2012 Toyota Yaris: MOT pass rate and reliability

79.8% of 2012 Toyota Yaris pass the MOT first time, measured across 27,548 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 72,216 miles.

How the 2012 compares

  • Against all Toyota Yaris (79%, 426,143 tests): +0.8 points
  • Against all 2012 cars (70.8%): +9 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Toyota Yaris 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 Yaris:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
1999 61.8% 1,042 98,314
2000 63% 3,475 98,958
2001 64.7% 7,037 97,717
2002 66.1% 9,010 97,052
2003 64.7% 11,526 96,116
2004 64.1% 13,608 94,846
2005 65.4% 16,581 92,910
2006 66.5% 17,307 97,297
2007 68.5% 21,061 96,022
2008 68.6% 22,526 94,531
2009 74.9% 24,691 84,224
2010 74% 18,756 82,354
2011 78.8% 16,263 75,445
2012 79.8% 27,548 72,216
2013 80.2% 29,032 67,155
2014 82.3% 29,083 61,485
2015 86.6% 30,786 55,792
2016 88.3% 28,467 48,774
2017 87.7% 27,024 41,866
2018 89.6% 28,120 36,250
2019 92.1% 28,036 29,355
2020 93.3% 14,869 24,244
2021 94.1% 256 24,234

What this means if you are buying a 2012 Yaris

The 2012 sits close to the Toyota Yaris 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 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 Yaris the average at test was 72,216 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 2021 at 94.1%, and the weakest in our data is 1999 at 61.8%. That 32.3 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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