2005 Toyota Aygo: MOT pass rate and reliability

59.3% of 2005 Toyota Aygos pass the MOT first time, measured across 1,416 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 93,740 miles.

How the 2005 compares

  • Against all Toyota Aygos (81.3%, 261,263 tests): -22 points
  • Against all 2005 cars (64.2%): -4.9 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Toyota Aygo model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2005 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Toyota Aygo:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2005 59.3% 1,416 93,740
2006 61.7% 7,697 92,690
2007 61.9% 9,270 88,338
2008 61.8% 11,363 83,440
2009 66.7% 12,621 77,755
2010 68.6% 11,868 76,177
2011 71.4% 12,907 72,393
2012 73.8% 14,873 68,613
2013 78% 15,213 62,174
2014 80.9% 19,337 57,323
2015 85.4% 23,176 51,193
2016 87.7% 22,185 45,179
2017 88.3% 21,502 39,301
2018 89.6% 22,027 32,698
2019 91.5% 22,249 27,156
2020 93.4% 16,327 21,348
2021 94.3% 16,911 17,451
2022 95.3% 321 18,446

What this means if you are buying a 2005 Aygo

The 2005 is a weaker year for this model, passing 22 points less often than the Toyota Aygo average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2005 figure for all cars above rather than against newer examples. 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 21-year-old car fails on

A 2005 car is 21 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 2005 Toyota Aygo the average at test was 93,740 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 2022 at 95.3%, and the weakest in our data is 2005 at 59.3%. That 36.0 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2005 car against a newer one tells you very little.

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