Does the Toyota GR Yaris fail the MOT on tyres more than it should?
The Toyota GR Yaris records 5.03 tyres failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 5.64 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) (−0.61, 95% interval −1.40 to +0.19). It ranks 371 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 GR Yaris by registration
What exactly fails on tyres?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Toyota GR Yaris is “A tyre cords visible or damaged”, recorded 98 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| A tyre cords visible or damaged | 98 | 2.85 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 3,436 (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
Other pages for this model
Toyota GR Yaris vehicle identification failures · Toyota GR Yaris noise, emissions and leaks failures · Toyota GR Yaris visibility failures