MOT fail rates

Toyota Verso MOT fail rate by age

How often the Toyota Verso fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 112,639 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated 22 September 2026

At 12 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 12 (n=13,511)33.4%

All cars at 12 years (n=7,303,151)36.0%

Median mileage at test93,197

All cars, median mileage87,673

132 of 299 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 12 years.

What stands out

At 5 years the Toyota Verso fails 15.9% of MOTs (3,186 tests), about the same as the 15.3% for all cars that age. At 16 years it fails 37.1% (1,949 tests), 5.5 points below the 42.6% average.
The gap is widest at 16 years: 5.5 points below all cars.
Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 12 years: Linkage ball joint dust cover: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt, at 3.2 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

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

Toyota Verso: share of MOT tests that failed, by age, against all cars. Ages with fewer than 1,000 tests are not shown.
Age	MOT fail rate	Tests (n)	All cars	Difference	Median mileage
5 years	15.9%	3,186	15.3%	+0.5 pts	35,839 miles
6 years	17.5%	6,775	17.8%	−0.3 pts	45,460 miles
7 years	18.6%	10,062	20.6%	−2.1 pts	55,000 miles
8 years	21.6%	12,168	23.8%	−2.2 pts	63,637 miles
9 years	24.2%	13,136	27.1%	−2.9 pts	72,988 miles
10 years	27.7%	12,603	30.3%	−2.6 pts	81,054 miles
11 years	31.0%	13,347	33.3%	−2.2 pts	85,761 miles
12 years	33.4%	13,511	36.0%	−2.6 pts	93,197 miles
13 years	35.3%	12,078	38.3%	−3.0 pts	98,418 miles
14 years	36.1%	8,890	40.3%	−4.1 pts	104,284 miles
15 years	38.3%	4,934	41.6%	−3.3 pts	113,521 miles
16 years	37.1%	1,949	42.6%	−5.5 pts	117,709 miles

Most common fail items at 12 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 item	Per 100 MOTs
Linkage ball joint dust cover: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Major	3.2
Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded Major	3.1

Out of 13,511 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail item	Per 100 MOTs
Side/position light not working Major	9.8
Horn: not working Major	4
Wipers not clearing screen Major	3.9
Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Major	2.9
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous	2.8
Individual direction indicators: incorrect colour Major	2.7
Brake pads under 1.5 mm Dangerous	2.6
Headlamp aim: too low Major	2

Out of 13,511 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 12 years

Model	MOT fail rate	Tests (n)	All cars
Toyota Yaris	30.5%	92,575	36.0%
Toyota Aygo	33.2%	55,475	36.0%
Toyota Auris	30.1%	41,625	36.0%

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 28 September 2026.

Latest MOT age with at least 1,000 tests for each first-use year.
First used	Age at test	MOT fail rate	Tests (n)	All cars
2009	16 years in 2025	37.9%	1,759	42.6%
2010	15 years in 2025	39.1%	2,828	41.6%
2011	14 years in 2025	34.8%	3,703	40.3%
2012	13 years in 2025	35.2%	2,840	38.3%
2013	12 years in 2025	29.9%	3,162	36.0%
2014	11 years in 2025	29.5%	2,904	33.3%
2015	10 years in 2025	25.2%	3,180	30.3%
2016	9 years in 2025	24.3%	3,492	27.1%
2017	8 years in 2025	19.1%	2,311	23.8%

More on the Toyota Verso

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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