Does the Toyota Verso fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?

The Toyota Verso records 7.90 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 9.40 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−1.50, 95% interval −1.64 to −1.36). It ranks 429 of 712 models on brakes (1 = most failures above expected).

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What exactly fails on brakes?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Toyota Verso is “a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm”, recorded 4,183 times in 2019–2024.

Toyota Verso: most frequent brakes defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm	4,183	2.41
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded	2,627	1.52
Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn	1,127	0.65
Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement	929	0.54
Brake disc or drum excessively weakened, insecure or fractured	510	0.29

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 173,293 (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 Verso gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?

9.3% of Toyota Verso MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 7,407 miles later (33,264 advisories followed).

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 33,264 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

Does the Toyota Verso fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?

What exactly fails on brakes?

If a Toyota Verso gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?

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