Pass rate
96.3%
Above average — 1.5 pts ahead of the 94.8% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 935 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £29–£70
2023 Toyota YARIS MOT pass rate
- 2023
- 3 trims combined
- typical 16,092 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
43.3% 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 →
3.0 pts down across model years — 5.3% in 2000, 2.3% in 2023.
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 96.3% pass · this year
- Avoid 2000 71.7% pass
Across the 24 years on record, a spread of 24.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 96.1%
- Typical mileage
- 16k mi
The 2023 Toyota YARIS MOT pass rate is 96.3% of its MOT tests — 1.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 43.3% 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
Tyres: 2.2× the national share
Tyres make up 43.3% of everything recorded on the 2023 Toyota Yaris, against 19.8% nationally — 23.5 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.
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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Every Toyota YARIS first registered in 2023 is combined here — 3 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2023 Toyota YARIS compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 94.8%, so this figure is 1.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 96.1%. The median 2023 Toyota YARIS in this dataset had covered 16,092 mi.
97% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Hybrid, which passed 96.5% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 95.7% of the time, April–September 97.6%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak", noted on 1.07% of tests.
- 935 recorded tests behind this page.
- 96.3% overall pass rate, 96.1% 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
- 935
- Typical mileage (median)
- 16,092 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
Shock Absorber
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the YARIS MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 74% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Hybrid is the most common here (97% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the YARIS
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 218 | 97.7% |
| North West | 116 | 94.8% |
| Yorkshire | 107 | 99.1% |
| East of England | 81 | 91.4% |
| West Midlands | 80 | 100.0% |
| East Midlands | 71 | 97.2% |
| South West | 67 | 94.0% |
| London | 58 | 94.8% |
| North East | 56 | 94.6% |
| Scotland | 50 | 96.0% |
| Wales | 31 | 93.5% |
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 2023 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 2023 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 shock absorbers 1.1% of tests
“shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak”
Press down hard on each corner of the car and let go. It should settle in one bounce; if it keeps rocking, or you can see oil weeping down a shock absorber, that is the fault a tester will find.
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Check the wipers and washers 1.1% 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 tyre tread 0.5% 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 2023 YARIS through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £29–£70 — and 41% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £29–£70
- Cheapest common item: washers provides insufficient washer liquid
- £5–£15
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 41%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 935 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 2023 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 2023 cars with a similar record
- Mercedes-Benz Eqe 96.5%
- Ford Puma 96.5%
- Levc Tx 97.0%
- Kia Niro 95.5%
- Polestar Polestar 94.6%
- Tesla Model Y 92.9%
Closest pass rates among 2023 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 2023 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 298 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 | 129 | 43.30% | 19.76% | +23.54 |
| Brakes | 54 | 18.10% | 20.89% | −2.79 |
| Visibility | 30 | 10.10% | 4.97% | +5.13 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 28 | 9.40% | 12.21% | −2.81 |
| Non-component advisories | 18 | 6.00% | 4.18% | +1.82 |
| Suspension | 17 | 5.70% | 20.98% | −15.28 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 14 | 4.70% | 1.76% | +2.94 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 6 | 2.00% | 5.57% | −3.57 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 1 | 0.30% | 0.82% | −0.52 |
| Road Wheels | 1 | 0.30% | 0.75% | −0.45 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 1.1% | £30–75 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.1% | £8–22 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 0.53% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 0.53% | £80–200 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 0.43% | £45–95 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 0.43% | £5–20 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Rectified | 0.43% | £5–15 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 0.32% | £45–95 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.32% | £3–15 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Rectified | 0.32% | £45–95 |
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 | 6.1% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 4.2% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 2.6% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 1.7% | £45–95 |
| Registration plates inscription illegible Identification of the vehicle | Advisory | 1.2% | £20–80 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 0.96% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 785 | 97.1% | 14,620 mi |
| 30-60k | 117 | 94.0% | 39,054 mi |
| 60-90k | 29 | 82.8% | 73,916 mi |
| 90-120k | 3 | 100.0% | 93,017 mi |
| 120k+ | 1 | 100.0% | 170,894 mi |
Source: 935 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.
2023 YARIS MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2023 Toyota YARIS?
96.3% of the 935 2023 Toyota YARIS tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 94.8% for cars first used in 2023. First-attempt pass rate: 96.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2023 Toyota YARIS?
The three most recorded items are shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak (1.07%), wipers blade defective (1.07%), tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (0.53%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2023 Toyota YARIS MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 97.1% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2023 Toyota YARIS in this dataset had covered 16,092 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2023 Toyota YARIS?
Hybrid: 96.5% pass rate across 906 tests. Petrol: 89.7% pass rate across 29 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2023 Toyota YARIS MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 95.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 97.6%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.