Toyota Yaris MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Toyota Yaris in Great Britain in 2025 — 460,778 tests. Figures cover every Yaris first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Yaris ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
72.4%
0.1 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
460,778
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
5.6%
of Yaris first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
56,250
middle half: 38,750–76,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Toyota Yaris cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 612,069 Toyota Yaris cars that were taxed or on SORN: 585,008 taxed and 27,061 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 Yaris vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures. DVLA's count for the Yaris also includes the Yaris Cross, which the licensing data does not record under a name of its own, so it is wider than the MOT figures above.

Still taxed, end of 2025
585,008
95.6% of the 612,069 Yaris cars taxed or on SORN; 178 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
27,061
declared off the road by their keepers — 4.4% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Yaris cars is still rising: 585,008 at the end of 2025, up 18,111 (3.2%) on the end of 2024, and the highest in the years shown. Cars on SORN went from 4,469 at the end of 2014 to 27,061 at the end of 2025, up 505.5%. 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 Yaris cars, year by year

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

0200k400k600k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Yaris cars, year 2014: 429kTaxed Yaris cars, year 2015: 448kTaxed Yaris cars, year 2016: 465kTaxed Yaris cars, year 2017: 474kTaxed Yaris cars, year 2018: 481kTaxed Yaris cars, year 2019: 489kTaxed Yaris cars, year 2020: 485kTaxed Yaris cars, year 2021: 495kTaxed Yaris cars, year 2022: 516kTaxed Yaris cars, year 2023: 542kTaxed Yaris cars, year 2024: 567kTaxed Yaris cars, year 2025: 585k585k
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YearTaxed Yaris cars
2014428,646
2015448,071
2016465,153
2017473,679
2018481,410
2019488,593
2020485,085
2021495,480
2022515,995
2023542,128
2024566,897
2025585,008

Yaris 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.

010k20k30k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Yaris cars on SORN, year 2014: 4kYaris cars on SORN, year 2015: 7kYaris cars on SORN, year 2016: 10kYaris cars on SORN, year 2017: 12kYaris cars on SORN, year 2018: 13kYaris cars on SORN, year 2019: 15kYaris cars on SORN, year 2020: 19kYaris cars on SORN, year 2021: 19kYaris cars on SORN, year 2022: 20kYaris cars on SORN, year 2023: 23kYaris cars on SORN, year 2024: 25kYaris cars on SORN, year 2025: 27k27k
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YearYaris cars on SORN
20144,469
20156,811
20169,665
201711,904
201813,165
201915,454
202018,590
202119,435
202220,400
202322,614
202424,537
202527,061

Which model years survive

Taxed Yaris cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 585,008 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. 3 taxed Yaris cars have no recorded year of manufacture and are not in the table, so the rows add up to 585,005. 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 Yaris cars
202537,1756.4%
202441,1037.0%
202341,8557.2%
202236,1616.2%
202128,7284.9%
202020,5113.5%
201927,7514.7%
201827,6524.7%
201726,6094.5%
201628,4104.9%
201530,6795.2%
201428,8054.9%
201328,6104.9%
201226,8874.6%
201115,5232.7%
201017,6913.0%
200923,2654.0%
200819,8233.4%
200717,9643.1%
200613,9892.4%
200513,0882.2%
200410,2961.8%
20038,2901.4%
20026,2071.1%
All other build years (five years, each under 1%)7,9331.4%

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 YARIS 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 Yaris ages

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

Toyota YarisAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Toyota Yaris, vehicle age 3: 92.4%Toyota Yaris, vehicle age 4: 91%Toyota Yaris, vehicle age 5: 88.5%Toyota Yaris, vehicle age 6: 86.3%Toyota Yaris, vehicle age 7: 83.6%Toyota Yaris, vehicle age 8: 81.2%Toyota Yaris, vehicle age 9: 80.6%Toyota Yaris, vehicle age 10: 79%Toyota Yaris, vehicle age 11: 72.5%Toyota Yaris, vehicle age 12: 68.8%Toyota Yaris, vehicle age 13: 66.8%Toyota Yaris, vehicle age 14: 66.4%Toyota Yaris, vehicle age 15: 62.3%Toyota Yaris, vehicle age 16: 63%Toyota Yaris, vehicle age 17: 56.4%Toyota Yaris, vehicle age 18: 55.5%Toyota Yaris, vehicle age 19: 54%Toyota Yaris, vehicle age 20: 54.9%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%All cars 57.6%Toyota Yaris 54.9%
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Age (years)Yaris testsYaris pass rateAll cars
322,02492.4%88.5%
423,83191.0%87.2%
520,62288.5%86.0%
628,08686.3%83.5%
728,06183.6%80.9%
826,84681.2%78.2%
928,56280.6%74.9%
1030,79479.0%71.9%
1129,16272.5%68.6%
1228,93668.8%65.8%
1327,28566.8%63.5%
1415,89666.4%61.2%
1518,09962.3%59.3%
1623,72163.0%58.3%
1720,93556.4%57.2%
1819,15155.5%57.4%
1915,36054.0%57.0%
2014,31854.9%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Yaris aheadYaris behind
-8-4+0+4+8Age 3: +3.9 points vs the average car3Age 4: +3.8 points vs the average carAge 5: +2.5 points vs the average car5Age 6: +2.8 points vs the average carAge 7: +2.7 points vs the average car7Age 8: +3.0 points vs the average carAge 9: +5.7 points vs the average car9Age 10: +7.1 points vs the average carAge 11: +3.9 points vs the average car11Age 12: +3.0 points vs the average carAge 13: +3.3 points vs the average car13Age 14: +5.2 points vs the average carAge 15: +3.0 points vs the average car15Age 16: +4.7 points vs the average carAge 17: -0.8 points vs the average car17Age 18: -1.9 points vs the average carAge 19: -3.0 points vs the average car19Age 20: -2.7 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3+3.9
4+3.8
5+2.5
6+2.8
7+2.7
8+3.0
9+5.7
10+7.1
11+3.9
12+3.0
13+3.3
14+5.2
15+3.0
16+4.7
17-0.8
18-1.9
19-3.0
20-2.7

The Yaris fleet on the road, by age

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

010k20k30k40kAge 3: 22k3Age 4: 23kAge 5: 20k5Age 6: 28kAge 7: 28k7Age 8: 26kAge 9: 28k9Age 10: 30kAge 11: 29k11Age 12: 28kAge 13: 27k13Age 14: 15kAge 15: 18k15Age 16: 23kAge 17: 20k17Age 18: 19kAge 19: 15k19Age 20: 14k20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
322,024
423,831
520,622
628,086
728,061
826,846
928,562
1030,794
1129,162
1228,936
1327,285
1415,896
1518,099
1623,721
1720,935
1819,151
1915,360
2014,318

What a Yaris fails on

Where the failure items land when a Yaris 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 equipment33.1%
Suspension20.7%
Brakes13.2%
Visibility10.0%
Tyres9.9%
Body, chassis, structure5.3%
Noise, emissions and leaks5.1%
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems1.1%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (98.4% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Suspension: 31.1% of advisories31.1%Tyres: 27.6% of advisories27.6%Brakes: 23.4% of advisories23.4%Body, chassis, structure: 5.0% of advisoriesNon-component advisories: 4.6% of advisoriesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 2.9% of advisories
SuspensionTyresBrakesBody, chassis, structureNon-component advisoriesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
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CategoryShare of advisories
Suspension31.1%
Tyres27.6%
Brakes23.4%
Body, chassis, structure5.0%
Non-component advisories4.6%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment2.9%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Yaris?

First-time pass rate for the three most-tested Yaris 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: 67.6% of 302,606 tests67.6%Petrol302,606 testsHybrid electric: 84.9% of 137,395 tests84.9%Hybrid137,395 testsDiesel: 60.4% of 20,319 tests60.4%Diesel20,319 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol302,60667.6%
Hybrid electric137,39584.9%
Diesel20,31960.4%

What mileage is normal for a Yaris?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Yaris; 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 Yaris (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 18,750 miles (middle half 11,250–26,250)Age 4: typical 23,750 miles (middle half 16,250–33,750)Age 5: typical 26,250 miles (middle half 18,750–38,750)Age 6: typical 31,250 miles (middle half 21,250–43,750)Age 7: typical 38,750 miles (middle half 26,250–51,250)Age 8: typical 43,750 miles (middle half 28,750–58,750)Age 9: typical 48,750 miles (middle half 33,750–66,250)Age 10: typical 56,250 miles (middle half 38,750–76,250)Age 11: typical 61,250 miles (middle half 43,750–83,750)Age 12: typical 66,250 miles (middle half 48,750–88,750)Age 13: typical 71,250 miles (middle half 51,250–96,250)Age 14: typical 76,250 miles (middle half 56,250–98,750)Age 15: typical 81,250 miles (middle half 61,250–106,250)Age 16: typical 83,750 miles (middle half 61,250–108,750)Age 17: typical 93,750 miles (middle half 71,250–121,250)Age 18: typical 96,250 miles (middle half 71,250–121,250)Age 19: typical 96,250 miles (middle half 71,250–121,250)Age 20: typical 91,250 miles (middle half 66,250–116,250)91k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
311,25018,75026,250
416,25023,75033,750
518,75026,25038,750
621,25031,25043,750
726,25038,75051,250
828,75043,75058,750
933,75048,75066,250
1038,75056,25076,250
1143,75061,25083,750
1248,75066,25088,750
1351,25071,25096,250
1456,25076,25098,750
1561,25081,250106,250
1661,25083,750108,750
1771,25093,750121,250
1871,25096,250121,250
1971,25096,250121,250
2066,25091,250116,250

What fails at each age

The Yaris'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, structureNoise, emissions and leaksEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres45.9%
3-5 yrsVisibility17.9%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment13.3%
3-5 yrsBrakes10.3%
3-5 yrsSuspension9.2%
3-5 yrsEverything else3.4%
6-9 yrsSuspension25.5%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment21.9%
6-9 yrsTyres21.1%
6-9 yrsBrakes17.9%
6-9 yrsVisibility9.7%
6-9 yrsEverything else3.9%
10-13 yrsSuspension28.9%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment25.5%
10-13 yrsBrakes16.6%
10-13 yrsTyres14.2%
10-13 yrsVisibility8.5%
10-13 yrsEverything else6.3%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment28.2%
14+ yrsSuspension23.5%
14+ yrsBrakes15.1%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure8.0%
14+ yrsNoise, emissions and leaks7.8%
14+ yrsEverything else17.4%

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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.