Toyota Corolla MOT pass rate by year
How the Toyota Corolla's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1984 to 2024, across the DVSA record.
What is the Toyota Corolla MOT pass rate by year?
The MOT pass and failure rate for each Toyota Corolla model year, from the DVSA record. Only years with at least 1,000 tests are shown, so each figure is a real average rather than a handful of cars. The Toyota Corolla averages 23.9% failures across all years.
| Year | Pass rate | Failure rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 73.1% | 26.9% | 1,467 |
| 1985 | 69.4% | 30.6% | 3,472 |
| 1986 | 69.1% | 30.9% | 4,185 |
| 1987 | 67.0% | 33.0% | 7,178 |
| 1988 | 65.3% | 34.7% | 10,847 |
| 1989 | 65.3% | 34.7% | 17,433 |
| 1990 | 65.2% | 34.8% | 29,022 |
| 1991 | 65.4% | 34.6% | 33,085 |
| 1992 | 67.6% | 32.4% | 58,788 |
| 1993 | 68.5% | 31.5% | 95,105 |
| 1994 | 69.1% | 30.9% | 84,753 |
| 1995 | 69.4% | 30.6% | 76,329 |
| 1996 | 70.4% | 29.6% | 84,965 |
| 1997 | 71.6% | 28.4% | 134,505 |
| 1998 | 72.0% | 28.0% | 233,435 |
| 1999 | 72.8% | 27.2% | 236,702 |
| 2000 | 75.9% | 24.1% | 214,907 |
| 2001 | 77.0% | 23.0% | 243,487 |
| 2002 | 76.3% | 23.7% | 389,690 |
| 2003 | 76.5% | 23.5% | 435,525 |
| 2004 | 76.5% | 23.5% | 455,733 |
| 2005 | 77.0% | 23.0% | 539,505 |
| 2006 | 77.6% | 22.4% | 470,662 |
| 2007 | 76.7% | 23.3% | 162,793 |
| 2008 | 76.3% | 23.7% | 100,935 |
| 2009 | 76.3% | 23.7% | 33,202 |
| 2010 | 76.3% | 23.7% | 1,985 |
| 2019 | 89.8% | 10.2% | 90,422 |
| 2020 | 90.4% | 9.6% | 78,463 |
| 2021 | 90.6% | 9.4% | 62,531 |
| 2022 | 91.4% | 8.6% | 40,766 |
| 2023 | 92.5% | 7.5% | 12,790 |
| 2024 | 95.8% | 4.2% | 2,945 |
Does age change how often a Toyota Corolla fails?
Older Toyota Corollas fail more often, as expected. The 1984 cars fail 26.9% of tests against 4.2% for the 2024. Across every year the model averages 23.9%. The 1990 is the weakest year at 34.8%, and the 2024 the strongest at 4.2%.
More on the Toyota Corolla
The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.
| See also |
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| Toyota Corolla: common MOT failures and the parts that fix them |
| All Toyota models compared by MOT failure rate |
| MOT failure rates across Britain |
Sources: DVSA MOT History API: MOT test results and defect data ยท DVSA MOT testing data for Great Britain