Does the Toyota Aygo fail the MOT on tyres more than it should?

The Toyota Aygo records 6.94 tyres failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 8.65 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−1.71, 95% interval −1.76 to −1.66). It ranks 481 of 751 models on tyres (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on tyres · check a Toyota Aygo by registration

What exactly fails on tyres?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Toyota Aygo is “Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements”, recorded 37,951 times in 2019–2024.

Toyota Aygo: most frequent tyres defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements	37,951	2.84
A tyre seriously damaged	31,241	2.34
A tyre cords visible or damaged	11,274	0.84
Tyre obviously under inflated	3,125	0.23
A tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative	2,838	0.21

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 1,336,914 (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 Aygo gets a tyres advisory, how often does it fail next time?

8.3% of Toyota Aygo MOTs with a tyres advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 4,857 miles later (240,662 advisories followed).

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 240,662 (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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