Pass rate
75.3%
Around average — 2.2 pts ahead of the 73.1% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 85,552 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £31–£97
2008 Toyota YARIS MOT pass rate
- 2008
- typical 91,144 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
28.0% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 96.3% pass
- Avoid 2000 71.7% pass
Across the 24 years on record, a spread of 24.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 68.4%
- Typical mileage
- 91k mi
The 2008 Toyota YARIS MOT pass rate is 75.3% of its MOT tests — 2.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 28.0% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Toyota YARIS does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.3× the national share
Suspension accounts for 28.0% of everything recorded on the 2008 Toyota Yaris, against 21.0% nationally — 7.0 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 YARIS compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.1%, so this figure is 2.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 68.4%. The median 2008 Toyota YARIS in this dataset had covered 91,144 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Petrol — 82% of tests, with a 75.3% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 75.5% of the time, April–September 75.1%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated", noted on 7.62% of tests.
- 85,552 recorded tests behind this page.
- 75.3% overall pass rate, 68.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Toyota YARIS, the average is 82.8% — best year 2023 (96.3%), worst 2000 (71.7%).
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
- 85,552
- Typical mileage (median)
- 91,144 mi
- Make and model
- Toyota YARIS
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Body Panel Repair
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the YARIS MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 64% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (82% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the YARIS
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 17,002 | 77.5% |
| North West | 13,623 | 75.4% |
| Yorkshire | 10,648 | 74.1% |
| West Midlands | 9,697 | 79.0% |
| South West | 8,081 | 71.7% |
| East of England | 7,257 | 77.3% |
| East Midlands | 5,998 | 76.0% |
| London | 4,175 | 81.7% |
| Wales | 3,388 | 70.5% |
| Scotland | 3,366 | 62.7% |
| North East | 2,316 | 67.6% |
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 YARIS
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 YARIS
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 3.9% of tests
“position lamp not working”
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 coil springs 3.8% of tests
“coil spring fractured or broken”
Look up inside each wheel arch with a torch, all the way round the spring. A snapped spring usually breaks at the very bottom coil, where a quick glance will not reach.
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Check the suspension joints 2.5% 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.
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 YARIS through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £31–£97 — and 51% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £31–£97
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 51%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 85,552 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 YARIS, side by side
24 model years on record, from 2000 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 71.7% to 96.3% — a spread of 24.6 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 71.7% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2001 72.9% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2002 74.0% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2003 73.0% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2004 72.7% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2005 73.8% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2006 74.4% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2007 75.1% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2008 75.3%joints constant velocity boot…
- 2009 78.9% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2010 78.5% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2011 81.7% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2012 82.0% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2013 82.4% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2014 84.0% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2015 88.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2016 89.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2017 88.8% wheel bearings rough when rotated
- 2018 90.6% wheel bearings rough when rotated
- 2019 92.7% wipers does not clear the…
- 2020 94.1% wipers does not clear the…
- 2021 95.3% wipers blade defective
- 2022 95.2% wipers blade defective
- 2023 96.3% shock absorbers has a serious…
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 YARIS 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
- Saab 9-3 75.3%
- Volkswagen Tiguan 75.2%
- Volkswagen Eos 75.2%
- Ford Kuga 75.4%
- Daihatsu Terios 75.4%
- Land Rover Freelander 74.7%
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 YARIS 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 235,625 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 | 66,577 | 28.00% | 20.98% | +7.02 |
| Brakes | 42,395 | 17.80% | 20.89% | −3.09 |
| Tyres | 30,631 | 12.90% | 19.76% | −6.86 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 30,070 | 12.70% | 12.21% | +0.49 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 25,831 | 10.90% | 5.57% | +5.33 |
| Non-component advisories | 11,355 | 4.80% | 4.18% | +0.62 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 10,630 | 4.50% | 5.52% | −1.02 |
| Visibility | 10,565 | 4.40% | 4.97% | −0.57 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 6,143 | 2.60% | 1.76% | +0.84 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 1,428 | 0.60% | 0.82% | −0.22 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 7.6% | £80–250 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.9% | £5–25 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 3.8% | £25–65 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.7% | £5–25 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.5% | £5–20 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 2.5% | £18–45 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.4% | £3–12 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 2.3% | £8–22 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 2.3% | £80–250 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 2.1% | £8–22 |
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 | 19.4% | £80–180 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 15.1% | £45–95 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 13.6% | £25–65 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 13.3% | £40–150 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 13.0% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Fuel Pipe/s corroded Non-component advisories | Advisory | 7.3% | £180–450 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 1,827 | 86.2% | 22,544 mi |
| 30-60k | 12,859 | 80.8% | 48,092 mi |
| 60-90k | 26,937 | 76.1% | 75,735 mi |
| 90-120k | 24,873 | 73.4% | 103,991 mi |
| 120k+ | 19,021 | 72.0% | 146,094 mi |
Source: 85,552 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 YARIS MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2008 Toyota YARIS?
75.3% of the 85,552 2008 Toyota YARIS tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.1% for cars first used in 2008. First-attempt pass rate: 68.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2008 Toyota YARIS?
The three most recorded items are joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (7.62%), position lamp not working (3.88%), coil spring fractured or broken (3.79%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2008 Toyota YARIS MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 86.2% of the time, falling to 72.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2008 Toyota YARIS in this dataset had covered 91,144 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2008 Toyota YARIS?
Petrol: 75.3% pass rate across 69,756 tests. Diesel: 75.1% pass rate across 15,790 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2008 Toyota YARIS MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 75.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 75.1%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.