Toyota AURIS - 2017
130.1 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2017 is 137.4 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Toyota AURIS, model year 2017.
Sample size: 13,085 cars, 29,561 tests and 38,464 recorded faults.
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Less faults compared to the average car of same model year
Quick summary
Total: 13,085 cars
The 2017 Toyota Auris shows a slightly lower overall defect rate compared to the average car of the same year, with 130 defects per 100 vehicles against the average of 134. Notably, the Auris excels in categories such as Body/Structure, Equipment, and Other, demonstrating significantly fewer defects than the average. However, it performs worse in the Lights & Electrics category, where defects are notably higher than average. As mileage increases, defect rates for the Auris also rise, particularly in the higher mileage brackets, indicating a trend consistent with many vehicles. Overall, the Auris presents a mixed performance, with standout strengths in structural integrity but some concerns in electrical components.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 13,085 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▲ 18.9% better
58.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 72.5 / 100 tests
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
Steering
▲ 26.8% better
4.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 5.6 / 100 tests
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
- Free play in the steering, measured at the rim of the steering wheel is: excessive
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
Visibility
▲ 15.9% better
12.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 14.5 / 100 tests
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Wiper blade: defective
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▼ 67.6% worse
34.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 20.4 / 100 tests
- Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
- A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
- Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 2.8% worse
147.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 143.1 / 100 tests
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A suspension joint dust cover: severely deteriorated
Body/Structure
▲ 75.7% better
1.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 7.0 / 100 tests
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
- A main load-bearing structural member: fractured or deformed such that structural rigidity is significantly reduced
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
Equipment
▲ 70.4% better
0.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 2.7 / 100 tests
- A seat belt:
- ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- Audible warning:
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
Other
▲ 84.4% better
1.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 9.0 / 100 tests
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Any part of the noise suppression system: insecure
Fault rate by mileage segment
Model
Year average
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.
Most common faults (Top 10)
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 5,918
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 4,078
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,223
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,840
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,680
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,078
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,453
A suspension joint dust cover: severely deteriorated
MINOR
Occurrences: 1,112
A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
MINOR
Occurrences: 798
Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
PRS
Occurrences: 758
Serious faults (Top 10)
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 569
Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
FAIL
Occurrences: 537
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 446
A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
FAIL
Occurrences: 431
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 422
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 360
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 330
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 328
A suspension joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
FAIL
Occurrences: 308
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
FAIL
Occurrences: 291