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Toyota Starlet MOT pass rate by year

How the Toyota Starlet's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1986 to 2008, across the DVSA record.

What is the Toyota Starlet MOT pass rate by year?

The MOT pass and failure rate for each Toyota Starlet 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 Starlet averages 26.3% failures across all years.

YearPass rateFailure rateTests
198667.1%32.9%1,026
198770.8%29.2%1,049
199068.1%31.9%1,336
199166.2%33.8%1,539
199266.3%33.7%2,673
199368.1%31.9%4,829
199469.0%31.0%8,094
199569.9%30.1%6,987
199673.7%26.3%48,867
199773.8%26.2%113,770
199874.4%25.6%125,719
199975.7%24.3%45,951
200469.3%30.7%1,090
200568.9%31.1%1,909
200669.9%30.1%2,130
200771.2%28.8%2,845
200872.5%27.5%2,241

Does age change how often a Toyota Starlet fails?

Older Toyota Starlets fail more often, as expected. The 1986 cars fail 32.9% of tests against 27.5% for the 2008. Across every year the model averages 26.3%. The 1991 is the weakest year at 33.8%, and the 1999 the strongest at 24.3%.

More on the Toyota Starlet

The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.

See also
Toyota Starlet: 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