Does the Toyota Starlet fail the MOT on vehicle identification more than it should?
The Toyota Starlet records 1.00 vehicle identification failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.84 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) (+0.16, 95% interval +0.05 to +0.28). It ranks 162 of 636 models on vehicle identification (1 = most failures above expected).
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What exactly fails on vehicle identification?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Toyota Starlet is “Number plate inscription missing or illegible”, recorded 176 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Number plate inscription missing or illegible | 176 | 0.63 |
| Number plate does not conform to the specified requirements | 76 | 0.27 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 27,861 (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 Starlet gets a vehicle identification advisory, how often does it fail next time?
4.5% of Toyota Starlet MOTs with a vehicle identification advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.1 months and 3,326 miles later (1,864 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 1,864 (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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