2016 Toyota Auris: MOT pass rate and reliability

86.6% of 2016 Toyota Auris pass the MOT first time, measured across 15,820 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 86,760 miles.

How the 2016 compares

  • Against all Toyota Auris (80.9%, 153,906 tests): +5.7 points
  • Against all 2016 cars (80.9%): +5.7 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Toyota Auris model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2016 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Toyota Auris:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2007 69.8% 10,636 102,150
2008 70.3% 11,338 102,158
2009 73.7% 10,881 93,656
2010 74.2% 9,592 92,509
2011 75.2% 9,429 92,553
2012 76.4% 8,443 88,404
2013 83.6% 13,771 91,420
2014 83.8% 17,125 100,833
2015 85.5% 17,503 95,209
2016 86.6% 15,820 86,760
2017 87.8% 14,253 78,415
2018 89% 13,822 73,517
2019 89% 1,233 71,536

What this means if you are buying a 2016 Auris

The 2016 is one of the stronger years for this model, passing 5.7 points more often than the Toyota Auris average. That is a point in its favour, though condition and service history still matter more than the model year. Check the exact car with the free MOT history checker before you buy, and run its VIN and mileage through our free VIN decoder and clocking check.

What a 10-year-old car fails on

A 2016 car is 10 years old now, and age drives the failure mix more than the badge does. Across all cars tested, these are the categories that actually cause failures:

  • Lights and electrical: 10.36% of all cars tested
  • Suspension: 8.65% of all cars tested
  • Tyres: 6.23% of all cars tested
  • Brakes: 6.1% of all cars tested
  • Visibility: wipers, washers, glass: 4.65% of all cars tested
  • Body, chassis and structure: 3.18% of all cars tested

That is above average, the point where suspension bushes, drop links and exhaust corrosion start showing up as advisories before they become failures. On a 2016 Toyota Auris the average at test was 86,760 miles, so treat anything far above that as a car that has worked harder than its peers, and anything far below as one worth checking for the faults that come from standing still.

The strongest year for this model is 2018 at 89%, and the weakest in our data is 2007 at 69.8%. That 19.2 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2016 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

All Toyota Auris MOT data · Every model