Does the Toyota Yaris fail the MOT on lamps, reflectors and electrics more than it should?

The Toyota Yaris records 21.92 lamps, reflectors and electrics failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 20.87 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+1.05, 95% interval +1.00 to +1.11). It ranks 238 of 729 models on lamps, reflectors and electrics (1 = most failures above expected).

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What exactly fails on lamps, reflectors and electrics?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Toyota Yaris is “Headlamp reflector or lens slightly defective”, recorded 92,761 times in 2019–2024.

Toyota Yaris: most frequent lamps, reflectors and electrics defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
Headlamp reflector or lens slightly defective	92,761	3.55
The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements	91,217	3.49
A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning	66,280	2.53
Stop lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning	44,452	1.70
A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps	37,191	1.42

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 lamps, reflectors and electrics advisory, how often does it fail next time?

30.7% of Toyota Yaris MOTs with a lamps, reflectors and electrics advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 4,398 miles later (64,204 advisories followed).

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 64,204 (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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Does the Toyota Yaris fail the MOT on lamps, reflectors and electrics more than it should?

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