Pass rate
89.1%
Above average — 5.1 pts ahead of the 84.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 72,368 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £30–£74
2016 Toyota Aygo MOT pass rate
- 2016
- typical 42,299 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
31.1% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tread depth below 1.6 mm. What fitting it takes →
1.1 pts down across model years — 6.3% in 2005, 5.2% in 2022.
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
- 87.8%
- Typical mileage
- 42k mi
The 2016 Toyota Aygo MOT pass rate is 89.1% of its MOT tests — 5.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 31.1% 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
Tyres: 1.6× the national share
Tyres make up 31.1% of everything recorded on the 2016 Toyota Aygo, against 19.8% nationally — 11.3 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 84.0% and this one manages 89.1% — 5.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
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 2016 Toyota Aygo compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 84.0%, so this figure is 5.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 87.8%. The median 2016 Toyota Aygo in this dataset had covered 42,299 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 89.1% of the time, April–September 89.0%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Wipers blade defective", noted on 1.38% of tests.
- 72,368 recorded tests behind this page.
- 89.1% overall pass rate, 87.8% 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
- 72,368
- Typical mileage (median)
- 42,299 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
Wiper Blade
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Aygo MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 69% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Aygo
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 13,594 | 90.0% |
| North West | 10,747 | 89.6% |
| Yorkshire | 7,331 | 89.5% |
| Scotland | 7,206 | 82.8% |
| West Midlands | 6,365 | 90.7% |
| East of England | 6,342 | 90.5% |
| South West | 6,143 | 88.8% |
| Wales | 4,574 | 89.1% |
| East Midlands | 4,534 | 91.1% |
| North East | 3,307 | 87.7% |
| London | 2,225 | 90.3% |
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 2016 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 2016 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 wipers and washers 1.4% 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.
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Check the windscreen 1.0% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
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Check the tyre tread 0.9% of tests
“tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm”
Check all four tyres cold, including the inner shoulder where wear hides — 1.6mm across the central three-quarters is the legal limit, and most testers fail at 1.6mm without argument.
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 2016 Aygo through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £30–£74 — and 46% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £30–£74
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 46%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 72,368 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 2016 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 2016 cars with a similar record
- Nissan Note 89.1%
- Honda Hr-V 89.1%
- Kia Venga 89.1%
- Volkswagen Golf 89.0%
- BMW 330 89.0%
- Mitsubishi Mirage 88.9%
Closest pass rates among 2016 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 2016 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 83,053 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 25,885 | 31.10% | 19.76% | +11.34 |
| Brakes | 23,162 | 27.80% | 20.89% | +6.91 |
| Suspension | 15,755 | 18.90% | 20.98% | −2.08 |
| Visibility | 4,908 | 5.90% | 4.97% | +0.93 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 4,907 | 5.90% | 12.21% | −6.31 |
| Non-component advisories | 3,288 | 3.90% | 4.18% | −0.28 |
| Road Wheels | 1,810 | 2.20% | 0.75% | +1.45 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1,675 | 2.00% | 5.52% | −3.52 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 844 | 1.00% | 1.76% | −0.76 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 819 | 1.00% | 5.57% | −4.57 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.4% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.3% | £8–22 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.0% | £80–200 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 0.90% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.87% | £18–45 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 0.87% | £8–22 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 0.85% | £60–150 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 0.85% | £5–20 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 0.82% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 0.81% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 17.1% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 11.7% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 11.2% | £45–110 |
| Linkage pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 7.2% | £40–150 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 5.3% | £40–150 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 5.1% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 19,471 | 92.7% | 20,744 mi |
| 30-60k | 36,658 | 89.6% | 43,958 mi |
| 60-90k | 13,255 | 84.6% | 71,231 mi |
| 90-120k | 2,431 | 80.5% | 100,482 mi |
| 120k+ | 547 | 77.0% | 142,160 mi |
Source: 72,368 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.
2016 Aygo MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2016 Toyota Aygo?
89.1% of the 72,368 2016 Toyota Aygo tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 84.0% for cars first used in 2016. First-attempt pass rate: 87.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2016 Toyota Aygo?
The three most recorded items are wipers blade defective (1.38%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (1.34%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (1.04%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2016 Toyota Aygo MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 92.7% of the time, falling to 77.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2016 Toyota Aygo in this dataset had covered 42,299 mi.
Does the season affect the 2016 Toyota Aygo MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 89.1% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 89.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.