Toyota Aygo MOT Pass Rate & Official DVSA Failure Statistics

Toyota Aygo MOT History and Failure Rates vs UK National Average

The Toyota Aygo passed on its first attempt in 81.3%, and its overall record sits +3.0 percentage points above the national average for all cars. These figures come from every recorded DVSA MOT test for the Toyota Aygo in the 2023–2025 data: 872,727 tests across 18 model years (2005–2022). 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 Aygo MOT Problems by Failure Category

Every MOT failure a tester records belongs to one inspection section of the DVSA manual. For the Toyota Aygo, 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 Aygo's recorded defect strings, merged across its year pages.

Top Recorded Toyota Aygo DVSA MOT Test Statistics & Defect Descriptions

The descriptions below are the exact DVSA failure strings testers recorded most often for the Toyota Aygo, each with how many of the model's 872,727 tests it was noted on.

• "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources" (Minor) — noted on about 21,520 Toyota Aygo tests, 2.5% of the model's MOT record.
• "Service brake performance excessively binding" (Major) — noted on about 18,395 Toyota Aygo tests, 2.1% of the model's MOT record.
• "Headlamp lens slightly defective" (Minor) — noted on about 14,234 Toyota Aygo tests, 1.6% of the model's MOT record.
• "Position lamp not working" (Major) — noted on about 13,623 Toyota Aygo tests, 1.6% of the model's MOT record.
• "Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively" (Rectified) — noted on about 13,022 Toyota Aygo tests, 1.5% of the model's MOT record.
• "Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength" (Major) — noted on about 10,764 Toyota Aygo tests, 1.2% of the model's MOT record.

Best and Worst Toyota Aygo Model Years by Pass Rate

The strongest Toyota Aygo model year on record is 2022 (95.2% across 1,845 tests), and the weakest is 2005 (68.3%). The gap between them is 26.9 points. Years with fewer than 50 recorded tests are excluded, so these are the years with enough MOT history to mean something.

Toyota Aygo reliability is improving in the DVSA data — the pass rate moves about 1.1 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 Aygo Owners

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

• 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 wipers and washers — “wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”

  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.

• corrosion — “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.

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

Frequently Asked Questions: Toyota Aygo MOT & Reliability