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Toyota YARIS - 2014

166.7 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2014 is 198.0 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Toyota YARIS, model year 2014. Sample size: 29,567 cars, 63,054 tests and 105,088 recorded faults.
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Less faults compared to the average car of same model year

Quick summary

Total: 29,567 cars

The 2014 Toyota Yaris has a lower overall defect rate of 167 per 100 vehicles compared to the average of 194 per 100, marking a 14% improvement. Notably, the Yaris excels in categories such as steering, body structure, and equipment, with defects significantly less common than those of the average car. In terms of mileage-related trends, defect rates increase with higher mileage, but the Yaris maintains a relatively consistent performance across all mileage segments. While tyre wear is an issue for many vehicles, it is not a standout concern for this model.

Cars by mileage segment

Total: 29,567 cars

Categories

Brakes
▲ 11.4% better
82.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 92.8 / 100 tests
  • Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
  • Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
  • Cable damaged or knotted
  • Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
  • Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
Steering
▲ 89.1% better
1.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 11.9 / 100 tests
  • 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.
  • Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
  • A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
  • Free play in the steering, measured at the rim of the steering wheel is: excessive
Visibility
▲ 7.0% better
16.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 17.2 / 100 tests
  • Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
  • Wiper blade: defective
  • Obligatory mirror or device: slightly damaged or loose
  • Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
  • Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▼ 12.9% worse
44.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 39.5 / 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): with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning
  • Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
  • Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 9.5% better
179.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 198.8 / 100 tests
  • Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
  • A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
  • A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
  • A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
  • A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
Body/Structure
▲ 65.4% better
5.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 15.6 / 100 tests
  • Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
  • Body, cab or chassis: excessively corroded at mounting points
  • Bumper: insecure or with damage likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted
  • Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
Equipment
▲ 62.2% better
1.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 4.5 / 100 tests
  • A seat belt:
  • Audible warning:
  • A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
  • Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
  • A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
Other
▲ 85.4% better
2.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 15.7 / 100 tests
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
  • 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
  • Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer

Fault rate by mileage segment

Model    Year average
0 359 0–31,000 mi 31,000–62,000 62,000–93,000 93,000–124,000 124,000+
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.

Most common faults (Top 10)

Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 14,109
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 12,236
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 8,650
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 7,396
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 5,621
A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 4,374
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,754
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 2,879
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,181
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,073

Serious faults (Top 10)

A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 2,879
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,229
A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,059
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,053
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,029
A suspension joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
FAIL
Occurrences: 877
A direction indicator: lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 852
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 816
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 804
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 765