Toyota AURIS - 2018
109.0 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2018 is 123.2 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Toyota AURIS, model year 2018.
Sample size: 12,418 cars, 29,048 tests and 31,665 recorded faults.
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Less faults compared to the average car of same model year
Less faults compared to the average car of same model year
Quick summary
Total: 12,418 cars
The 2018 Toyota Auris shows a lower overall defect rate compared to the yearly average, with 109 defects per 100 vehicles, which is 9.2% better than the average of 120 defects. Notably, the Auris excels in categories such as brakes, steering, and body structure, demonstrating significantly fewer defects than the average vehicle in these areas. However, it does face challenges with lights and electrics, where its defect rate is considerably higher than average. Mileage-related trends reveal that defect rates increase as mileage goes up, particularly in the higher mileage groups.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 12,418 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▲ 25.3% better
51.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 68.8 / 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
▲ 46.0% better
2.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 5.0 / 100 tests
- 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: damaged or deteriorated
- Free play in the steering, measured at the rim of the steering wheel is: excessive
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
Visibility
▲ 16.5% better
11.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 13.9 / 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
▼ 100.6% worse
35.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 17.6 / 100 tests
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
- A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
- Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 10.2% better
113.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 126.7 / 100 tests
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
Body/Structure
▲ 76.5% better
1.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 5.1 / 100 tests
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- 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
- Bumper: insecure or with damage likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted
Equipment
▲ 68.2% better
0.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 2.2 / 100 tests
- A seat belt:
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
- ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
Other
▲ 82.9% better
1.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 7.0 / 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: 5,258
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 4,273
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,598
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,047
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,834
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,328
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 902
Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
PRS
Occurrences: 743
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: 722
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 717
Serious faults (Top 10)
Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
FAIL
Occurrences: 575
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 561
A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
FAIL
Occurrences: 495
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 382
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 382
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 309
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 276
A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has only one lamp or all lamps not working
FAIL
Occurrences: 253
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 219
A suspension joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
FAIL
Occurrences: 159