2012 Toyota Gt86: MOT pass rate and reliability

81.4% of 2012 Toyota Gt86s pass the MOT first time, measured across 1,179 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 73,709 miles.

How the 2012 compares

  • Against all Toyota Gt86s (86.9%, 6,642 tests): -5.5 points
  • Against all 2012 cars (70.8%): +10.6 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Toyota Gt86 model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2012 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Toyota Gt86:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2012 81.4% 1,179 73,709
2013 84.6% 1,545 70,767
2014 86.2% 907 64,527
2015 87.5% 712 55,645
2016 89.2% 623 49,381
2017 89.9% 631 42,876
2018 92.9% 452 36,062
2019 93.2% 339 27,864
2020 95.6% 250 22,594

What this means if you are buying a 2012 Gt86

The 2012 is a weaker year for this model, passing 5.5 points less often than the Toyota Gt86 average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2012 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 14-year-old car fails on

A 2012 car is 14 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 a shade above the middle of the range, still ordinary wear rather than a red flag, but worth checking against the service book for the car's age. On a 2012 Toyota Gt86 the average at test was 73,709 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 2020 at 95.6%, and the weakest in our data is 2012 at 81.4%. That 14.2 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2012 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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