Toyota Auris 2008: MOT failure rate for its age

36.8% of 78,707 MOT tests of the Toyota Auris first registered in 2008 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 103.7 (95% CI 102.5–104.8; 100 = normal for this model at that age): close to other build years of the same model at the same age (within 5 points of normal).

Toyota Auris built in 2008 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	36.8	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	78707
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 102.5–104.8)	103.7	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	78707
Rank among this model's 14 build years	10	of 14	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	78707
Tested in 2024	11280	tests	median 98,659 miles	2024	11280

Built 2008 against Toyota Auris normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 11: 33.4% vs 32.8%; age 12: 34.5% vs 33.8%; age 13: 37% vs 35.6%; age 14: 37.9% vs 35.6%; age 15: 38.4% vs 37.4%; age 16: 40.7% vs 38.7%. Axis from 0% to 50%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2008 Toyota Auris by registration · All Toyota Auris MOT statistics · Download the build-year table (CSV)

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · full dataset (v5).

How does the 2008 Toyota Auris fail at each age?

Cars built in 2008 were tested at ages 11 to 16 between 2019 and 2024. Each row compares their first-time failure share with what this model normally shows at that age, after allowing for the overall failure level of each test year.

Toyota Auris built 2008: first-time MOT failure by age, against the model's normal rate at that age (2019–2024)
Age	Tests	Failed, %	95% interval	Normal for this model at that age, %	Index (100 = normal)
11	14,904	33.4	32.7–34.2	32.8	101.8
12	13,774	34.5	33.7–35.3	33.8	102.1
13	13,480	37	36.1–37.8	35.6	103.8
14	13,017	37.9	37.1–38.7	35.6	106.5
15	12,252	38.4	37.5–39.2	37.4	102.6
16	11,280	40.7	39.8–41.6	38.7	105.3

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 78,707 (initial tests) · Method: normal rate = this model's first-time failure share at that age across its build years (cells of 400+ tests), adjusted for each test year's overall level; cells of 30+ tests, under 500 marked rough · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

What fails most on the 2008 Toyota Auris?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2008 is lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 25.2 items per 100 first tests, against 16 across all build years of the Toyota Auris. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2008 were tested at ages 11 to 16.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Toyota Auris built 2008 against the Toyota Auris in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2008, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	25.2	16	19,802
Brakes	25	11	19,641
Suspension	18.8	8.7	14,805
Visibility	10.1	6.5	7,974
Tyres	7.6	6.4	5,952

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 78,707 (initial tests of this build year) · Method: failure items grouped by DVSA's top-level defect groups, per 100 initial tests; groups with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How does 2008 compare with the years around it?

Among the 14 published build years of the Toyota Auris, 2008 ranks 10 (1 = fails least for its age). 2007: index 100.5. 2009: index 102.5.

Toyota Auris build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2006	92.5	76.4–108.6	no different (rough estimate)	356
2007	100.5	99.4–101.7	no different	78,387
2008	103.7	102.5–104.8	worse	78,707
2009	102.5	101.2–103.8	worse	70,950
2010	103.5	102.0–105.0	worse	59,126
2011	109.5	107.9–111.1	worse	57,390
2012	110.6	108.8–112.4	worse	51,171
2013	87.9	86.6–89.3	better	84,877
2014	94.6	93.3–95.9	better	104,667
2015	95.1	93.8–96.5	better	105,935
2016	98.7	97.2–100.2	no different	95,244
2017	97.6	95.8–99.4	better	73,683
2018	108.5	106.2–110.7	worse	55,626
2019	120.4	111.1–129.6	worse (rough estimate)	3,776

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 919,895 (initial tests) · Method: observed failures against those expected for the same model at the same ages, test-year level adjusted; verdict follows the printed one-decimal bound · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How to cite this page

MOT Risk Index (2026). Toyota Auris 2008 MOT statistics (data release dvsa-2024-v2; full dataset motriskindex-families-2024-v5, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22975051), updated 30 September 2026. motriskindex.co.uk/cars/toyota-auris/2008/

How every figure is calculated: methodology. Age, test year and build year are tied together (age = test year − build year), so the test-year level is taken as observed, not estimated.

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