2012 Toyota Vitz: MOT pass rate and reliability
86.4% of 2012 Toyota Vitz pass the MOT first time, measured across 434 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 45,260 miles.
How the 2012 compares
- Against all Toyota Vitz (87.5%, 1,778 tests): -1.1 points
- Against all 2012 cars (70.8%): +15.6 points
- National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%
Every Toyota Vitz 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 Vitz:
| Year | Pass rate | Tests | Avg mileage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 82.7% | 300 | 52,726 |
| 2012 | 86.4% | 434 | 45,260 |
| 2013 | 91.4% | 348 | 42,870 |
What this means if you are buying a 2012 Vitz
The 2012 sits close to the Toyota Vitz 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 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 below average for a car this age, worth a mileage-consistency check since an unusually low reading is sometimes clocking rather than luck. On a 2012 Toyota Vitz the average at test was 45,260 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 2013 at 91.4%, and the weakest in our data is 2011 at 82.7%. That 8.7 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2012 car against a newer one tells you very little.
Nearby model years
- 2011 Toyota Vitz - 82.7%
- 2013 Toyota Vitz - 91.4%