Toyota Aygo 2012: MOT failure rate for its age

27.6% of 90,314 MOT tests of the Toyota Aygo first registered in 2012 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 105.9 (95% CI 104.5–107.2; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2012 Toyota Aygo fails more often than other build years of the same model at the same age.

Toyota Aygo built in 2012 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	27.6	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	90314
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 104.5–107.2)	105.9	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	90314
Rank among this model's 16 build years	13	of 16	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	90314
Tested in 2024	14853	tests	median 65,002 miles	2024	14853

Built 2012 against Toyota Aygo normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 7: 22% vs 19.4%; age 8: 24.4% vs 20.7%; age 9: 25.9% vs 23.6%; age 10: 27.8% vs 27.2%; age 11: 31.1% vs 31.3%; age 12: 34.9% vs 34.7%. Axis from 0% to 40%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2012 Toyota Aygo by registration · All Toyota Aygo 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 2012 Toyota Aygo fail at each age?

Cars built in 2012 were tested at ages 7 to 12 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 Aygo built 2012: 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)
7	15,471	22	21.3–22.6	19.4	113.3
8	14,913	24.4	23.8–25.1	20.7	118.1
9	15,040	25.9	25.2–26.6	23.6	109.7
10	15,036	27.8	27–28.5	27.2	102.1
11	15,001	31.1	30.4–31.9	31.3	99.3
12	14,853	34.9	34.1–35.6	34.7	100.5

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 90,314 (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 2012 Toyota Aygo?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2012 is lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 16.3 items per 100 first tests, against 13.4 across all build years of the Toyota Aygo. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2012 were tested at ages 7 to 12.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Toyota Aygo built 2012 against the Toyota Aygo in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2012, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	16.3	13.4	14,720
Brakes	11.3	11.8	10,216
Tyres	7.4	6.9	6,687
Visibility	5.4	5.4	4,846
Suspension	5.3	6.8	4,823

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 90,314 (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 2012 compare with the years around it?

Among the 16 published build years of the Toyota Aygo, 2012 ranks 13 (1 = fails least for its age). 2011: index 102.8. 2013: index 106.8.

Toyota Aygo build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2005	107.0	104.2–109.9	worse	11,000
2006	102.9	101.6–104.1	worse	57,298
2007	100.9	99.7–102.1	no different	64,503
2008	106.2	105.0–107.4	worse	75,034
2009	100.6	99.5–101.8	no different	79,722
2010	98.3	97.0–99.5	better	73,558
2011	102.8	101.5–104.1	worse	78,565
2012	105.9	104.5–107.2	worse	90,314
2013	106.8	105.4–108.2	worse	92,109
2014	103.0	101.6–104.3	worse	116,690
2015	92.6	91.4–93.8	better	139,528
2016	92.3	91.0–93.7	better	134,043
2017	92.5	90.9–94.0	better	112,187
2018	99.8	97.9–101.7	no different	88,808
2019	97.8	95.5–100.0	no different	67,178
2020	95.4	92.1–98.8	better	33,469

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 1,314,006 (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 Aygo 2012 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-aygo/2012/

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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