MOT comparison

Ford Fiesta Mk7 vs Toyota Yaris Mk3

How the Ford Fiesta Mk7 (2008–2017) and the Toyota Yaris Mk3 (2011–2020) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Ford Fiesta Mk7

10,453,787

MOT tests compared · built 2008–2017

Passes more often in 0 of 15 mileage bands

Toyota Yaris Mk3

2,029,801

MOT tests compared · built 2011–2020

Passes more often in 13 of 15 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

Share of MOTs passed first time, at the mileage recorded at the test.

Ford Fiesta Mk7 Toyota Yaris Mk3

Under 10,000 miles 93.8% vs 93.4%

212,563 and 101,494 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 89.7% vs 90.1%

911,692 and 321,033 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 84.3% vs 86.9%

1,380,028 and 382,056 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 78.7% vs 83.6%

1,430,112 and 334,511 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 73.4% vs 80.2%

1,318,664 and 262,715 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 68.6% vs 76.9%

1,160,634 and 195,228 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 64.2% vs 73.6%

984,139 and 140,549 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 60.3% vs 71.1%

806,742 and 98,214 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 57.2% vs 68.7%

639,915 and 66,875 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 54.7% vs 67.2%

488,592 and 44,884 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 52.2% vs 65.6%

703,893 and 54,849 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 50.2% vs 63.9%

275,482 and 18,056 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 49.6% vs 63.1%

94,985 and 5,945 MOTs

175,000–200,000 miles 50.1% vs 61.2%

31,333 and 2,227 MOTs

200,000–250,000 miles 51.0% vs 62.2%

15,013 and 1,165 MOTs

Parts that fail more often

Only differences that hold across at least half of the mileage bands we could compare, and that are far too large to be chance, are listed. How we decide

Ford Fiesta Mk7 fails more often on

Tyre

Fails about 1.5 times as often as the Toyota Yaris Mk3: 8.2% of MOTs against 4.8%.

In 15 of 15 mileage bands · Tyre Wear & Damage
Stop lamp

Fails about 4 times as often as the Toyota Yaris Mk3: 3.8% of MOTs against 0.95%.

In 13 of 15 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Rear coil spring

Fails over 20 times as often as the Toyota Yaris Mk3: 1.1% of MOTs against 0.01%.

In 13 of 15 mileage bands · Springs & Shocks

Toyota Yaris Mk3 fails more often on

Rear wheel bearing

Fails about 10 times as often as the Ford Fiesta Mk7: 1.2% of MOTs against 0.12%.

In 12 of 15 mileage bands
Side repeater

Fails about 2 times as often as the Ford Fiesta Mk7: 1.6% of MOTs against 0.71%.

In 12 of 15 mileage bands

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These are differences in real MOT results, not engineering verdicts. Owner mix differs between models (some are more often taxis, first cars or rural cars), which is why every figure compares cars at the same mileage. How we compare cars.

MOT records: DVSA MOT history, which contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See this the other way round.