Pass rate
68.6%
Below average — 4.0 pts behind the 72.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 137 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £51–£137
2003 Daihatsu Yrv MOT pass rate
- 2003
- typical 76,584 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
18.3% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2001 72.4% pass
- Avoid 2004 68.2% pass
Across the 4 years on record, a spread of 4.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 60.9%
- Typical mileage
- 77k mi
The 2003 Daihatsu Yrv MOT pass rate is 68.6% of its MOT tests — 4.0 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 18.3% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Daihatsu Yrv does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 2.3× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 12.6% of everything recorded on the 2003 Daihatsu Yrv, against 5.6% nationally — 7.0 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 18.3%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. Look underneath for corrosion near the jacking points and suspension mounts; surface rust is normal, flaking metal is not.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 72.6%; this one manages 68.6% — 4.0 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Based on a small sample. 137 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2003 Daihatsu Yrv compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.6%, so this figure is 4.0 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 60.9%. The median 2003 Daihatsu Yrv in this dataset had covered 76,584 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 63.9% of the time, April–September 75.9%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 13.87% of tests.
- 137 recorded tests behind this page.
- 68.6% overall pass rate, 60.9% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Daihatsu Yrv, the average is 69.7% — best year 2001 (72.4%), worst 2004 (68.2%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 137
- Typical mileage (median)
- 76,584 mi
- Make and model
- Daihatsu Yrv
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Number Plate Lamp
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Yrv MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 58% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Yrv
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 28 | 71.4% |
| East of England | 21 | 61.9% |
| West Midlands | 20 | 70.0% |
| South West | 20 | 50.0% |
| London | 15 | 80.0% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2003 Yrv
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2003 Yrv
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the lights 13.9% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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Check corrosion 11.7% of tests
“component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength”
Look under the sills, around the jacking points and where the suspension mounts meet the body. Flaking, holed or crumbly metal fails; a brown stain on sound metal does not.
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Check the wipers and washers 10.9% of tests
“wipers blade defective”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2003 Yrv through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £51–£137 — and 46% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £51–£137
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 46%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 137 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the Yrv, side by side
4 model years on record, from 2001 to 2004. Across them the pass rate runs from 68.2% to 72.4% — a spread of 4.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2001 72.4% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2002 69.3% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2003 68.6%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2004 68.2% component mounting prescribed…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2003 Daihatsu Yrv with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2003 cars with a similar record
- Renault Clio 68.7%
- Peugeot 307 68.7%
- Fiat Punto 68.7%
- Vauxhall Corsa 68.4%
- Citroen Xsara 68.4%
- Volkswagen Polo 68.3%
Closest pass rates among 2003 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2003 Daihatsu Yrv 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 464 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 86 | 18.30% | 20.98% | −2.68 |
| Brakes | 84 | 17.90% | 20.89% | −2.99 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 81 | 17.30% | 12.21% | +5.09 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 59 | 12.60% | 5.57% | +7.03 |
| Tyres | 41 | 8.70% | 19.76% | −11.06 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 39 | 8.30% | 5.52% | +2.78 |
| Visibility | 33 | 7.00% | 4.97% | +2.03 |
| Non-component advisories | 16 | 3.40% | 4.18% | −0.78 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 16 | 3.40% | 1.76% | +1.64 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 9 | 1.90% | 0.82% | +1.08 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 13.9% | £5–20 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 11.7% | £180–450 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 10.9% | £8–22 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 9.5% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 8.8% | £5–25 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 8.0% | £80–200 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 5.8% | £80–250 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 5.1% | £45–120 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 5.1% | £80–250 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.1% | £5–25 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 19.0% | £80–180 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 15.3% | £45–95 |
| Registration plates inscription illegible Identification of the vehicle | Advisory | 11.7% | £20–80 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 10.9% | £25–65 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 10.9% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 10.2% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 2 | 100.0% | 19,157 mi |
| 30-60k | 39 | 69.2% | 47,096 mi |
| 60-90k | 60 | 66.7% | 75,769 mi |
| 90-120k | 30 | 66.7% | 105,234 mi |
| 120k+ | 6 | 83.3% | 141,234 mi |
Source: 137 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2003 Yrv MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2003 Daihatsu Yrv?
68.6% of the 137 2003 Daihatsu Yrv tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.6% for cars first used in 2003. First-attempt pass rate: 60.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2003 Daihatsu Yrv?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (13.87%), component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (11.68%), wipers blade defective (10.95%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2003 Daihatsu Yrv MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 83.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2003 Daihatsu Yrv in this dataset had covered 76,584 mi.
Does the season affect the 2003 Daihatsu Yrv MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 63.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 75.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.