Pass rate
97.4%
Above average — 2.6 pts ahead of the 94.8% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 840 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £34–£82
2023 Toyota YARIS Cross MOT pass rate
- 2023
- 3 trims combined
- typical 19,281 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
39.5% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 97.4% pass · this year
- Avoid 2021 96.4% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 97.3%
- Typical mileage
- 19k mi
The 2023 Toyota YARIS Cross MOT pass rate is 97.4% of its MOT tests — 2.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 39.5% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Toyota YARIS Cross does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.0× the national share
Tyres make up 39.5% of everything recorded on the 2023 Toyota Yaris Cross, against 19.8% nationally — 19.7 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.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 27% 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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Every Toyota YARIS Cross 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 Cross compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 94.8%, so this figure is 2.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 97.3%. The median 2023 Toyota YARIS Cross in this dataset had covered 19,281 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 97.5% of the time, April–September 97.1%.
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 1.19% of tests.
- 840 recorded tests behind this page.
- 97.4% overall pass rate, 97.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Toyota YARIS Cross, the average is 96.7% — best year 2023 (97.4%), worst 2021 (96.4%).
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
- 840
- Typical mileage (median)
- 19,281 mi
- Make and model
- Toyota YARIS Cross
- 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 YARIS Cross MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 67% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the YARIS Cross
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 181 | 97.8% |
| North West | 96 | 99.0% |
| Yorkshire | 93 | 98.9% |
| East of England | 84 | 91.7% |
| Scotland | 78 | 94.9% |
| South West | 71 | 100.0% |
| West Midlands | 64 | 98.4% |
| East Midlands | 62 | 98.4% |
| London | 41 | 97.6% |
| North East | 37 | 97.3% |
| Wales | 33 | 97.0% |
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 2023 YARIS Cross
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 Cross
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 1.2% of tests
“headlamp aim too high”
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 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.
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Check the shock absorbers 0.4% 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.
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 Cross through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £34–£82 — and 27% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £34–£82
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 27%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 840 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 Cross, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2021 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 96.4% to 97.4% — a spread of 1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2021 96.4% wipers blade defective
- 2022 96.7% headlamp aim too high
- 2023 97.4%has a cut in excess of the…
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 Cross 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
- Levc Tx 97.0%
- Mercedes-Benz Eqe 96.5%
- Ford Puma 96.5%
- 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 Cross 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 157 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 | 62 | 39.50% | 19.76% | +19.74 |
| Suspension | 29 | 18.50% | 20.98% | −2.48 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 23 | 14.60% | 12.21% | +2.39 |
| Non-component advisories | 15 | 9.60% | 4.18% | +5.42 |
| Visibility | 14 | 8.90% | 4.97% | +3.93 |
| Brakes | 6 | 3.80% | 20.89% | −17.09 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 6 | 3.80% | 1.76% | +2.04 |
| Road Wheels | 2 | 1.30% | 0.75% | +0.55 |
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 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.2% | £30–80 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 0.60% | £80–200 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 0.36% | £30–75 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 0.36% | £8–22 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.24% | £30–80 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.24% | £5–20 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 0.24% | £5–20 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 0.24% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 0.24% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 3.7% | £45–95 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 3.0% | £30–75 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 1.1% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 0.71% | £45–110 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 0.71% | £20–80 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 0.48% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 679 | 97.6% | 16,839 mi |
| 30-60k | 143 | 96.5% | 39,794 mi |
| 60-90k | 13 | 100.0% | 72,751 mi |
| 90-120k | 4 | 75.0% | 96,354 mi |
Source: 840 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 Cross MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2023 Toyota YARIS Cross?
97.4% of the 840 2023 Toyota YARIS Cross tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 94.8% for cars first used in 2023. First-attempt pass rate: 97.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2023 Toyota YARIS Cross?
The three most recorded items are has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.19%), headlamp aim too high (1.19%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (0.60%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2023 Toyota YARIS Cross MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 97.6% of the time, falling to 75.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2023 Toyota YARIS Cross in this dataset had covered 19,281 mi.
Does the season affect the 2023 Toyota YARIS Cross MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 97.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 97.1%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.