Daihatsu YRV MOT reliability

Daihatsu YRVs passed their MOT first time 56% of the time across 116 tests in 2025. 79 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

56%

MOTs analysed

116

Still licensed (GB)

79

Body type

Hatchback

Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age. Years with very few MOTs can show extreme pass rates, even 0% or 100%, so give more weight to years with more tests.

In detail:

First registered

2001 petrol

31 MOTs

These figures come from 31 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

Passed first time 68%. Typical mileage 75,828 (most between 53,032 and 92,640).

2005: 87% → 2006: 79% → 2007: 73% → 2008: 68% → 2009: 64% → 2010: 61% → 2011: 58% → 2012: 54% → 2013: 51% → 2014: 49% → 2015: 53% → 2016: 50% → 2017: 48% → 2018: 46% → 2019: 48% → 2020: 50% → 2021: 52% → 2022: 60% → 2023: 69% → 2024: 43% → 2025: 68%

Most common failures

Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (9.7%)
Stop lamp: not working (6.5%)
Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.5%)
Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively (6.5%)
Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick (6.5%)

Where 2001 YRVs fail

Lights & electrics

16.1%

Brakes

12.9%

Suspension & axles

12.9%

Body, structure & corrosion

9.7%

Visibility & wipers

9.7%

Wheels & tyres

3.2%

Steering

3.2%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

3.2%

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Based on 2025 initial MOT tests in DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset (cars and light vans). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Model details: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB.