Does the Toyota Yaris fail the MOT on visibility more than it should?

The Toyota Yaris records 8.78 visibility failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 8.68 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) (+0.10, 95% interval +0.07 to +0.14). It ranks 293 of 746 models on visibility (1 = most failures above expected).

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What exactly fails on visibility?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Toyota Yaris is “Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen”, recorded 77,779 times in 2019–2024.

Toyota Yaris: most frequent visibility defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen	77,779	2.97
Wiper blade defective	48,343	1.85
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen	40,218	1.54
Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured but not adversely affecting driver's view	34,769	1.33
Obligatory mirror or device slightly damaged or loose	19,120	0.73

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 visibility advisory, how often does it fail next time?

12.3% of Toyota Yaris MOTs with a visibility advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 5,151 miles later (2,066 advisories followed).

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 2,066 (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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