Toyota Verso MOT reliability

Toyota Versos passed their MOT first time 70% of the time across 26,976 tests in 2025. 24,792 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

70%

MOTs analysed

26,976

Still licensed (GB)

24,792

Body type

Mpv

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

2015 petrol

1,623 MOTs

Passed first time 75%. Typical mileage 69,571 (most between 50,225 and 92,811).

2015: 100% → 2016: 85% → 2017: 88% → 2018: 87% → 2019: 85% → 2020: 82% → 2021: 82% → 2022: 82% → 2023: 81% → 2024: 80% → 2025: 75%

Most common failures

Position lamp: not working (3.1%)
Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively (2.5%)
Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick (2.3%)
Linkage ball joint dust cover: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (1.9%)
Headlamp: not working on dipped beam (1.7%)

2015 diesel

1,515 MOTs

Passed first time 74%. Typical mileage 90,992 (most between 71,711 and 115,240).

2015: 100% → 2016: 92% → 2017: 86% → 2018: 86% → 2019: 82% → 2020: 79% → 2021: 80% → 2022: 81% → 2023: 77% → 2024: 76% → 2025: 74%

Most common failures

Position lamp: not working (4.1%)
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction (2.9%)
Tyre pressure monitoring system: malfunctioning or obviously inoperative (2.6%)
Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick (2.6%)
Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (2.4%)

2015 lpg

16 MOTs

These figures come from only 16 MOT tests. With so few cars, a single pass or fail changes the percentages a lot, so treat them as a rough guide rather than a true average.

Passed first time 69%. Typical mileage 165,008 (most between 131,859 and 214,289).

2018: 100% → 2019: 100% → 2020: 100% → 2021: 56% → 2022: 55% → 2023: 54% → 2024: 60% → 2025: 69%

Most common failures

Headlamp aim: too low (12.5%)
Shock absorbers: insecurely attached (6.3%)
Attachment: fixing missing (6.3%)
Position lamp: not working (6.3%)
Tyre pressure monitoring system: malfunctioning or obviously inoperative (6.3%)

2015 gb

3 MOTs

These figures come from only 3 MOT tests. With so few cars, a single pass or fail changes the percentages a lot, so treat them as a rough guide rather than a true average.

Passed first time 67%. Typical mileage 135,800 (most between 134,412 and 187,845).

2023: 100% → 2024: 50% → 2025: 67%

Most common failures

Stop lamp: not working (33.3%)

Where 2015 Versos fail

Lights & electrics

10.5%

Wheels & tyres

6.7%

Suspension & axles

5.5%

Brakes

4.3%

Visibility & wipers

3.9%

Body, structure & corrosion

1.4%

Steering

1.4%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

0.5%

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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.