096,250

What fails at each age

The GT86'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.

TyresBrakesNoise, emissions and leaksLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentVisibilitySuspensionEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
6-9 yrsTyres33.1%
6-9 yrsBrakes16.4%
6-9 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks13.9%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment12.8%
6-9 yrsVisibility9.2%
6-9 yrsEverything else14.6%
10-13 yrsTyres20.1%
10-13 yrsSuspension17.1%
10-13 yrsBrakes16.5%
10-13 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks15.5%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment14.4%
10-13 yrsEverything else16.4%

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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.