1999 Toyota Starlet: MOT pass rate and reliability
70.3% of 1999 Toyota Starlets pass the MOT first time, measured across 528 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 91,197 miles.
How the 1999 compares
- Against all Toyota Starlets (72.1%, 3,218 tests): -1.8 points
- Against all 1999 cars (68.6%): +1.7 points
- National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%
Every Toyota Starlet model year
Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 1999 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Toyota Starlet:
| Year | Pass rate | Tests | Avg mileage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 75.2% | 367 | 91,277 |
| 1997 | 70.4% | 787 | 91,261 |
| 1998 | 69.6% | 1,166 | 92,789 |
| 1999 | 70.3% | 528 | 91,197 |
What this means if you are buying a 1999 Starlet
The 1999 sits close to the Toyota Starlet average, so there is no strong model-year signal either way. Judge the individual car on its own history. 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 27-year-old car fails on
A 1999 car is 27 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 1999 Toyota Starlet the average at test was 91,197 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 1996 at 75.2%, and the weakest in our data is 1998 at 69.6%. That 5.6 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 1999 car against a newer one tells you very little.
Nearby model years
- 1996 Toyota Starlet - 75.2%
- 1997 Toyota Starlet - 70.4%
- 1998 Toyota Starlet - 69.6%