16,505 tests in 2025
Toyota Yaris Cross reliability and MOT pass rate
96.5% passed first time. The 3.5% fail rate is 19.1 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 3 years old with 21,568 miles.
Pass rate
96.5%
22.6% of all cars failed; 3.5% of these did.
Fixed on the day
3.6%
Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.
Median at test
21,568 mi
3 years old.
Fail rate by age
| Age at test | Tests | Fail rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 15,597 | 3.6% |
| 6-9 years | 0 | — |
| 10-13 years | 0 | — |
| 14+ years | 0 | — |
What the Yaris Cross fails on
Share of failed tests with at least one fail item in each DVSA inspection section. A test can fail in several sections at once.
- Tyres124 dangerous47.9%
- Visibility24.7%
- Suspension2 dangerous20.9%
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment7.1%
- Brakes8 dangerous5.2%
- Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems2.9%
- Identification of the vehicle1.9%
- Body, chassis, structure1 dangerous0.9%
Is the Yaris Cross getting worse?
The fail rate rose 0.2 points to 3.2% from 2024 to 2025, against a falling rate across all cars.
| Year | Tests | Median age | Fail rate | All cars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,792 | — | 3% | 23.2% | |
| 2025 | 9,817 | — | 3.2% | 22.6% |
Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical Yaris Cross at its test that year, and it is the number to watch: across the whole fleet each extra year of age adds roughly 1.9 points to the fail rate, so a model whose age and fail rate rise together is simply getting older.
The exact defects that fail it
Every failure item DVSA recorded against a Yaris Cross in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.
- 1Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords141 tests
- 2Shock absorbers: has a serious fluid leak110 tests
- 3Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively83 tests
- 4Washers: not working40 tests
- 5Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm28 tests
- 6Condition: has ply or cords exposed27 tests
- 7Tyre pressure monitoring system: malfunctioning or obviously inoperative25 tests
- 8Condition: has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure23 tests
What wears out first
Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Yaris Cross collects 1.82 of them per test, and these are the ones that come up most. Treat it as the running-repairs list for the next year or two.
- 1Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm996 tests
- 2Shock absorbers: has a serious fluid leak762 tests
- 3Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure523 tests
- 4Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened302 tests
- 5Non-component advisories: Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt288 tests
- 6Non-component advisories: Nail in tyre231 tests
- 7Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords225 tests
- 8Tread depth: tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm190 tests
Questions
What is the Toyota Yaris Cross MOT pass rate?
96.5% of the 16,505 Toyota Yaris Cross first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 3.5% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 3.6% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.
What does a Toyota Yaris Cross usually fail on?
The single most common failure is "Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords", recorded on 141 failed tests, followed by "Shock absorbers: has a serious fluid leak" and "Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively". By section, tyres appears in 47.9% of failures, visibility appears in 24.7% of failures, suspension appears in 20.9% of failures.
Does age change the odds?
Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 3.6%; at 3-5 years it was 3.6%. The median Toyota Yaris Cross tested in 2025 was 3 years old with 21,568 miles.
Is the Toyota Yaris Cross getting less reliable?
The fail rate rose 0.2 points to 3.2% from 2024 to 2025, against a falling rate across all cars.
First-attempt class 4 tests, 2025, from DVSA’s anonymised MOT data (OGL v3, retrieved 2026-09-12). DVSA records newer cars trim by trim; this page adds every Yaris Cross trim together. Year-on-year figures come from the same DVSA extracts for 2026 and earlier years. Full method on the pass rates hub.
DVSA has published 4 safety recalls naming the Toyota Yaris Cross: Toyota Yaris Cross recalls.
Other Toyota models
Checking a particular Yaris Cross?
The odds above are the model. The car in front of you has its own record: every test, every advisory, the mileage at each one.
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