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Toyota Avensis MOT fail rate by age

How often the Toyota Avensis fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 270,911 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated

At 15 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 15 (n=23,744)39.1%
All cars at 15 years (n=5,591,675)41.6%
Median mileage at test121,176
All cars, median mileage100,157

121 of 280 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 15 years.

What stands out

  • At 4 years the Toyota Avensis fails 13.8% of MOTs (1,231 tests), about the same as the 13.4% for all cars that age. At 25 years it fails 39.4% (1,164 tests), 3.1 points above the 36.3% average.
  • The gap is widest at 13 years: 5.7 points below all cars.
  • Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 15 years: Coil spring broken, at 6 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

4 years 25 years 47.6%

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

Toyota Avensis: 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
4 years13.8%1,23113.4%+0.4 pts53,085 miles
5 years15.1%3,78615.3%−0.2 pts55,125 miles
6 years16.2%7,53617.8%−1.6 pts64,139 miles
7 years18.4%11,01720.6%−2.3 pts75,615 miles
8 years20.6%12,96323.8%−3.1 pts85,669 miles
9 years23.1%13,59927.1%−4.0 pts96,003 miles
10 years25.7%15,07830.3%−4.6 pts104,432 miles
11 years28.3%16,60933.3%−5.0 pts108,802 miles
12 years30.8%19,36536.0%−5.2 pts111,381 miles
13 years32.6%21,59038.3%−5.7 pts114,364 miles
14 years35.7%22,56040.3%−4.6 pts116,800 miles
15 years39.1%23,74441.6%−2.5 pts121,176 miles
16 years39.8%23,03242.6%−2.7 pts122,098 miles
17 years41.5%20,97443.1%−1.6 pts121,142 miles
18 years41.8%17,80043.3%−1.5 pts119,581 miles
19 years41.6%13,94943.2%−1.6 pts116,117 miles
20 years42.1%9,68442.8%−0.7 pts112,550 miles
21 years41.8%6,36242.1%−0.2 pts108,496 miles
22 years43.1%4,15641.0%+2.1 pts107,212 miles
23 years39.9%2,66539.6%+0.2 pts108,366 miles
24 years40.9%2,04737.8%+3.1 pts110,174 miles
25 years39.4%1,16436.3%+3.1 pts112,658 miles

Most common fail items at 15 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
Coil spring broken Major6
Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded Major3.4

Out of 23,744 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Side/position light not working Major10.7
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous3.9
Wipers not clearing screen Major3.4
Brake light not working Major3.3
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect Major2.9
Brake pads under 1.5 mm Dangerous2.7
Dipped headlight not working Major2.7
Side repeaters: not working Major2.6

Out of 23,744 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 15 years

ModelMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
Toyota Yaris38.7%90,55841.6%
Toyota Aygo41.9%46,93841.6%
Toyota Auris37.9%45,43441.6%

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
200221 years in 202344.0%1,17642.1%
200322 years in 202543.3%1,57341.0%
200421 years in 202541.4%2,09242.1%
200520 years in 202542.6%2,90142.8%
200619 years in 202541.9%3,76043.2%
200718 years in 202541.6%4,23143.3%
200817 years in 202542.0%4,51243.1%
200916 years in 202537.6%4,70742.6%
201015 years in 202535.8%5,06341.6%
201114 years in 202534.9%4,14340.3%
201213 years in 202531.2%4,52338.3%
201312 years in 202529.0%2,99936.0%
201411 years in 202526.4%2,91633.3%
201510 years in 202523.8%3,07030.3%
20169 years in 202520.5%3,49427.1%
20178 years in 202519.2%2,42823.8%
20187 years in 202518.4%1,14720.6%

More on the Toyota Avensis

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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