Toyota Vitz: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Toyota Vitz passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 9.9 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 1,796 individual Toyota Vitz tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 86.6% first-time pass rate means roughly 13 in every 100 Toyota Vitz presented for MOT fail on the first attempt. That is better than average, so a well-kept example is a reasonably safe used buy. The average Toyota Vitz tested had covered 49,790 miles and was built around 2013.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. On a Toyota Vitz bought as a repairable salvage, the mechanical side is less likely to spring surprises, so your repair estimate should hold up reasonably well.

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Most common MOT failures on a Toyota Vitz

1. Front or rear fog lamp switch inoperative or not operating in accordance with the requirements, 0.8% of tests (37.16x the national rate for this defect)
2. Front or rear fog lamp emitted colour, position or intensity not in accordance with the requirements, 0.8% of tests (23.16x the national rate for this defect)
3. An obligatory rear fog lamp missing, or a front or rear fog lamp inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 1.9% of tests (5.72x the national rate for this defect)
4. A suspension joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc, 3.3% of tests (2.48x the national rate for this defect)
5. Headlamp reflector or lens seriously defective or missing, 0.3% of tests (1.84x the national rate for this defect)
6. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 0.7% of tests
7. The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements, 0.6% of tests
8. Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen, 0.6% of tests
9. A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 0.6% of tests
10. A tyre seriously damaged, 0.5% of tests

From 5,132 DVSA-tracked Toyota Vitz tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 3.8% of these flagged Toyota Vitz defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

Toyota Vitz pass rate by model year

Pass rates fall steadily as cars age, so the model year matters as much as the model. First-time pass rate for each Toyota Vitz year:

• 2011 Toyota Vitz - 82.7% first-time pass, 300 tests
• 2012 Toyota Vitz - 86.4% first-time pass, 434 tests
• 2013 Toyota Vitz - 91.4% first-time pass, 348 tests

Toyota Vitz by fuel type

Diesel and petrol versions of the same car fail on different things, so the fuel type moves the number:

• Petrol Toyota Vitz - 86.5% first-time pass, 1,569 tests
• Hybrid Toyota Vitz - 95.7% first-time pass, 207 tests

Other Toyota models

• Toyota Yaris - 78.6%
• Toyota Aygo - 80.9%
• Toyota Prius - 86%
• Toyota Auris - 80.5%
• Toyota Rav4 - 84.3%
• Toyota C-Hr - 90.6%
• Toyota Corolla - 75.3%
• Toyota Hilux - 73%

Models with a similar pass rate

• Ford Transit Custom 320 Sport Eblue - 86.7%
• SEAT Arona - 86.6%
• SEAT Tarraco - 86.6%
• Skoda Superb Se Tech Iv Phev S-A - 86.6%
• Volkswagen Transporter Se Tdi S-A - 86.6%
• Peugeot 208 Allure Puretech S/S Auto - 86.6%

If this car is a salvage or write-off

• What does Cat N mean? Category N explained
• What does Cat S mean? Category S explained
• Cat S vs Cat N: the real differences

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