Toyota Auris 2015: MOT failure rate for its age

17.9% of 105,935 MOT tests of the Toyota Auris first registered in 2015 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 95.1 (95% CI 93.8–96.5; 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 2015 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	17.9	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	105935
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 93.8–96.5)	95.1	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	105935
Rank among this model's 14 build years	4	of 14	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	105935
Tested in 2024	17476	tests	median 73,333 miles	2024	17476

Built 2015 against Toyota Auris normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 4: 15.2% vs 16.3%; age 5: 17% vs 17.1%; age 6: 16.4% vs 17.4%; age 7: 18% vs 18.6%; age 8: 19.9% vs 20.7%; age 9: 21.1% vs 22.8%. Axis from 0% to 30%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2015 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 2015 Toyota Auris fail at each age?

Cars built in 2015 were tested at ages 4 to 9 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 2015: 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)
4	18,290	15.2	14.7–15.7	16.3	92.8
5	17,155	17	16.4–17.5	17.1	99.3
6	17,614	16.4	15.8–16.9	17.4	94
7	17,759	18	17.5–18.6	18.6	97
8	17,641	19.9	19.3–20.5	20.7	96
9	17,476	21.1	20.5–21.7	22.8	92.3

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 105,935 (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 2015 Toyota Auris?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2015 is lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 8.9 items per 100 first tests, against 16 across all build years of the Toyota Auris. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2015 were tested at ages 4 to 9.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Toyota Auris built 2015 against the Toyota Auris in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2015, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	8.9	16	9,413
Tyres	6.2	6.4	6,585
Visibility	4.8	6.5	5,112
Brakes	4.7	11	4,967
Suspension	4.3	8.7	4,566

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 105,935 (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 2015 compare with the years around it?

Among the 14 published build years of the Toyota Auris, 2015 ranks 4 (1 = fails least for its age). 2014: index 94.6. 2016: index 98.7.

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 2015 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/2015/

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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