Toyota Auris: no years to avoid

Based on 157,544 real MOT tests from DVSA records. Each year is compared against every other car first registered the same year — otherwise the numbers would only tell you that older cars fail more, which you knew.

The short answer

No model year stands out as one to avoid. Every year sits within 15% of the failure rate for cars of the same age. The 2013 is the strongest, failing 43% less often than average.

Found a Toyota Auris you like?

Averages tell you what to expect. Its registration tells you what actually happened — every MOT, every advisory, and whether the mileage adds up.

Every Auris model year

Shaded rows are the years that differ most from other cars of the same age — worse, better.

MOT failure rate by registration year for the Toyota Auris
Registered	MOT tests	Fail rate	vs same-age cars
2007	11,705	28.7%	19% better
2008	12,250	28.4%	19% better
2009	11,400	25.1%	25% better
2010	9,753	24.2%	25% better
2011	9,517	23.3%	23% better
2012	8,473	20.9%	25% better
2013	14,066	14.6%	43% better
2014	17,417	14.6%	36% better
2015	17,634	12.8%	35% better
2016	15,924	11.6%	32% better
2017	14,259	10.7%	25% better
2018	13,877	9.5%	21% better
2019	1,269	9.5%	about average

How this is worked out

Every MOT test recorded by DVSA in 2023 on a Toyota Auris, grouped by the year the car was first registered. Retests are excluded, so a car that failed and was fixed still counts as a failure. Each year's rate is then divided by the rate for all cars first registered that year — so 120 means 20% more failures than its contemporaries, not 20% more than a brand new car.

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