Toyota Verso MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Toyota Verso in Great Britain in 2025 — 26,968 tests. Figures cover every Verso first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Verso ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
69.7%
2.6 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
26,968
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
6.7%
of Verso first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
81,250
middle half: 61,250–106,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Toyota Verso cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 27,529 Toyota Verso cars that were taxed or on SORN: 26,512 taxed and 1,017 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 Verso vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
26,512
96.3% of the 27,529 Verso cars taxed or on SORN; 36 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
1,017
declared off the road by their keepers — 3.7% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Verso cars peaked at 30,593 at the end of 2018 and has since fallen by 4,081 (13.3%) to 26,512 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 76 at the end of 2014 to 1,017 at the end of 2025, up 1238.2%. 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 Verso cars, year by year

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

010k20k30k40k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Verso cars, year 2014: 21kTaxed Verso cars, year 2015: 25kTaxed Verso cars, year 2016: 28kTaxed Verso cars, year 2017: 30kTaxed Verso cars, year 2018: 31kTaxed Verso cars, year 2019: 30kTaxed Verso cars, year 2020: 30kTaxed Verso cars, year 2021: 30kTaxed Verso cars, year 2022: 29kTaxed Verso cars, year 2023: 28kTaxed Verso cars, year 2024: 28kTaxed Verso cars, year 2025: 27k27k
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YearTaxed Verso cars
201421,338
201524,709
201628,051
201730,223
201830,593
201930,140
202029,611
202129,608
202229,120
202328,396
202427,515
202526,512

Verso 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.

05001k2k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Verso cars on SORN, year 2014: 76Verso cars on SORN, year 2015: 74Verso cars on SORN, year 2016: 95Verso cars on SORN, year 2017: 128Verso cars on SORN, year 2018: 155Verso cars on SORN, year 2019: 214Verso cars on SORN, year 2020: 327Verso cars on SORN, year 2021: 370Verso cars on SORN, year 2022: 424Verso cars on SORN, year 2023: 582Verso cars on SORN, year 2024: 821Verso cars on SORN, year 2025: 1k1k
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YearVerso cars on SORN
201476
201574
201695
2017128
2018155
2019214
2020327
2021370
2022424
2023582
2024821
20251,017

Which model years survive

Taxed Verso cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 26,512 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 Verso cars
20188123.1%
20172,2478.5%
20163,38212.8%
20153,11011.7%
20142,83410.7%
20133,11711.8%
20122,80310.6%
20113,70014.0%
20102,79110.5%
20091,7146.5%
All other build years (two years, each under 1%)20.0%

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 VERSO 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 Verso ages

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

Toyota VersoAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Toyota Verso, vehicle age 7: 80.7%Toyota Verso, vehicle age 8: 80.8%Toyota Verso, vehicle age 9: 75.5%Toyota Verso, vehicle age 10: 74.7%Toyota Verso, vehicle age 11: 70.3%Toyota Verso, vehicle age 12: 69.8%Toyota Verso, vehicle age 13: 64.6%Toyota Verso, vehicle age 14: 64.9%Toyota Verso, vehicle age 15: 60.5%Toyota Verso, vehicle age 16: 61.8%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 Verso 61.8%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)Verso testsVerso pass rateAll cars
783580.7%80.9%
82,29780.8%78.2%
93,46875.5%74.9%
103,15774.7%71.9%
112,88670.3%68.6%
123,13569.8%65.8%
132,82864.6%63.5%
143,66964.9%61.2%
152,80160.5%59.3%
161,74161.8%58.3%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Verso aheadVerso behind
-6-3+0+3+6Age 7: -0.2 points vs the average car7Age 8: +2.6 points vs the average carAge 9: +0.6 points vs the average car9Age 10: +2.8 points vs the average carAge 11: +1.7 points vs the average car11Age 12: +4.0 points vs the average carAge 13: +1.1 points vs the average car13Age 14: +3.7 points vs the average carAge 15: +1.2 points vs the average car15Age 16: +3.5 points vs the average carVehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
7-0.2
8+2.6
9+0.6
10+2.8
11+1.7
12+4.0
13+1.1
14+3.7
15+1.2
16+3.5

The Verso fleet on the road, by age

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

01k2k3k4kAge 7: 8357Age 8: 2kAge 9: 3k9Age 10: 3kAge 11: 2k11Age 12: 3kAge 13: 2k13Age 14: 3kAge 15: 2k15Age 16: 1k16Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
7835
82,297
93,468
103,157
112,886
123,135
132,828
143,669
152,801
161,741

What a Verso fails on

Where the failure items land when a Verso 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 equipment37.4%
Suspension16.1%
Brakes15.9%
Tyres11.6%
Visibility8.8%
Noise, emissions and leaks2.7%
Body, chassis, structure2.5%
Steering2.4%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.4% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Brakes: 33.1% of advisories33.1%Tyres: 25.1% of advisories25.1%Suspension: 22.1% of advisories22.1%Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 5.2% of advisoriesNon-component advisories: 5.2% of advisoriesBody, chassis, structure: 3.0% of advisories
BrakesTyresSuspensionLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentNon-component advisoriesBody, chassis, structure
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CategoryShare of advisories
Brakes33.1%
Tyres25.1%
Suspension22.1%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment5.2%
Non-component advisories5.2%
Body, chassis, structure3.0%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Verso?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested Verso 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%Petrol: 71.7% of 15,713 tests71.7%Petrol15,713 testsDiesel: 66.9% of 11,090 tests66.9%Diesel11,090 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol15,71371.7%
Diesel11,09066.9%

What mileage is normal for a Verso?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Verso; 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 Verso (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k7911131516Vehicle age (years)Age 7: typical 56,250 miles (middle half 38,750–76,250)Age 8: typical 58,750 miles (middle half 43,750–83,750)Age 9: typical 71,250 miles (middle half 53,750–98,750)Age 10: typical 81,250 miles (middle half 61,250–106,250)Age 11: typical 86,250 miles (middle half 66,250–111,250)Age 12: typical 96,250 miles (middle half 73,750–126,250)Age 13: typical 98,750 miles (middle half 73,750–128,750)Age 14: typical 96,250 miles (middle half 73,750–126,250)Age 15: typical 113,750 miles (middle half 88,750–141,250)Age 16: typical 118,750 miles (middle half 91,250–146,250)118k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
738,75056,25076,250
843,75058,75083,750
953,75071,25098,750
1061,25081,250106,250
1166,25086,250111,250
1273,75096,250126,250
1373,75098,750128,750
1473,75096,250126,250
1588,750113,750141,250
1691,250118,750146,250

What fails at each age

The Verso'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.

TyresLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentSuspensionBrakesVisibilityEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
6-9 yrsTyres23.1%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment22.4%
6-9 yrsSuspension19.3%
6-9 yrsBrakes15.9%
6-9 yrsVisibility9.0%
6-9 yrsEverything else10.3%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment30.9%
10-13 yrsBrakes19.4%
10-13 yrsSuspension17.1%
10-13 yrsTyres13.9%
10-13 yrsVisibility6.7%
10-13 yrsEverything else12.0%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment30.9%
14+ yrsSuspension22.0%
14+ yrsBrakes19.7%
14+ yrsTyres9.5%
14+ yrsVisibility7.1%
14+ yrsEverything else10.8%

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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.