Suspension component corroded on the Toyota YARIS

Suspension component corroded on the Toyota YARIS is recorded on 12,160 tests — 0.8% of all its MOT tests, against 0.3% across every car in the data. That is 2.7× the national share.

Is this unusual for this model?

Compared with	What it says
Every car in the data	0.3% of tests record it — this model is 2.7× that share
The 211 models compared	46 of 211, highest first
The model's own record	1,577,740 tests · every year of the YARIS →

A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Toyota YARIS tested, whatever its mileage, service history and use. The like-for-like comparison on the model page is the fairer number.

Year by year

In 2000, 0.7% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2012, 0.2%. The share has fallen 0.4 points over that time. Worst year 2006 at 1.0%; best 2012 at 0.2%.

Year	Failures recorded	Tests	Share of tests
2000	184	27,386	0.7%
2001	490	53,718	0.9%
2002	601	68,474	0.9%
2003	791	88,874	0.9%
2004	914	105,368	0.9%
2005	916	127,688	0.7%
2006	1,375	131,668	1.0%
2007	1,664	159,774	1.0%
2008	1,519	171,104	0.9%
2009	1,109	181,626	0.6%
2010	804	138,374	0.6%
2011	429	116,384	0.4%
2012	477	197,044	0.2%

Years with fewer than 0.2% of tests recording the item are left out: a year with two failures in 400 tests is noise, and this table is not here to make noise look like a trend.

What it costs

A typical UK repair for this item is £180–£450 fitted. It is a job for a garage, not a driveway. What the part is, and what to buy →

Prices are typical UK supply-and-fitting estimates, not quotes. What happens if it fails covers the retest rules.

Where this sits

Suspension component corroded: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
Toyota YARIS MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
Every Toyota model →