Toyota YARIS MOT Pass Rate & Official DVSA Failure Statistics

Toyota YARIS MOT History and Failure Rates vs UK National Average

The Toyota YARIS passed on its first attempt in 79.6%, and its overall record sits +1.8 percentage points above the national average for all cars. These figures come from every recorded DVSA MOT test for the Toyota YARIS in the 2023–2025 data: 1,577,740 tests across 24 model years (2000–2023). A test still carries exactly one pass or fail verdict.

Figures are computed from every recorded DVSA test for this model in the 2023–2025 data.

Most Common Toyota YARIS MOT Problems by Failure Category

Every MOT failure a tester records belongs to one inspection section of the DVSA manual. For the Toyota YARIS, the Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment section leads the record — the breakdown below shows where the recorded failures cluster, then the exact strings behind the three biggest sections.

Shares are over the Toyota YARIS's recorded defect strings, merged across its year pages.

Top Recorded Toyota YARIS DVSA MOT Test Statistics & Defect Descriptions

The descriptions below are the exact DVSA failure strings testers recorded most often for the Toyota YARIS, each with how many of the model's 1,577,740 tests it was noted on.

• "Position lamp not working" (Major) — noted on about 41,079 Toyota YARIS tests, 2.6% of the model's MOT record.
• "Coil spring fractured or broken" (Major) — noted on about 33,631 Toyota YARIS tests, 2.1% of the model's MOT record.
• "Headlamp lens slightly defective" (Minor) — noted on about 33,437 Toyota YARIS tests, 2.1% of the model's MOT record.
• "Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively" (Rectified) — noted on about 32,900 Toyota YARIS tests, 2.1% of the model's MOT record.
• "Wipers blade defective" (Minor) — noted on about 21,851 Toyota YARIS tests, 1.4% of the model's MOT record.
• "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view" (Minor) — noted on about 20,723 Toyota YARIS tests, 1.3% of the model's MOT record.

Best and Worst Toyota YARIS Model Years by Pass Rate

The strongest Toyota YARIS model year on record is 2023 (96.3% across 935 tests), and the weakest is 2000 (71.7%). The gap between them is 24.6 points. Years with fewer than 50 recorded tests are excluded, so these are the years with enough MOT history to mean something.

Toyota YARIS reliability is improving in the DVSA data — the pass rate moves about 1.1 points a year across the most recent model years shown above.

Newest model year first. Only years with at least 50 recorded tests are listed.

Pre-MOT Inspection Checklist for Toyota YARIS Owners

These checks follow this Toyota YARIS's own most-recorded failure strings, starting with what a tester is most likely to flag on a Toyota YARIS.

• the lights — “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.

• the coil springs — “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.

• the wipers and washers — “wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”

  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.

Derived from the DVSA failure strings testers recorded for the Toyota YARIS. A check that finds nothing means the item is likely fine, not that the test is guaranteed.

Frequently Asked Questions: Toyota YARIS MOT & Reliability