Does the Toyota Auris fail the MOT on lamps, reflectors and electrics more than it should?
The Toyota Auris records 15.96 lamps, reflectors and electrics failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 15.22 expected for a car of the same age mix: about as expected for its class and age (the difference is within its interval or under 0.5 items per 100 tests) (+0.74, 95% interval +0.66 to +0.82). It ranks 251 of 729 models on lamps, reflectors and electrics (1 = most failures above expected).
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What exactly fails on lamps, reflectors and electrics?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Toyota Auris is “A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”, recorded 30,748 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources | 30,748 | 3.31 |
| A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning | 20,972 | 2.26 |
| A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED | 15,613 | 1.68 |
| Stop lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning | 13,995 | 1.51 |
| The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements | 11,863 | 1.28 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 928,274 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
If a Toyota Auris gets a lamps, reflectors and electrics advisory, how often does it fail next time?
26.0% of Toyota Auris MOTs with a lamps, reflectors and electrics advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 6,402 miles later (5,103 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 5,103 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
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