Does the Toyota Yaris fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Toyota Yaris records 9.97 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 13.63 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−3.66, 95% interval −3.70 to −3.61). It ranks 525 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 Yaris is “Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded”, recorded 58,486 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded | 58,486 | 2.24 |
| a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm | 30,566 | 1.17 |
| Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake | 26,176 | 1.00 |
| Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 19,648 | 0.75 |
| Brakes imbalance across an axle such that the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle. | 16,376 | 0.63 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 2,615,955 (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 Yaris gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?
12.6% of Toyota Yaris MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 4,543 miles later (361,180 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 361,180 (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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