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Toyota Verso — MOT statistics 2024

The Toyota Verso failed 28.71% of 27,910 first MOT attempts in 2024 ("first-time", excluding retests). Adjusted for the age of the fleet, its initial-failure ratio is 90.6 (100 = expected for its age profile). This car fails its MOT about 9% less often than expected for its age.

MOT risk index 90.6, 95% CI 88.9–92.3 (100 = national average) 100 90.6 0 200
Index
90.6
100 = age-normal
Raw fail rate
28.71%
n = 27,910
Dangerous /100
8
national ≈11
Diesel − petrol
+5.1 pp
fail-rate gap
Rank
356 of 761
lower index = better

Age-adjusted peer: Toyota C-HR (index 90.6) — the two published results are 0.0 index points apart.

Toyota Verso common problems: what actually fails the MOT

Suspension is well below the reference at 8.1 per 100 tests, against 12.5 per 100 tests across UK vehicles of the same ages.

higher bar = fails more oftenrate per 100 tests

Toyota Verso common problems: what actually fails the MOT — 2024 UK MOT data

family vs national — matched to UK vehicles of the same ages — top component groups, per 100 tests. Legend: This family · National avg. Combined labels: family / national average. A gap here reflects how these vehicles are driven, used and maintained as well as how they were built — an MOT defect is a test outcome, not a breakdown.

Component-group comparison table

Each ratio carries a 95% interval. With 6 groups compared here, roughly one apparent difference in twenty is chance alone.

GroupThis familyCases behind itUK, same agesFamily / national
Lamps & electrical18.031,15413.61.32×1.31–1.34
Visibility8.214,1847.01.17×1.15–1.18
Suspension8.114,07312.50.65×0.64–0.66
Brakes7.913,6909.40.84×0.83–0.85
Tyres7.112,2798.90.80×0.78–0.81
Steering2.03,4782.30.88×0.85–0.91
Named defects — items per 100 initial tests, this family vs UK national average; this model measured on 173,293 tests, 2019-2024, national column 2024
What failedper 100 tests (this family)per 100 tests (UK average)ratio family / UKWhat to check
Suspension joint dust cover severely deterioratedA suspension joint dust cover severely deteriorated3.741.901.97×Listen for knocks over bumps — worn joints show up on the test
Lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a…A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning3.322.091.59×Try every light and switch — lamps are a top failure
Rear registration plate lamp or light source…A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources3.632.831.28×Try every light and switch — lamps are a top failure
Wiper blade defectiveWiper blade defective2.061.261.63×Check wipers, washers and windscreen chips in the driver's view
Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the…Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen2.512.221.13×Check wipers, washers and windscreen chips in the driver's view
Brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mma brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm2.412.151.12×Feel for brake judder and pulling on the test drive
Suspension joint dust cover missing or no longer…A suspension joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc1.971.781.10×Listen for knocks over bumps — worn joints show up on the test
Tyre seriously damagedA tyre seriously damaged2.322.540.91×Check tyre tread depth across the full width
Windscreen or window damaged or seriously…Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured but not adversely affecting driver's view1.752.360.74×Check wipers, washers and windscreen chips in the driver's view
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the…Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements2.523.590.70×Check tyre tread depth across the full width

Named defects ranked by how much more often they appear than the national average — not by raw rate.

Toyota Verso MOT advisories: what gets flagged

Brakes are highest at 44.8 per 100 tests; Identification is lowest at 2.6 per 100 tests — the gap is 42.2 per 100 tests.

higher bar = flagged more oftenadvisory items per 100 initial tests

Toyota Verso MOT advisories: what gets flagged — 2024 UK MOT data
Advisory rates table
GroupAdvisories per 100
Brakes44.8
Tyres41.7
Suspension15.6
Non-component advisories10.1
Lamps & electrical4.7
Identification2.6

Advisories are wear the tester noted but didn't fail — what will need money soon.

Tyres, brakes and suspension: Toyota Verso against cars of the same age

AgePartToyota VersoSame age, petrol and dieselDifference
3 yearsTyres4.814.170.64
3 yearsBrakes1.821.770.05
3 yearsSuspension0.230.63-0.40
4 yearsTyres4.894.540.35
4 yearsBrakes2.352.43-0.08
4 yearsSuspension0.561.21-0.65
5 yearsTyres5.315.060.25
5 yearsBrakes33.09-0.09
5 yearsSuspension1.32.19-0.89
6 yearsTyres5.085.54-0.46
6 yearsBrakes3.153.81-0.66
6 yearsSuspension2.073.72-1.65
7 yearsTyres4.785.95-1.17
7 yearsBrakes3.574.55-0.98
7 yearsSuspension3.185.68-2.50
8 yearsTyres5.446.31-0.87
8 yearsBrakes4.315.38-1.07
8 yearsSuspension4.697.78-3.09

Failing items per 100 initial tests, 2019-2024. The comparison group is every petrol or diesel car tested at the same age, so weight and drivetrain show up rather than fleet age.

If a car like this fails, does it fail again?

A failure rate does not say whether a failure is a one-off or the start of something. This follows the same vehicles into their next ordinary MOT a year later — retests after a repair are excluded, because they follow a failure by definition. 2019-2024.

After this year's testFails next yearVehicles followed
It failed32.6%12,950
It passed22.8%103,004

A failed test raises next year's chance of failing again by 9.8 percentage points. The failure most likely to come back is lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment — 36.2% of those vehicles fail again next year. Some of this is the vehicle and some is the owner: a car that was let go once tends to be let go again. One caveat: a car that fails may be sold or scrapped rather than tested again, so these figures describe the vehicles that came back.

Adjusted for how much these are actually driven

The headline index adjusts for the fleet's age. Wear, though, follows mileage: a three-year-old taxi and a three-year-old garage queen sit in the same age band. These two rows compare every car with vehicles of the same age, and then with vehicles of the same age and the same annual mileage, 2019-2024, on 172,651 tests. Both stand on the six-year corpus so they are measured on identical data — compare them with each other, not with the headline index above, which is measured on 2024 alone.

Standardised forIndexReading
Age only91.6fails less often than expected
Age and annual mileage89.3fails less often than vehicles driven as much
Share doing under 3,000 miles a year3.4%a normal spread of use

Mileage changes little here (-2.3 points): this fleet is driven about as much as the vehicles it is compared with. One limit to keep in mind: mileage is partly a result of how often a car breaks down — one that spends weeks in the workshop covers fewer miles — so the mileage-matched figure can understate a real weakness. Tests with no usable odometer reading are left out of it.

How the Toyota Verso compares with cars of its own age and size

Not against the whole fleet — against cars of the same size class tested at the same age, 2019-2024.

AgeToyota VersoSame class, same ageDifferenceTests
3 years12.98%11.69%+1.29 pp7,672
4 years15.76%13.28%+2.47 pp10,034
5 years18.34%15.05%+3.29 pp13,269
6 years19.3%17.33%+1.98 pp16,687
7 years20.82%20.15%+0.67 pp18,898
8 years24.61%23.2%+1.4 pp20,617
9 years27.79%26.73%+1.06 pp20,627
10 years29.63%30.03%-0.41 pp19,264
11 years32.74%33.46%-0.72 pp16,049
12 years34.34%36.48%-2.14 pp12,576
13 years35.51%38.9%-3.4 pp9,345
14 years37.3%40.84%-3.54 pp5,241
15 years37.3%42.31%-5.02 pp2,145
16 years31.25%43.13%-11.88 pp224

Raw first-time failure rates within each age, so fleet age cannot flatter either side. A positive difference means this model fails more often than its own class at that age.

How does the Toyota Verso perform as it gets older?

The Verso at age 13 is well below the reference at 33.1%, against 38.2% for all vehicles of the same age.

higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points

How does the Toyota Verso perform as it gets older? — 2024 UK MOT data

Chart axes: car age, years · failure-rate scale 0–47%.

Takeaway: a 10-year-old Verso has roughly a 25% chance of failing its MOT.

Data table
AgeToyota VersoAll vehiclesGap
619.1%17.5%+1.6 pp
718.2%20.2%-2.0 pp
821.9%23.3%-1.5 pp
922.5%26.5%-4.0 pp
1025.2%30.1%-4.9 pp
1130.2%33.2%-3.0 pp
1234.0%35.7%-1.7 pp
1333.1%38.2%-5.1 pp
1438.9%40.4%-1.5 pp
1537.7%41.6%-3.8 pp

Is a Toyota Verso ULEZ compliant?

The share of classifiable 2024 Toyota Verso MOT tests likely ULEZ compliant by first-registration date is 67.9%.

Based on 27,705 classifiable initial MOT tests. This describes the tested fleet, not a specific car. MOT data do not record Euro class, so likely compliance is inferred from fuel and first-registration date. For the only authoritative answer, check the registration with TfL's official ULEZ checker.

higher = larger share likely compliantinferred from fuel and first-registration date; not a recorded Euro class

Age-band estimate from classifiable initial MOT tests
Vehicle age at testLikely ULEZ-compliant shareTests
Under 3 yearsSuppressed — sample below publication threshold
Check a registration with TfL
n = 0
3–5 yearsSuppressed — sample below publication threshold
Check a registration with TfL
n = 0
6–7 years100.0%
Check a registration with TfL
n = 3,139
8 years100.0%
Check a registration with TfL
n = 3,470
9 years73.1%
Check a registration with TfL
n = 3,167
10–14 years54.1%
Check a registration with TfL
n = 15,855
15–17 years64.4%
Check a registration with TfL
n = 2,012
18 yearsSuppressed — sample below publication threshold
Check a registration with TfL
n = 24
19 yearsSuppressed — sample below publication threshold
Check a registration with TfL
n = 22
20+ yearsSuppressed — sample below publication threshold
Check a registration with TfL
n = 16

Toyota Verso petrol vs diesel: which ages best

Diesel is highest at 31.6%; Petrol is lowest at 26.5% — the gap is 5.1 percentage points.

higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points

Toyota Verso petrol vs diesel: which ages best — 2024 UK MOT data
Fuel split table
FuelTests% failingGap vs best
Petrol15,96526.5%+0.0 pp
Diesel11,75731.6%+5.1 pp

Chart sample sizes: n=16k · n=12k.

How dangerous are Toyota Verso MOT failures?

Major defects are well below the reference at 30.7 per 100 tests, against 52.8 per 100 tests nationally.

higher bar = fails more oftenrate per 100 tests

How dangerous are Toyota Verso MOT failures? — 2024 UK MOT data
Severity table
SeverityThis family /100National /100Family / national
Minor16.4914.221.16×
Major30.7052.750.58×
Dangerous8.0811.150.72×

Chart values: Minor 16.5 · Major 30.7 · Dangerous 8.1.

Per 100 tests on this family. National average: Minor 14.2 · Major 52.8 · Dangerous 11.2 per 100.

Does the month of a Toyota Verso MOT matter?

Apr is highest at 27.2%; Jun is lowest at 24.4% — the gap is 2.9 percentage points.

higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points

Does the month of a Toyota Verso MOT matter? — 2024 UK MOT data

Chart scale: 23%–33%.

bars: Toyota Verso · dashed: all class-4 cars

Month-by-month table
MonthToyota VersoAll vehiclesGap
Jan26.08%31.12%-5.0 pp
Feb24.91%29.99%-5.1 pp
Mar24.5%28.26%-3.8 pp
Apr27.22%29.78%-2.6 pp
May25%28.79%-3.8 pp
Jun24.36%28.15%-3.8 pp
Jul25.98%29.33%-3.3 pp
Aug25.89%29.2%-3.3 pp
Sep24.63%28.19%-3.6 pp
Oct26.9%30.34%-3.4 pp
Nov26.82%30.58%-3.8 pp
Dec26.49%29.33%-2.8 pp

Takeaway: the spread between best and worst month is 2.9 percentage points — booking month barely matters for this family. Seasonality partly reflects registration-date clustering, not weather.

Before reading the shape: most of it is not about cars. Britain changes its registration plates twice a year, and 18.9% of these cars were first registered in March with another17.1% in September — 36% in two months against the 17% an even spread would give. An MOT falls due three years after first registration, so the buying calendar becomes the testing calendar. That shapes how many cars are tested each month — not how often they fail: the busiest months here are not the worst ones, so read the failure line on its own and the volume behind it separately.

Toyota Verso average mileage by age

At age 8, the middle half of Versos runs from 47,114 miles to 87,110 miles, against 63,617 miles as the median.

further right = more milesmedian is the typical car; band is p25–p75

Bars: Toyota Verso · dashed: all class-4 cars — 2024 UK MOT data

Chart axes: car age, years · odometer scale 0–158k mi.

Does high mileage mean more Toyota Verso MOT failures at the same age?

Within the same age group, split by odometer (2024 MOTs), so this separates wear from age: at ages 10–14, 14.2% of those with under 40,000 miles failed first time versus 41.1% of those with over 140,000 miles.Inside this age group, higher mileage goes with more failures.

Does high mileage mean more Toyota Verso MOT failures at the same age? — 2024 UK MOT data
Toyota Verso: first-time failure by mileage within each age group (2024)
AgeOdometer% failing95% intervalTests
6–9<40k miles12.4%11–14%1,842
6–940-70k miles19.5%18.3–20.7%4,027
6–970-100k miles23.4%21.7–25.1%2,360
6–9100-140k miles31.4%28.5–34.4%946
6–9140k+ miles30.8%27.3–34.5%643
10–14<40k miles14.2%11.9–16.9%754
10–1440-70k miles24%22.6–25.5%3,351
10–1470-100k miles31%29.8–32.3%5,115
10–14100-140k miles38.4%36.9–39.9%4,282
10–14140k+ miles41.1%39.2–43.1%2,467
15+40-70k miles28.7%23–35.2%209 (rough estimate)
15+70-100k miles35.7%31.7–40%504
15+100-140k miles38.6%35.4–42%818
15+140k+ miles42.8%38.6–47.1%519

line: median · band: middle half of the fleet (p25–p75)

Mileage by age (p25 / median / p75)
Agep25Medianp75Tests
633,28947,22964,616844
737,56251,42771,3522,312
847,11463,61787,1103,482
953,78273,02696,0073,183
1060,02679,594101,7842,931
1168,11089,821117,8633,233
1269,35193,604122,3082,939
1368,75292,611120,2723,875
1485,424109,097136,4702,999
1587,229112,949139,2801,905
16103,849122,638150,72282

A typical 8-year-old Verso has ~63,617 miles on the clock. Much more — ask why; much less — check for gaps in the MOT history.

Where in Britain the Toyota Verso fails its MOT most

Torquay area is highest at 36.1%; Wakefield area is lowest at 20.5% — the gap is 15.6 percentage points.

higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points

Toyota Verso line: median · band: middle half of the fleet (p25–p75) — 2024 UK MOT data
Toughest areas% failingvs model overall
Torquay (TQ)36.07%+10.4 pp
Aberdeen (AB)35.94%+10.2 pp
Dundee (DD)35.8%+10.1 pp
Kirkcaldy (KY)34.05%+8.3 pp
Harrogate (HG)31.94%+6.2 pp
Easiest areas% failingvs model overall
Wakefield (WF)20.52%-5.2 pp
Nottingham (NG)20.54%-5.2 pp
Derby (DE)20.65%-5.1 pp
Blackpool (FY)21.05%-4.7 pp
Dartford (DA)21.13%-4.6 pp

Why do areas differ?

For each external factor we correlate the area fail rate with the factor across postcode areas that have ≥800 tests of this family, then compare the bottom vs top fifth (quintile) of the factor. Correlation, not causation — factors travel together (the north is colder and often poorer; urban areas are denser and less salted). Road surface condition is joined now, for the 91 English areas the DfT publishes, and it explains nothing: the correlation with suspension failures is −0.01 and with body and structure failures 0.07. Potholes wreck wheels and tyres between tests, but by the time a car reaches the bay the road it drives on leaves no measurable trace.

In areas with the highest terrain gradient this model fails 3.1 pp more often than in the lowest fifth (r=0.26, n=47 areas with ≥800 tests).

In areas with the highest frost days this model fails 0.8 pp more often than in the lowest fifth (r=0.23, n=79 areas with ≥800 tests).

In areas with the highest road-salt proxy this model fails 1.7 pp more often than in the lowest fifth (r=0.22, n=79 areas with ≥800 tests).

Toyota Verso Why do areas differ? — 2024 UK MOT data
Values shown in the quintile chart
FactorLow QHigh QGapCorrelation
Terrain gradient25.5%28.7%+3.2 ppr=0.26
Frost days25.4%26.2%+0.8 ppr=0.23
Road-salt proxy24.3%26.0%+1.7 ppr=0.22

Factors that only mean something combined

Some conditions are useless on their own and informative multiplied together. Frost days alone say little — Britain barely freezes. Salt tonnage alone says little — it tracks frost. Distance to the sea alone says little. Multiply the first two and divide by the third and you get an index of how hard an area attacks a car's underside, and it lines up with the corrosion defects we actually record. We built five such combinations and tested each against our own data. Three survived; two did not, and the failures are listed here on purpose — a proxy that was never checked is decoration. One survivor only survived on the second attempt: built from a crude stand-in for street parking it failed outright, and rebuilt from the census — terraced streets carrying more cars than they have driveways — it works, and carries information the salt index does not.

Composite area indicators, each tested against a defect rate we measure
CompositeBuilt fromTested againstrVerdict
Underbody corrosionfrost days × salt load ÷ (distance to coast + 1)share of tests with a corrosion defect+0.42holds (116 areas)
Tyre wearrain days × annual miles ÷ age at first tyre advisoryshare of tests failing on tyres+0.45holds (116 areas)
Overnight corrosionterraced housing × cars per household × frost daysshare with a corrosion defect+0.41holds (102 areas) — and adds signal beyond the first index
Deferred maintenancedeprivation × advisory-to-failure conversion ÷ labour ratecars repeating the same advisory−0.26fails (118 areas)
Powertrain stressengine capacity ÷ kerb weightsuspension, brake and emissions failures−0.16fails (22 models)

The deprivation result is the one worth dwelling on. The intuition that poorer areas defer repairs is strong enough that most people treat it as established. We tested it twice — once on raw failure rates (r = 0.04) and again, more fairly, on whether an advisory turns into a failure — and it did not hold any of the three times we tried it — on raw failure rates, on advisory-to-failure conversion, and again with deprivation measured properly inside each nation rather than England alone. We are closing it. What does predict local failure rates is the density of test centres, which is a statement about testing, not about cars.

All external-factor correlations (machine-readable)
Factorrn areasLow-Q fail %High-Q fail %Gap ppLow-Q factorHigh-Q factor
Terrain gradient (% grade)0.2564725.528.7+3.10.63.3
Frost days (days/year)0.2317925.426.2+0.810.731.5
Road-salt proxy (g/m²-yr)0.2197924.326.0+1.7214.4553.2
Urban share (0–1)-0.2127927.325.5-1.70.51
MOT centre density (per 10k vehicles)0.1567925.426.0+0.74.87.7
Income deprivation (score)-0.1237225.925.7-0.10.10.2
Distance to coast (km)0.0617925.225.7+0.58.284.9

Deprivation uses England IMD 2019 income score only (Scotland SIMD is a different scale). Salt proxy is a simplified NWSRG-style dry-salt sum from air Tmin; coastalness is distance from the area centroid to the nearest coastline.

Every dot is a postcode area — size = how many were tested there, colour = share failing. These figures are not age-adjusted: coastal and rural areas often run older fleets and salted roads, so higher raw fail rates do not automatically mean a worse local stock of this model.

Map labels: Scotland · N. England · Wales · London · S. West. Colour scale: 21%–32% failing.

Toyota Verso survival: which cars are still on the road

By age 18 is well below the reference at 0.5%, against 100.0% at the ages 4–6 reference level.

higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points

Toyota Verso survival: which cars are still on the road — 2024 UK MOT data

Chart axes: car age, years · survival vs ages 4–6 · scale 0–105%.

Survival vs fail rate by age
AgeTestsSurvival vs ages 4–6Fail %
37,67257.6%12.98%
410,03475.3%15.76%
513,26999.5%18.34%
616,687100%19.3%
718,898100%20.82%
820,617100%24.61%
920,627100%27.79%
1019,264100%29.63%
1116,049100%32.74%
1212,57694.3%34.34%
139,34570.1%35.51%
145,24139.3%37.3%
152,14516.1%37.3%
162241.7%31.25%
171331%35.34%
18730.5%36.99%

By age 15, only about 16% as many cars of this family present for MOT as at ages 4–6 (reference n≈13,330); survivors still fail at 37.3% vs 15.8% at age 4. Older cars that still appear are a selected subset — weaker ones have already left.

How many miles does a Toyota Verso last?

100,000+ miles is highest at 23.1%; 200,000+ miles is lowest at 2.1% — the gap is 20.9 percentage points.

higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points

OdometerTests ≥ thresholdShare of sample
100,000+ miles39,84123.07%
150,000+ miles11,4546.63%
200,000+ miles3,6902.14%

Of 172,676 tests of this family with a usable odometer in 2024, 23.1% had reached 100k miles, 6.6% had reached 150k miles, 2.1% had reached 200k miles. This is a cross-section of cars still presenting for MOT, not a full birth cohort.

How many years is a Toyota Verso likely to last?

Bought at age 5 is highest at 8.7 years; Bought at age 15 is lowest at 0.5 years — the gap is 8.2 years.

bigger number = longer remaining lifeyears on the observed survival curve

Age nowTypical mileage (p50)Expected years left
5—8.7
8—5.7
10—3.7
12—at least 1.8
15—at least 0.5

estimateEstimate only — not a warranty: a typical 10-year-old example of this family has about 3.7 expected years of further MOT-present life on the 2024 survival curve. Derived from how many cars of each age still appear for test, not from a longitudinal panel.

Toyota Verso faults that come together

Emissions & leaks + Road Wheels stand out at 8.64×, against 1.00× if the faults were independent.

above 1.0× = more than expectedbelow 1.0× = less

Group AGroup BTogetherLift
Noise, emissions and leaksRoad Wheels328.64× (rough estimate)
BrakesNoise, emissions and leaks5297.15×
SteeringSuspension1,1266.54×
Body, chassis, structureIdentification of the vehicle366.45× (rough estimate)
Body, chassis, structureNoise, emissions and leaks1416.07× (rough estimate)
Noise, emissions and leaksSeat belts and supplementary restraint systems695.6× (rough estimate)
Road WheelsSteering385.58× (rough estimate)
Body, chassis, structureRoad Wheels345.46× (rough estimate)
BrakesIdentification of the vehicle945.28× (rough estimate)
Identification of the vehicleLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment2145.02× (rough estimate)
BrakesRoad Wheels984.93× (rough estimate)
Body, chassis, structureSeat belts and supplementary restraint systems1004.83× (rough estimate)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentRoad Wheels2244.71× (rough estimate)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentSeat belts and supplementary restraint systems7044.44×
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentNoise, emissions and leaks7654.31×
Road WheelsSuspension1084.3× (rough estimate)
Identification of the vehicleVisibility1084.27× (rough estimate)
Noise, emissions and leaksSteering1024.01× (rough estimate)
BrakesSeat belts and supplementary restraint systems2563.87× (rough estimate)
Road WheelsVisibility1093.86× (rough estimate)
Body, chassis, structureSteering1623.79× (rough estimate)
Body, chassis, structureBrakes4683.76× (rough estimate)
Identification of the vehicleTyres733.75× (rough estimate)
Road WheelsTyres803.69× (rough estimate)
Body, chassis, structureLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment1,0733.6×
BrakesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment3,3433.51×
Noise, emissions and leaksTyres2793.45× (rough estimate)
Body, chassis, structureSuspension5313.37×
BrakesTyres1,4443.33×
Identification of the vehicleSuspension743.29× (rough estimate)
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systemsTyres2233.09× (rough estimate)
Noise, emissions and leaksVisibility3233.07× (rough estimate)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentVisibility4,0212.97×
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systemsVisibility2792.97× (rough estimate)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentSuspension3,5152.92×
Noise, emissions and leaksSuspension2732.92× (rough estimate)
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systemsSuspension2392.86× (rough estimate)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentTyres2,9512.84×
BrakesSuspension1,4202.83×
BrakesVisibility1,5852.81×
Body, chassis, structureVisibility4962.8× (rough estimate)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentSteering9012.76×
TyresVisibility1,6322.65×
BrakesSteering3392.49× (rough estimate)
Body, chassis, structureTyres3362.47× (rough estimate)
SuspensionVisibility1,5772.21×
SteeringVisibility4112.12× (rough estimate)
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systemsSteering472.07× (rough estimate)
SuspensionTyres1,0881.98×
SteeringTyres2771.86× (rough estimate)
Identification of the vehicleSteering16too few (rough estimate)
Identification of the vehicleNoise, emissions and leaks14too few (rough estimate)
Road WheelsSeat belts and supplementary restraint systems13too few (rough estimate)
Identification of the vehicleSeat belts and supplementary restraint systems11too few (rough estimate)
Identification of the vehicleRoad Wheels10too few (rough estimate)

Defects in «Brakes» and «Noise, emissions and leaks» appear together 7.15× more often than chance (529 co-occurrences in the same test; lift≥1.3, n≥500).

Lift = how many times more often both groups appear on the same test than if independent. A pair is listed from 5 tests with both faults; the lift is shown from 20, and called above chance only when its 95% interval excludes 1 (see rough estimates).

Is low mileage better for a Toyota Verso?

Cars driven under 5,000 miles a year is well below the reference at 17.7%, against 29.7% for cars driven 8,000–12,000 miles a year.

higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points

BandFail %Tests
<5k miles/year17.67%22,589
8–12k miles/year29.71%50,349
Gap (low − normal)-12.05 pp—
By fuel and age

Diesel

AgeLow-use fail %nNormal fail %nGap pp
510.9439318.982,092-8.04 pp
613.3345020.182,829-6.85 pp
712.250824.063,420-11.86 pp
815.8752328.583,839-12.71 pp
920.6651831.044,024-10.38 pp
1021.2848434.223,729-12.94 pp
1124.9335737.263,062-12.33 pp
1226.1528339.752,357-13.61 pp
1327.2321342.551,652-15.32 pp
1427.6913043.291,028-15.6 pp

Petrol

AgeLow-use fail %nNormal fail %nGap pp
515.121,81218.731,981-3.61 pp
614.352,09119.022,429-4.67 pp
713.722,23821.462,628-7.74 pp
814.372,45626.672,861-12.3 pp
916.552,33930.152,972-13.6 pp
1019.212,23933.142,812-13.94 pp
1120.771,99335.992,312-15.21 pp
1220.731,70337.981,851-17.25 pp
1324.411,30739.031,445-14.62 pp
1425.5554439.93864-14.38 pp

At matched ages 5–14, cars averaging under 5k miles/year fail at 17.7% vs 29.7% for 8–12k miles/year — 12.1 pp lower (n_low=22,589, n_normal=50,349). In this family low annual use is associated with fewer MOT fails, not more — the ‘garage queen’ penalty is not visible in overall fail rates. Diesel alone: 16.3% low-use vs 27.9% normal (-11.7 pp).

Which Toyota Verso engine is best?

diesel 1.8–2.0 is highest at 113.8; petrol 1.2–1.5 is lowest at 66.7 — the gap is 47.1 points.

below 100 is betterabove 100 is worse100 = normal for this model at that age

Engine bands against this model's own failure rate at the same ages
FuelCapacityvs own age normRaw fail %Tests
petrol1.2–1.5 litre66.719.87%11,792
petrol1.5–1.8 litre97.224.22%83,538
diesel1.5–1.8 litre100.220.44%31,577
dieselover 2.0 litre102.532.71%2,831 (rough estimate)
petrolover 2.0 litre102.534.15%205 (rough estimate)
petrol1.8–2.0 litre106.229.69%512 (rough estimate)
diesel1.8–2.0 litre113.833.46%42,046

Splitting this model by fuel alone hides the thing that actually differs. Within the same badge, the diesel 1.8–2.0 runs at 113.8 against this model's own age norm while the petrol 1.2–1.5 runs at 66.7 — a spread of 47.1 points between two cars that share a name.

Read this one with more care than the rest of the page. Age is held constant, but who buys which engine is not: the largest capacity in a range is often a performance or executive variant that is garaged, cherished and lightly driven, while the smallest is frequently a fleet or entry car worked hard from new. The gap below is real in the test records; how much of it is the engine and how much is the owner, this data cannot separate. Bands under 100 tests are not shown; bands under 5,000 tests are rough estimates.

Best year for a Toyota Verso, and the years to avoid

Build year 2010 is highest at 109.4; Build year 2017 is lowest at 87.4 — the gap is 22.0 points.

below 100 is betterabove 100 is worse100 = normal for this model at that age

build year vs the same model at the same age · 100 = as expected

Toyota Verso build year vs the same model at the same age · 100 = as expected — 2024 UK MOT data
Toyota Verso by build year, tests 2019–2024. Below 100 is better than the model's own age norm.
Every build year with its confidence interval
Build yearvs own age norm95% CIRaw fail %TestsVerdict
201898.490.1–106.715.89%3,405no different
201787.483.4–91.414.75%12,251better
201696.993.9–10017.87%21,511no different
201593.590.6–96.519.56%19,679better
201497.294.2–100.122.54%18,437no different
201398.996.1–101.625.25%20,269no different
2012108.2105.4–11130.33%18,706worse
2011100.197.8–102.330.56%24,619no different
2010109.4106.8–111.935.68%20,041worse
2009100.397.3–103.234.43%12,604no different
2008105.189.4–120.837.47%459no different
200793.573.3–113.834.31%239no different

The best build year here is 2017 and the weakest is 2010. Comparing build years sounds simple and is not: within a single year of testing, a car's build year and its age are the same number, so a naive comparison of years is a comparison of ages wearing a disguise. Each year below is measured against the same model at the same age in other cohorts, across six years of testing — 4 of 12 years come out distinguishable from their own model's age norm.

Two limits worth knowing before you act on this. Age, test year and build year are locked together by arithmetic, so the test-year effect is taken from the observed national failure level of each year rather than estimated — it is an adjustment, not a solution.

Toyota Verso MOT repair costs

The MOT-failure repair budget per test runs from £58.02 to £110.24, against £54.85 for the test itself.

bigger number = costs morepounds per test, MOT-failing faults only

MOT repairs, budget
£58–110
per test, repairs only
The test itself
£54.85
statutory cap, unchanged since 2010
How the figure is built: chance of failing × typical price of that repair
ComponentFails per 100 testsTypical repairIts priceContribution
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment18.0 (nat. 18.09)Battery replacement (standard 12V lead-acid)£140£25.20
Suspension8.1 (nat. 15.36)Suspension coil spring (single corner)£180£14.58
Brakes7.9 (nat. 11.25)Front brake pads (parts + labour, typical hatchback)£150£11.85
Tyres7.1 (nat. 8.7)Tyre (single mid-range 16" fitted)£90£6.39

Multiply how often each component fails on this model by what that repair usually costs, and you get the amount an owner should expect to budget per test for MOT-failing faults only — roughly £58 to £110, on top of the test fee itself. It is a budgeting figure, not a quote: the spread between a set of pads and a set of discs is most of the range.

Prices are modal quotes from a hand-kept catalogue of published UK garage guides — we do not scrape the booking sites, their terms forbid it, so this list is short and updated by hand with a source and date against each line. Each line prices one typical repair in that group, not a full remedy, and only groups our catalogue actually covers are counted. The contrast worth noticing is the second card: the legal maximum for the test has been £54.85 since 2010, while the repairs it uncovers have followed inflation the whole time.

For scale from a different direction: Warrantywise, which sees used-car warranty claims rather than test failures, puts the average claim at £2,052 across the ten highest-claim models it ranks and £539 for Honda, the lowest-claim make in its index (Warrantywise index 2026, 1.6 million claims, cars aged 3–15). Those sit an order of magnitude above the figures in this table, and the gap is the point: a warranty claim is a gearbox or an engine, which almost never fails an MOT, while the faults that do fail one are corrosion, lamps and tyres, which no warranty pays for. The two numbers answer different questions and neither replaces the other.

Toyota Verso running costs for a fleet

Vehicles failing at age 10 stand out at 25.0%, against 19.0% at age 6, tested in the same year.

higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points

Fails per 100 at age 6
19
vehicles needing work (rough estimate: 844 tests)
At age 10
25
other cars of this model tested at age 10 in 2024
Repairs per 100
£5,802
plus £5,485 in test fees
Off the road
0d
median; 53.89% cleared same day
Failure rate and typical odometer by age
AgeFailsMedian odometerTestsGap vs age 5
619.08%47,229844—
718.17%51,4272,312—
821.88%63,6173,482—
922.49%73,0263,183—
1025.18%79,5942,931—
1130.19%89,8213,233—
1233.99%93,6042,939—
1333.08%92,6113,875—
1438.91%109,0972,999—
1537.74%112,9491,905—

The number a fleet manager needs is not the failure rate, it is the year the car starts costing more. Between cars aged 13 and cars aged 14, both tested in 2024, the failure rate of this model is 5.83 percentage points higher — the steepest one-year step in this cross-section of different cars, and a natural planning point for replacement.

Repair spend uses the same modal prices as the section above, so it inherits the same limits: one typical repair per component group, not a full remedy. Downtime is the gap between the failed test and the passed re-test, which is the window a vehicle is legally off the road.

Toyota Verso rust problems: where they corrode

Age-standardised corrosion susceptibility stands out at 2.34×, against 1.00× for the national age-standardised rate.

above 1.0× = rusts more than averagebelow 1.0× = rusts less

How it rusts
2.34×
1.79% of tests record a corrosion defect vs 0.77% typical — age-standardised
Salt Belt exposure
21st
percentile among the models published here, from its tests across 79 postcode areas

This Toyota Verso fails on corrosion far more often than average once age is held constant, and its owners live in areas that are gentler than most for the models we publish. Those two point in opposite directions, which is the informative case: it rusts more than average despite living in gentler places, so the cause is the car, not the postcode.

Corrosion is the one failure mode that is as much about geography as about the car. We keep the two apart on purpose: a model can look rusty simply because it is popular in Scotland, and a model can look clean simply because it is bought in Surrey. Blending them into a single score would hide which of the two is doing the work.

Exposure is this model's tests weighted by an area corrosion index built from frost days, salt load and distance to the coast — the composite validated at r = 0.42 against corrosion defects we actually record. It is published as a rank, not a raw score, because every mainstream model skews towards low-corrosion areas for the simple reason that most of Britain's cars are in the south. Susceptibility is standardised to the national age profile, so an old fleet does not get labelled a rusty model.

Does a Toyota Verso advisory become a failure?

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment are highest at 24.3%; Non-component advisories are lowest at 0.0% — the gap is 24.3 percentage points.

higher = more likelypercentage is the observed transition probability

chance the same component fails at the next MOT, given an advisory now

Toyota Verso chance the same component fails at the next MOT, given an advisory now — 2024 UK MOT data
Toyota Verso, advisory → failure conversion by component group, chained tests 2019–2024. Chart labels and rates: Lamps & electrical 24.4% · Suspension 14.9% · Brakes 9.3% · Tyres 7.6% · Steering 6.8% · Seat belts & restraints 4.3% · Body & chassis 4% · Noise, emissions, leaks 3.4%.
Advisory today → failure at the next test, with how long you have
ComponentFails next timeTypical lead timeMiles of warningAdvisories tracked
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment24.3%12 months7,6574,283
Suspension14.9%12 months7,56110,378
Brakes9.3%12 months7,40733,264
Tyres7.6%12 months7,13634,697
Steering6.8%11.9 months8,158830
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems4.3%12 months10,148970
Body, chassis, structure4.0%12 months8,1722,445
Noise, emissions and leaks3.4%12.1 months11,1791,975
Identification of the vehicle3.2%12.1 months7,7022,957
Non-component advisories0.0%——11,885

This is the question an advisory note actually raises, and it needs six years of test history to answer. We followed the same vehicles from one MOT to the next across 2019–2024 and measured how often a component that was merely advised came back as a genuine failure at the next test.

Read it as a budgeting horizon, not a prophecy: the most likely component above turns into a failure for about 24 in 100 cars, and the median gap is 12 months and roughly 7,657 miles. The rest were repaired, sold, scrapped, or simply held. Rows with fewer than 500 tracked advisories are not shown.

What will fail next on a Toyota Verso?

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment after a failure at age 12-14 are highest at 28.6%; Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment after a passed at age <3 are lowest at 1.9% — the gap is 26.7 percentage points.

higher = more likelypercentage is the observed transition probability

Probability of each component failing at the next test, by age and last result
AgeLast testMost likely next failuresCars tracked
<3passedVisibility 3.7% · Tyres 3.6% · Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 1.9%3,710
<3advisoryVisibility 6.3% · Tyres 4.9% · Brakes 2.6%1,285
<3failureVisibility 7.8% · Tyres 4.9% · Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 3.1%681
3-5passedVisibility 4.4% · Tyres 3.6% · Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 3.6%18,560
3-5advisoryVisibility 6.4% · Tyres 5.9% · Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 4.9%10,380
3-5failureLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 7.4% · Tyres 7.4% · Visibility 7.3%6,024
6-8passedLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 7.9% · Visibility 4.8% · Suspension 4.4%22,517
6-8advisoryLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 11.3% · Visibility 7.3% · Tyres 5.9%15,646
6-8failureLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 16.4% · Visibility 8.2% · Tyres 7.3%11,801
9-11passedLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 13.2% · Suspension 8.3% · Visibility 6.2%14,841
9-11advisoryLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 19.0% · Suspension 11.1% · Visibility 8.9%13,426
9-11failureLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 23.8% · Suspension 12.8% · Visibility 10.5%12,904
12-14passedLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 16.2% · Suspension 11.9% · Visibility 6.7%3,375
12-14advisoryLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 22.1% · Suspension 17.3% · Visibility 9.5%4,209
12-14failureLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 28.6% · Suspension 17.4% · Visibility 13.1%4,247
15-19passedLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 16.4% · Body, chassis, structure 10.9% · Suspension 10.9%110 (rough estimate)
15-19advisorySuspension 17.2% · Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 16.4% · Brakes 12.1%116 (rough estimate)
15-19failureLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 25.4% · Suspension 15.1% · Brakes 14.3%126 (rough estimate)

The same chains, cut differently: given a car's age and how its last test went, which component most often causes trouble at the following one.

The pattern that repeats across every family: a failure at one test roughly doubles the chance of a failure on the same component at the next one, and an advisory sits about half-way between a clean pass and a failure. Age bands in years; probabilities are per car, not per defect item.

Toyota Verso ownership: what six years of MOTs show

The same-day re-test pass rate is highest at 53.9%; The later re-test pass rate is lowest at 1.6% — the gap is 52.3 percentage points.

higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points

Fixed same day
53.89%
of failures re-tested
Fails /10k miles
0.326
miles actually driven
Clean streaks
39.89%
3+ tests, nothing noted
Odometer anomaly
2.813%
reading went backwards

Failing is usually a same-week event, not a disaster. Of 27,943 failures followed through to their re-test, 53.89% were repaired and passed the same day and 44.55% within ten days; the median gap is 0 days. 65,310 defect items were cleared in the process.

Per mile driven, not per year. Dividing failures by the miles that actually went onto the odometers between consecutive tests gives 0.326 failures per 10,000 miles, on a median of 6,492 miles a year across 29,576 chains. This is the number to compare between models — an annual rate quietly rewards cars that barely leave the drive.

Two populations hide inside one model. 39.89% of these cars strung together three or more tests with nothing recorded at all, while 36.71% carried the same advisory three times or more — the same fault, noted, ignored, noted again. When you buy used you are buying one of those two histories, and the MOT record shows which.

Odometer anomalies: 2.813% of 29,582 chains show a reading lower than the previous test, with a median drop of 18,542 miles. We call this an anomaly and not fraud on purpose — instrument swaps, imports, unit mix-ups and keying errors all land in the same bucket. Obvious typos (drops under 100 miles or over 90% of the reading) are already excluded.

Toyota Verso safety recalls and how to check yours

DVSA recall campaigns stand out at 34.

bigger number = more recorded casescompare like-for-like scope, not sample size alone

recall campaigns launched per year

Toyota Verso recall campaigns launched per year — 2024 UK MOT data
Campaigns launched per year for the Toyota Verso. Source: DVSA vehicle safety recalls. Chart values: 2012: 0 · 2013: 3 · 2014: 2 · 2015: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2017: 3 · 2018: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2020: 0 · 2021: 0 · 2022: 0 · 2023: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2025: 5 · 2026: 2.
Most recent safety recall campaigns for the Toyota Verso
ReferenceLaunchedVehiclesConcern
R/2025/55212/01/2026555In-Vehicle Infotainment ECU software update via OTA on certain Toyota Proace and Proace Ci
R/2025/55212/01/2026324In-Vehicle Infotainment ECU software update via OTA on certain Toyota Proace and Proace Ci
R/2025/48924/11/2025407Engine control unit reprogramming due to IUPR calculation problem on certain Toyota Proace
R/2025/30421/08/20252,861Front suspension arm bolt replacement on certain Toyota Proace and Proace Verso
R/2025/31520/08/20251,145Engine ECU software update due to insufficient on-board diagnostics
All 34 campaigns
ReferenceLaunchedBuild datesVehiclesConcern
R/2025/55212/01/202620/03/2024 – 30/07/2025555In-Vehicle Infotainment ECU software update via OTA on certain Toyota Proace and Proace Ci
R/2025/55212/01/202620/03/2024 – 30/07/2025324In-Vehicle Infotainment ECU software update via OTA on certain Toyota Proace and Proace Ci
R/2025/48924/11/202506/12/2022 – 13/02/2025407Engine control unit reprogramming due to IUPR calculation problem on certain Toyota Proace
R/2025/30421/08/202503/03/2016 – 08/07/20222,861Front suspension arm bolt replacement on certain Toyota Proace and Proace Verso
R/2025/31520/08/202507/07/2017 – 16/12/20211,145Engine ECU software update due to insufficient on-board diagnostics
R/2025/25911/08/202509/07/2018 – 01/02/2023706Engine camshaft chain potential breakage on Certain Toyota Proace City and Proace
R/2024/47913/01/202529/08/2024 – 01/10/2024202Seat fixations are not according to specification on certain Toyota Proace and Proace Vers
R/2024/37121/10/202402/04/2024 – 29/06/20245Incorrect Rear Coil Springs Installed on Certain Toyota Proace and Proace Verso
R/2023/18210/07/202301/06/2021 – 15/06/20221,177When the data is read out from the vehicle ECU an incorrect IUPR (In-Use Performance Ratio
R/2018/37825/02/201903/01/2014 – 11/10/2017321INCORRECT TIGHTENING TORQUE WAS POSSIBLY APPLIED DURING PREVIOUS INJECTOR REMOVAL OR REPLA
R/2018/30617/12/201808/10/2003 – 14/05/2007131,435AIR BAG CONTROL MODULE FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM COULD BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO INTER
R/2018/30717/12/201816/05/2001 – 28/07/200599,588FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG INFLATORS CONTAINING DEGRADED PROPELLANT MAY RESULT IN AN INFLATOR
R/2017/01005/06/201729/07/2016 – 21/10/2016243AIRBAG MAY NOT DEPLOY
R/2017/01005/06/201727/07/2016 – 09/01/2017243AIRBAG MAY NOT DEPLOY
R/2017/01005/06/201723/08/2016 – 04/10/2016243AIRBAG MAY NOT DEPLOY
R/2016/01307/03/201602/01/2014 – 10/01/20152,223ENGINE MAY STALL
R/2015/22507/01/201624/10/2008 – 31/10/200814LOSS OF POWER
R/2015/09615/06/201501/02/2001 – 30/03/2007542,751PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG MAY FAIL TO DEPLOY CORRECTLY
R/2014/07008/09/201402/01/20141,009FUEL MAY LEAK
R/2014/01018/02/201420/05/2013 – 19/08/2013871STEERING WHEEL MAY DETACH
R/2013/07814/08/201305/08/2010 – 30/07/20115,409SHORT CIRCUIT MAY CAUSE FAILURE OF THE POWER ASSISTANCE
R/2013/07814/08/201324/08/2010 – 01/08/20115,409SHORT CIRCUIT MAY CAUSE FAILURE OF THE POWER ASSISTANCE
R/2013/04817/04/201308/01/2001 – 15/11/200385,405PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG MAY FAIL TO DEPLOY CORRECTLY
R/2011/14916/12/201111/02/2009 – 03/03/20113,205PANORAMIC ROOF GLASS MAY DETACH
R/2010/01006/02/201001/02/2009 – 05/01/2010174,426ACCELERATOR PEDAL MAY FAIL TO RETURN TO IDLE
R/2006/13027/11/200631/01/2001 – 08/10/20017,893ENGINE MAY STALL
R/2006/05726/07/200616/12/2005 – 16/12/200511AIRBAGS MAY NOT INFLATE DURING A COLLISION
R/2006/12525/07/200601/05/2004 – 30/04/200619,115FRONT SEAT PASSENGER AIRBAG MAY ACTIVATE WHEN TURNED OFF
R/2006/12525/07/200601/02/2004 – 30/08/200519,115FRONT SEAT PASSENGER AIRBAG MAY ACTIVATE WHEN TURNED OFF
R/2006/12525/07/200601/02/2004 – 30/05/200619,115FRONT SEAT PASSENGER AIRBAG MAY ACTIVATE WHEN TURNED OFF
R/2006/12525/07/200601/08/2005 – 30/04/200619,115FRONT SEAT PASSENGER AIRBAG MAY ACTIVATE WHEN TURNED OFF
R/2004/21709/05/200501/02/2001 – 11/04/20021,737INLET PIPE AND BREATHER TUBE MAY LEAK
R/2002/17116/12/200203/08/2002 – 09/10/200250TWO GEARS MAY BE SELECTED AT THE SAME TIME
R/2002/13813/11/200210/10/2000 – 11/03/200249,470REAR BRAKE PIPE CONCERN

DVSA lists 34 safety recall campaigns for the Toyota Verso, covering roughly 1,195,798 vehicles in total. A recall is the manufacturer fixing a fault for free, so an open recall on your car costs nothing to clear.

Counter-intuitive, and measured on our own data: across the 25 families published here, more recalls go with a lower MOT Risk Index (r = −0.52). Heavily recalled models are not worse cars in the test bay — an active manufacturer removes the fault before it becomes an MOT failure.

Check whether a specific car has an outstanding recall — free, by registration — at DVSA's recall service. Source: DVSA vehicle safety recalls (check-vehicle-recalls.service.gov.uk), OGL.

Toyota Verso inspection results in other countries

Finland Katsastus is well below the reference at 16.4%, against 26.3% nationally.

higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points

Same model, different national inspection regimes
CountryTestThis model failsNational averagePositionSample
United KingdomMOT (class 4)28.71%26.01%+2.7 pp27,910
NetherlandsAPK43.8%50.8%-7 pp10,065
FinlandKatsastus16.4%26.3%-9.9 pp5,438
NorwayPKK41.7%33.7%+8 pp1,538

The countries disagree about this car, and that is worth saying out loud rather than averaging away. A model can sit above its national average in one country and below it in another because the fleets are not the same cars: different model years, different engines, different roads and salt, and inspection rules that weight components differently. Treat each row as evidence from one regime, not as a verdict.

What Finland fails it for — share of recorded faults
Fault areaShare
Brake systems44.3%
Axles, wheels and suspension36.4%
Chassis and body5.6%
Lighting devices and electrical equipment4.2%
Environmental hazards3.2%

Useful as a cross-check on the UK defect table above: the categories are named differently, but a component that dominates in both regimes is a genuine weak point of the model rather than an artefact of one country's testing style.

The exact faults Netherlands records — APK defect codes, 2024
CodeFaultRecordedType
210Tyre pressure not at the correct value1,629failure
497Number-plate light not working or missing941failure
205Tyre with insufficient tread903failure
391Wipers leave insufficient visibility821failure
576Indicator colour wrong or not permitted747failure
584Sidelight not working properly624failure
AC1Tyre down to 1.6–2.5 mm of tread483advisory
516Dipped headlight incorrectly aimed478failure

Worth dwelling on how mundane the top of that list is: tyre pressure, tread depth, headlight aim. The Dutch APK records 0.989 defects per inspection against a much higher national failure rate than Britain's, and the reason is not that Dutch cars are worse — it is that the two regimes draw the line between "note it" and "fail it" in different places. Codes are the RDW's own; the English wording here is our translation of the Dutch original.

Britain is not the only country that inspects every car every year, and the Toyota Verso is on the road in all of them. Each national regime writes its own rules, so the pass rates below are not comparable to each other — what does travel across a border is whether a model sits above or below its own country's average.

One caveat before you read the UK row: these are raw failure rates, because no other country publishes the age detail our index needs. This model's raw UK rate looks worse than the national average while its age-adjusted index is 90.6 — the fleet here is unusually old, and the raw column silently credits that. The index above is the fair comparison; this table is for reading each country against itself.

Rows with fewer than 500 inspections are not published. Sources: RDW open data — Meldingen Keuringsinstantie + Geconstateerde Gebreken + Gekentekende voertuigen (2024), CC0. Not an RDW endorsement.; Traficom — Periodic inspections of cars by model / by model and fault object 2024, CC BY 4.0; Statens vegvesen — Periodisk kjøretøykontroll (PKK) 2024, CC BY 4.0. Adapted; licences and full notice.

Toyota Verso MOT: quick answers

Toyota Verso MOT Risk Index is well below the reference at 90.6, against 100 for a car with the same age profile.

below 100 is betterabove 100 is worse100 = normal for this model at that age

What is the Toyota Verso first-time MOT pass rate?
71.29% of first attempts passed in 2024 (27,910 tests). This is the first-time figure: retests after repair are excluded. Basis: first-time, excluding retests.
Why does this number differ from other sites?
Other sites often report a pass rate that includes retests or counts all attempts. Our 28.71% figure is the first-time initial failure rate, using 27,910 primary tests as the denominator (first-time, excluding retests). The age-adjusted MOT initial-failure ratio 90.6 is shown separately because raw rates compare fleet age as well as cars.

Compare the Toyota Verso with other cars

Jaguar XE is highest at 90.8; Mitsubishi ASX is lowest at 90.4 — the gap is 0.4 points.

below 100 is betterabove 100 is worse100 = normal for this model at that age

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Same size class

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By build year

Toyota Verso 2007Toyota Verso 2008Toyota Verso 2009Toyota Verso 2010Toyota Verso 2011Toyota Verso 2012Toyota Verso 2013Toyota Verso 2014Toyota Verso 2015Toyota Verso 2016Toyota Verso 2017Toyota Verso 2018

By area

Toyota Verso MOT failure rate by postcode area

By failure group

Toyota Verso body, chassis and structure failuresToyota Verso brakes failuresToyota Verso vehicle identification failuresToyota Verso lamps, reflectors and electrics failuresToyota Verso noise, emissions and leaks failuresToyota Verso road wheels failuresToyota Verso seat belts and airbags failuresToyota Verso steering failuresToyota Verso suspension failuresToyota Verso tyres failuresToyota Verso visibility failures

Inspections abroad

Toyota Verso in NorwayToyota Verso in FinlandToyota Verso in the Netherlands


Data details & how to cite

Scope: class-4 vehicles (cars), initial tests only, outcomes pass / fail / fixed-on-the-spot at the station (PRS counts towards the failure rate — the defect was present at arrival). Index = observed initial failures ÷ failures expected for this fleet's exact age profile, ×100; margin of error is a 95% confidence interval. Covers ALL generations together — a 3-year-old and a 15-year-old are very different cars; a generation split is on the roadmap. Dataset release dataset_release_id=dvsa-2024-v2, frozen baseline; headline claim_id=family-stats:toyota-verso:dvsa-2024-v2. Full method: methodology.

Cite: MOT Risk Index (2026). Toyota Verso MOT statistics 2024 (data release dvsa-2024-v2; downloadable dataset motriskindex-families-2024-v5, doi:10.5281/zenodo.22975051). https://motriskindex.co.uk/cars/toyota-verso/ · Published 2026-07-30.