Pass rate
94.6%
Above average — 10.6 pts ahead of the 84.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 74 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £30–£80
2016 Toyota Vitz MOT pass rate
- 2016
- typical 44,930 mi
Only 74 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
Most common fault
Suspension
25.4% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2016 94.6% pass · this year
- Avoid 2008 79.8% pass
Across the 14 years on record, a spread of 14.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 94.3%
- Typical mileage
- 45k mi
The 2016 Toyota Vitz MOT pass rate is 94.6% of its MOT tests — 10.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 25.4% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Toyota Vitz does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.9× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 23.8% of everything recorded on the 2016 Toyota Vitz, against 12.2% nationally — 11.6 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 25.4%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
- 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 94.6% — 10.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 35% 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 2016 Toyota Vitz compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 84.0%, so this figure is 10.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 94.3%. The median 2016 Toyota Vitz in this dataset had covered 44,930 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 90.0% of the time, April–September 100.0%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp lens slightly defective", noted on 5.41% of tests.
- 74 recorded tests behind this page.
- 94.6% overall pass rate, 94.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Toyota Vitz, the average is 87.8% — best year 2016 (94.6%), worst 2008 (79.8%).
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
- 74
- Typical mileage (median)
- 44,930 mi
- Make and model
- Toyota Vitz
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Headlight Bulb
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Vitz MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 70% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Vitz
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 18 | 94.4% |
| London | 15 | 93.3% |
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 Vitz
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 Vitz
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 5.4% of tests
“headlamp lens slightly defective”
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 the suspension joints 4.0% of tests
“linkage ball joint dust cover 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.
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Check the windscreen 4.0% 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.
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 Vitz through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £30–£80 — and 35% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £30–£80
- Cheapest common item: headlamp lens slightly defective
- £5–£25
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 35%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 74 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 Vitz, side by side
14 model years on record, from 2008 to 2021. Across them the pass rate runs from 79.8% to 94.6% — a spread of 14.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2008 79.8% linkage ball joint dust cover…
- 2009 84.5% linkage ball joint dust cover…
- 2010 83.9% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2011 85.4% linkage ball joint dust cover…
- 2012 87.0% linkage ball joint dust cover…
- 2013 89.0% linkage ball joint dust cover…
- 2014 93.1% linkage ball joint dust cover…
- 2015 88.7% linkage ball joint dust cover…
- 2016 94.6%headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2017 91.7% wipers blade defective
- 2018 93.4% rear fog lamp not working
- 2019 86.6% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2020 86.7% mirrors slightly damaged
- 2021 85.1% linkage ball joint dust cover…
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 Vitz 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
- Porsche Boxster 94.6%
- Lexus Rx 94.4%
- Porsche Cayman 94.8%
- Bentley Continental 95.2%
- Jaguar F-Type 93.9%
- Porsche 911 95.7%
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 Vitz 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 8 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 63 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 | 16 | 25.40% | 20.98% | +4.42 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 15 | 23.80% | 12.21% | +11.59 |
| Tyres | 12 | 19.00% | 19.76% | −0.76 |
| Brakes | 8 | 12.70% | 20.89% | −8.19 |
| Non-component advisories | 5 | 7.90% | 4.18% | +3.72 |
| Visibility | 4 | 6.30% | 4.97% | +1.33 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 2 | 3.20% | 5.52% | −2.32 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1 | 1.60% | 5.57% | −3.97 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 5.4% | £5–25 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 4.0% | £18–45 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 4.0% | £80–200 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 1.4% | £18–45 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.4% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.4% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp has a product on the lens so that the light output is severely reduced Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.4% | £5–25 |
| Lever has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment Brakes | Major | 1.4% | £45–110 |
| Linkage pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.4% | £40–150 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.4% | £5–25 |
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 | 8.1% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 6.8% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp has a product on the lens so that the light output is severely reduced Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Advisory | 5.4% | £5–25 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 4.0% | £45–95 |
| Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 4.0% | £180–450 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 2.7% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 17 | 100.0% | 19,903 mi |
| 30-60k | 34 | 97.1% | 42,635 mi |
| 60-90k | 14 | 78.6% | 78,500 mi |
| 90-120k | 4 | 100.0% | 96,614 mi |
| 120k+ | 5 | 100.0% | 163,801 mi |
Source: 74 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 Vitz MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2016 Toyota Vitz?
94.6% of the 74 2016 Toyota Vitz tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 84.0% for cars first used in 2016. First-attempt pass rate: 94.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2016 Toyota Vitz?
The three most recorded items are headlamp lens slightly defective (5.41%), linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (4.05%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (4.05%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2016 Toyota Vitz MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2016 Toyota Vitz in this dataset had covered 44,930 mi.
Does the season affect the 2016 Toyota Vitz MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 90.0% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 100.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.