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Toyota Auris MOT fail rate by age

How often the Toyota Auris fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 623,950 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated

At 8 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 8 (n=65,525)20.0%
All cars at 8 years (n=10,440,457)23.8%
Median mileage at test64,690
All cars, median mileage60,745

123 of 315 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 8 years.

What stands out

  • At 3 years the Toyota Auris fails 15.1% of MOTs (1,282 tests), 3.0 points above the 12.1% for all cars that age. At 18 years it fails 41.2% (9,386 tests), 2.1 points below the 43.3% average.
  • The gap is widest at 10 years: 7.0 points below all cars.
  • Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 8 years: Shock absorber leaking, at 1 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

3 years 18 years 47.6%

Solid line: this model. Dashed line: all cars at the same age.

Toyota Auris: share of MOT tests that failed, by age, against all cars. Ages with fewer than 1,000 tests are not shown.
AgeMOT fail rateTests (n)All carsDifferenceMedian mileage
3 years15.1%1,28212.1%+3.0 pts32,720 miles
4 years15.8%15,31913.4%+2.4 pts34,768 miles
5 years16.9%29,42415.3%+1.6 pts42,144 miles
6 years17.6%45,42417.8%−0.2 pts49,897 miles
7 years18.8%62,12120.6%−1.8 pts58,235 miles
8 years20.0%65,52523.8%−3.8 pts64,690 miles
9 years21.0%65,09427.1%−6.1 pts70,245 miles
10 years23.3%57,21230.3%−7.0 pts75,328 miles
11 years26.3%48,56933.3%−7.0 pts77,960 miles
12 years30.1%41,62536.0%−5.9 pts80,203 miles
13 years34.4%39,50638.3%−3.8 pts83,859 miles
14 years36.4%43,53140.3%−3.9 pts88,876 miles
15 years37.9%45,43441.6%−3.7 pts92,838 miles
16 years39.1%33,43542.6%−3.5 pts96,304 miles
17 years40.8%21,06343.1%−2.3 pts100,067 miles
18 years41.2%9,38643.3%−2.1 pts101,185 miles

Most common fail items at 8 years

Split into structural or mechanical items and wear items. Wear items (tyres, brake pads, wipers, bulbs) say more about upkeep than about the design.

Structural and mechanical

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Shock absorber leaking Major1

Out of 65,525 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Brake light not working Major3.3
Wipers not clearing screen Major2.6
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous2.2
Dipped headlight not working Major2.1
Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Major1.8
Brake pads under 1.5 mm Dangerous1.8
Tyre condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Major1.5
Headlamp aim: too low Major1.4
Headlamp: not working on main beam Major1.1

Out of 65,525 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 8 years

ModelMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
Toyota Yaris19.1%115,42423.8%
Toyota Aygo17.4%86,46223.8%
Toyota Prius16.4%54,36323.8%

MOT fail rate by first-use year

Each year has its own page: the fail rate for cars first used that year at each MOT from 2022 to 2025 with at least 1,000 tests, the most common faults at that age, and the car tax and ULEZ rules for that year.

First-use year data updated .

Latest MOT age with at least 1,000 tests for each first-use year.
First usedAge at testMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
200718 years in 202541.2%9,32643.3%
200817 years in 202540.7%10,27643.1%
200916 years in 202537.8%10,12942.6%
201015 years in 202536.6%9,32741.6%
201114 years in 202536.1%9,26240.3%
201213 years in 202533.9%8,37738.3%
201312 years in 202524.6%13,61536.0%
201411 years in 202523.6%16,59333.3%
201510 years in 202522.5%17,32230.3%
20169 years in 202521.2%15,75827.1%
20178 years in 202520.0%14,28223.8%
20187 years in 202519.2%13,98420.6%
20196 years in 202521.2%1,21517.8%

More on the Toyota Auris

Read this with care. A fail rate is not a measure of build quality. How far cars are driven, how they are used and how well owners maintain them all change it, and wear items such as tyres and brake pads are common fails. Compare a model only with cars of the same age. Methodology and limits.

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Source

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data, class 4 normal MOT tests, 2022 to 2025. MOT data updated 22 September 2026.

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