Pass rate
94.8%
Above average — 4.1 pts ahead of the 90.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 501 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £49–£150
2020 Toyota Gr YARIS Circuit MOT pass rate
- 2020
- typical 15,574 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
41.4% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2020 94.8% pass · this year
- Avoid 2021 94.2% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 0.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 94.6%
- Typical mileage
- 16k mi
The 2020 Toyota Gr YARIS Circuit MOT pass rate is 94.8% of its MOT tests — 4.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 41.4% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Toyota Gr YARIS Circuit does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.1× the national share
Tyres make up 41.4% of everything recorded on the 2020 Toyota Gr Yaris Circuit, against 19.8% nationally — 21.6 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 90.7% and this one manages 94.8% — 4.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 9% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
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 2020 Toyota Gr YARIS Circuit compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 90.7%, so this figure is 4.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 94.6%. The median 2020 Toyota Gr YARIS Circuit in this dataset had covered 15,574 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 94.0% of the time, April–September 98.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords", noted on 1.20% of tests.
- 501 recorded tests behind this page.
- 94.8% overall pass rate, 94.6% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Toyota Gr YARIS Circuit, the average is 94.3% — best year 2020 (94.8%), worst 2021 (94.2%).
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
- 501
- Typical mileage (median)
- 15,574 mi
- Make and model
- Toyota Gr YARIS Circuit
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Tyres
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Gr YARIS Circuit MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 85% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Gr YARIS Circuit
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 132 | 87.9% |
| North West | 57 | 100.0% |
| East of England | 56 | 96.4% |
| South West | 50 | 100.0% |
| Scotland | 47 | 93.6% |
| Yorkshire | 37 | 94.6% |
| East Midlands | 30 | 96.7% |
| West Midlands | 28 | 100.0% |
| Wales | 25 | 96.0% |
| North East | 24 | 95.8% |
| London | 15 | 100.0% |
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 2020 Gr YARIS Circuit
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 2020 Gr YARIS Circuit
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 exhaust and emissions 1.0% of tests
“catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
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Check tyre pressures and valves 0.6% of tests
“tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative”
Set the pressures to the figures on the door pillar, not the tyre wall, and check the valves do not hiss. A leaking valve is a two-minute fix that fails a test.
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Check the windscreen 0.6% 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.
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 2020 Gr YARIS Circuit through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £49–£150 — and 9% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £49–£150
- Cheapest common item: wipers blade defective
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 40%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 9%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 501 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 Gr YARIS Circuit, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2020 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 94.2% to 94.8% — a spread of 0.6 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2020 94.8%has a cut in excess of the…
- 2021 94.2% has ply or cords exposed
- 2022 94.4% has ply or cords exposed
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 2020 Toyota Gr YARIS Circuit 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 2020 cars with a similar record
- Porsche Macan 94.9%
- Lexus Ct 95.0%
- Volvo XC40 Inscription B4 94.6%
- Suzuki Vitara 95.1%
- SEAT Ateca Xperience 94.4%
- Mazda Cx-30 94.3%
Closest pass rates among 2020 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 2020 Toyota Gr YARIS Circuit 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 181 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 | 75 | 41.40% | 19.76% | +21.64 |
| Brakes | 41 | 22.70% | 20.89% | +1.81 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 18 | 9.90% | 5.52% | +4.38 |
| Non-component advisories | 13 | 7.20% | 4.18% | +3.02 |
| Visibility | 12 | 6.60% | 4.97% | +1.63 |
| Suspension | 7 | 3.90% | 20.98% | −17.08 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 6 | 3.30% | 5.57% | −2.27 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 5 | 2.80% | 12.21% | −9.41 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 3 | 1.70% | 1.76% | −0.06 |
| Road Wheels | 1 | 0.60% | 0.75% | −0.15 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.0% | £60–250 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds default limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.60% | £60–250 |
| Tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative Tyres | Major | 0.60% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 0.60% | £80–200 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 0.60% | £8–22 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.40% | £60–250 |
| Catalyst emissions emissions likely to be affected by an exhaust leak Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.40% | £60–250 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.40% | £30–80 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 7.2% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 4.6% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 2.2% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 1.4% | £45–110 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 1.4% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 1.2% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 424 | 95.0% | 14,310 mi |
| 30-60k | 71 | 93.0% | 40,777 mi |
| 60-90k | 6 | 100.0% | 67,082 mi |
Source: 501 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.
2020 Gr YARIS Circuit MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2020 Toyota Gr YARIS Circuit?
94.8% of the 501 2020 Toyota Gr YARIS Circuit tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 90.7% for cars first used in 2020. First-attempt pass rate: 94.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2020 Toyota Gr YARIS Circuit?
The three most recorded items are has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.20%), has ply or cords exposed (1.20%), catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (1.00%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2020 Toyota Gr YARIS Circuit MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 95.0% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2020 Toyota Gr YARIS Circuit in this dataset had covered 15,574 mi.
Does the season affect the 2020 Toyota Gr YARIS Circuit MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 94.0% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 98.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.