Pass rate
71.4%
Below average — 1.7 pts behind the 73.1% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 43,842 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £46–£123
2008 Toyota Aygo MOT pass rate
- 2008
- typical 81,599 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
27.5% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Part only £35–£75 for Suspension pin or bush excessively worn. What fitting it takes →
4.7 pts down across model years — 5.3% in 2005, 0.6% in 2021.
Which year to buy
- Best 2022 95.2% pass
- Avoid 2005 68.3% pass
Across the 18 years on record, a spread of 26.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 62.6%
- Typical mileage
- 82k mi
The 2008 Toyota Aygo MOT pass rate is 71.4% of its MOT tests — 1.7 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 27.5% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Toyota Aygo does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.3× the national share
Suspension accounts for 27.5% of everything recorded on the 2008 Toyota Aygo, against 21.0% nationally — 6.5 points above. Ask for the front and rear suspension to be checked on a ramp before you buy — worn bushes and broken springs are cheap to look at and expensive to discover at test time.
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 2008 Toyota Aygo compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.1%, so this figure is 1.7 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 62.6%. The median 2008 Toyota Aygo in this dataset had covered 81,599 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Petrol — 100% of tests, with a 71.4% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 71.3% of the time, April–September 71.6%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 6.58% of tests.
- 43,842 recorded tests behind this page.
- 71.4% overall pass rate, 62.6% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Toyota Aygo, the average is 84.0% — best year 2022 (95.2%), worst 2005 (68.3%).
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
- 43,842
- Typical mileage (median)
- 81,599 mi
- Make and model
- Toyota Aygo
- 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 Aygo MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 59% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (100% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Aygo
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 9,573 | 74.3% |
| North West | 6,154 | 70.8% |
| South West | 5,472 | 67.6% |
| West Midlands | 4,650 | 74.2% |
| Yorkshire | 4,225 | 69.6% |
| East of England | 4,103 | 73.0% |
| East Midlands | 3,206 | 70.2% |
| London | 1,967 | 81.0% |
| Wales | 1,674 | 68.6% |
| North East | 1,461 | 64.8% |
| Scotland | 1,357 | 60.9% |
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 2008 Aygo
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 2008 Aygo
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 6.6% 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 5.1% 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 suspension joints 2.6% of tests
“pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn”
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.
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 2008 Aygo through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £46–£123 — and 46% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £46–£123
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- 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 43,842 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 Aygo, side by side
18 model years on record, from 2005 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 68.3% to 95.2% — a spread of 26.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2005 68.3% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2006 71.0% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2007 71.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 71.4%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 74.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 75.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 77.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 79.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 81.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 84.1% service brake performance…
- 2015 87.3% service brake performance…
- 2016 89.1% wipers blade defective
- 2017 89.8% wipers blade defective
- 2018 91.1% wipers blade defective
- 2019 92.5% wipers blade defective
- 2020 93.6% wipers blade defective
- 2021 94.0% wipers blade defective
- 2022 95.2% wipers blade defective
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 2008 Toyota Aygo 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 2008 cars with a similar record
- SEAT Altea 71.4%
- Peugeot 107 71.5%
- Skoda Fabia 71.5%
- Suzuki SX4 71.5%
- Ford C-Max 71.3%
- Volvo C30 71.3%
Closest pass rates among 2008 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 2008 Toyota Aygo 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 127,277 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 | 35,445 | 27.50% | 20.98% | +6.52 |
| Brakes | 30,394 | 23.60% | 20.89% | +2.71 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 18,399 | 14.30% | 12.21% | +2.09 |
| Tyres | 16,003 | 12.40% | 19.76% | −7.36 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 11,006 | 8.50% | 5.57% | +2.93 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 6,480 | 5.00% | 5.52% | −0.52 |
| Visibility | 3,562 | 2.80% | 4.97% | −2.17 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 3,032 | 2.40% | 1.76% | +0.64 |
| Non-component advisories | 1,588 | 1.20% | 4.18% | −2.98 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 1,368 | 1.10% | 0.82% | +0.28 |
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 | 6.6% | £5–20 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 5.8% | £60–150 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 5.1% | £180–450 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.7% | £5–25 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.8% | £5–25 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.6% | £40–150 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.5% | £3–12 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.4% | £30–80 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 2.3% | £45–120 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 2.3% | £45–110 |
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 | 17.8% | £80–180 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 15.5% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 14.0% | £40–150 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 12.9% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 12.2% | £45–110 |
| Linkage pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 10.6% | £40–150 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 1,566 | 84.7% | 22,337 mi |
| 30-60k | 8,873 | 76.5% | 47,689 mi |
| 60-90k | 16,060 | 71.0% | 75,401 mi |
| 90-120k | 11,858 | 68.6% | 103,118 mi |
| 120k+ | 5,455 | 67.1% | 138,896 mi |
Source: 43,842 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.
2008 Aygo MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2008 Toyota Aygo?
71.4% of the 43,842 2008 Toyota Aygo tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.1% for cars first used in 2008. First-attempt pass rate: 62.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2008 Toyota Aygo?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (6.58%), service brake performance excessively binding (5.85%), component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (5.14%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2008 Toyota Aygo MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 84.7% of the time, falling to 67.1% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2008 Toyota Aygo in this dataset had covered 81,599 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2008 Toyota Aygo?
Petrol: 71.4% pass rate across 43,819 tests. Diesel: 57.1% pass rate across 14 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2008 Toyota Aygo MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 71.3% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 71.6%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.