Toyota Auris MOT Pass Rate & Official DVSA Failure Statistics

Toyota Auris MOT History and Failure Rates vs UK National Average

The Toyota Auris passed on its first attempt in 81.2%, and its overall record sits +2.9 percentage points above the national average for all cars. These figures come from every recorded DVSA MOT test for the Toyota Auris in the 2023–2025 data: 533,896 tests across 14 model years (2006–2019). A test still carries exactly one pass or fail verdict.

Figures are computed from every recorded DVSA test for this model in the 2023–2025 data.

Most Common Toyota Auris MOT Problems by Failure Category

Every MOT failure a tester records belongs to one inspection section of the DVSA manual. For the Toyota Auris, the Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment section leads the record — the breakdown below shows where the recorded failures cluster, then the exact strings behind the three biggest sections.

Shares are over the Toyota Auris's recorded defect strings, merged across its year pages.

Top Recorded Toyota Auris DVSA MOT Test Statistics & Defect Descriptions

The descriptions below are the exact DVSA failure strings testers recorded most often for the Toyota Auris, each with how many of the model's 533,896 tests it was noted on.

• "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources" (Minor) — noted on about 25,150 Toyota Auris tests, 4.7% of the model's MOT record.
• "Position lamp not working" (Major) — noted on about 16,662 Toyota Auris tests, 3.1% of the model's MOT record.
• "Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated" (Minor) — noted on about 16,409 Toyota Auris tests, 3.1% of the model's MOT record.
• "Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt" (Minor) — noted on about 11,258 Toyota Auris tests, 2.1% of the model's MOT record.
• "Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated" (Minor) — noted on about 8,979 Toyota Auris tests, 1.7% of the model's MOT record.
• "Stop lamp not working" (Rectified) — noted on about 8,909 Toyota Auris tests, 1.7% of the model's MOT record.

Best and Worst Toyota Auris Model Years by Pass Rate

The strongest Toyota Auris model year on record is 2018 (90.1% across 44,658 tests), and the weakest is 2006 (76.4%). The gap between them is 13.7 points. Years with fewer than 50 recorded tests are excluded, so these are the years with enough MOT history to mean something.

Toyota Auris reliability is improving in the DVSA data — the pass rate moves about 0.8 points a year across the most recent model years shown above.

Newest model year first. Only years with at least 50 recorded tests are listed.

Pre-MOT Inspection Checklist for Toyota Auris Owners

These checks follow this Toyota Auris's own most-recorded failure strings, starting with what a tester is most likely to flag on a Toyota Auris.

• the lights — “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.

• the suspension joints — “ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated”

  With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.

• the brake pipes — “rigid brake pipes excessively corroded”

  Brake pipes run under the car, usually in front of the rear wheels. Flaking or crusty metal is what fails; a light dusting of surface rust does not. Worth asking a garage to look while it is on a ramp.

Derived from the DVSA failure strings testers recorded for the Toyota Auris. A check that finds nothing means the item is likely fine, not that the test is guaranteed.

Where the Toyota Auris is most common

Across every Auris model year on record (2006–2019): 204,179 Toyota Auris cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 533,857 tests. Birmingham (B) has the most, with 9,242 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.

The twenty areas with the most Toyota Auris cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →

Frequently Asked Questions: Toyota Auris MOT & Reliability