Used car guide · 2020–2026

Toyota GR Yaris common problems and MOT failures

What goes wrong on a used Toyota GR Yaris, year by year: known faults from UK buying guides, the parts flagged at MOT more than on other cars (from 7,805 MOTs done during 2023–2025), and what to check before you buy one.

7,805MOTs done in 2023–2025, all years of this model
156on the UK register
2021best year at its MOT

Pick the year

Most years have their own guide. The year is when the car was first registered (it’s on the logbook, or check the reg below).

2026202220212020

What usually goes wrong with a Toyota GR Yaris?

We haven’t found widely reported faults for the Toyota GR Yaris in the UK buying guides we use yet. That doesn’t mean it has none, so check the car carefully and look at the MOT weak spots below.

Toyota GR Yaris MOT pass rate by year

Of the years since 2005 with plenty of MOT tests, the 2021 Toyota GR Yaris did best (93% passed first time, 6 points above all 2021 cars) and the 2022 did worst (92%, 3 points above all 2022 cars). Older cars fail more, so compare each year with all cars registered the same year.

YearPass first timeAll cars that yearMOT tests
202292%89% +31,454
202193%87% +65,810
202093%87% +6541

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Where this comes from: MOT figures are the DVSA’s anonymised results for every MOT test done in Great Britain during 2023–2025, grouped by the year each car was first registered. How many are on the road is from the Department for Transport’s vehicle licensing statistics. Known faults are from UK buying guides, in our own words, with links. How we score