MOT comparison

Honda Jazz Mk1 vs Toyota Yaris Mk2

How the Honda Jazz Mk1 (GD) (2001–2008) and the Toyota Yaris Mk2 (2005–2011) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Honda Jazz Mk1 (GD)

2,549,723

MOT tests compared · built 2001–2008

Passes more often in 3 of 15 mileage bands

Toyota Yaris Mk2

2,162,265

MOT tests compared · built 2005–2011

Passes more often in 6 of 15 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Honda Jazz Mk1 Toyota Yaris Mk2

Under 10,000 miles 93.2% vs 93.3%

52,625 and 49,928 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 90.8% vs 90.6%

201,530 and 177,327 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 87.5% vs 86.8%

283,771 and 246,520 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 83.6% vs 82.2%

299,102 and 255,508 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 78.7% vs 77.4%

288,318 and 245,697 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 73.7% vs 72.5%

268,663 and 228,207 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 68.6% vs 68.0%

243,705 and 205,917 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 64.1% vs 64.0%

213,476 and 179,051 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 60.0% vs 60.8%

181,213 and 148,948 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 56.3% vs 58.2%

148,014 and 119,528 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 52.7% vs 55.6%

233,437 and 183,837 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 48.7% vs 53.3%

95,507 and 78,876 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 46.3% vs 51.7%

29,730 and 28,573 MOTs

175,000–200,000 miles 46.7% vs 51.3%

7,952 and 9,824 MOTs

200,000–250,000 miles 49.4% vs 52.4%

2,680 and 4,524 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

Honda Jazz Mk1 fails more often on

Parking brake

Fails about 7 times as often as the Toyota Yaris Mk2: 4.8% of MOTs against 1.2%.

In 13 of 15 mileage bands · Braking System
Rear brake pad

Fails over 20 times as often as the Toyota Yaris Mk2: 1.8% of MOTs against 0.02%.

In 13 of 15 mileage bands · Braking System
Rear brake pipe

Fails about twice as often as the Toyota Yaris Mk2: 3.0% of MOTs against 1.6%.

In 11 of 15 mileage bands · Braking System

Toyota Yaris Mk2 fails more often on

Front coil spring

Fails over 20 times as often as the Honda Jazz Mk1: 3.8% of MOTs against 0.14%.

In 14 of 15 mileage bands · Springs & Shocks
Rear position lamp

Fails about 6 times as often as the Honda Jazz Mk1: 2.9% of MOTs against 0.51%.

In 11 of 15 mileage bands · Lights & Signals

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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.