MOT comparison

Toyota Auris Mk2 vs Skoda Octavia Mk3

How the Toyota Auris Mk2 (2012–2018) and the Skoda Octavia Mk3 (2013–2020) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Toyota Auris Mk2

810,774

MOT tests compared · built 2012–2018

Passes more often in 0 of 17 mileage bands

Skoda Octavia Mk3

907,560

MOT tests compared · built 2013–2020

Passes more often in 13 of 17 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Toyota Auris Mk2 Skoda Octavia Mk3

Under 10,000 miles 94.5% vs 96.0%

15,484 and 8,554 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 91.4% vs 93.9%

66,472 and 42,937 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 88.2% vs 91.7%

104,363 and 86,011 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 85.8% vs 89.7%

108,196 and 104,774 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 83.3% vs 87.8%

97,190 and 103,620 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 81.0% vs 85.9%

81,851 and 95,237 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 79.6% vs 84.0%

66,018 and 83,076 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 77.8% vs 82.2%

52,193 and 71,528 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 76.4% vs 80.6%

40,711 and 59,973 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 75.8% vs 79.5%

31,547 and 49,465 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 74.8% vs 77.6%

50,990 and 84,356 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 75.1% vs 76.2%

31,014 and 48,297 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 75.0% vs 75.3%

20,791 and 27,847 MOTs

175,000–200,000 miles 74.7% vs 74.6%

14,812 and 16,630 MOTs

200,000–250,000 miles 73.1% vs 73.1%

17,762 and 16,826 MOTs

250,000–300,000 miles 71.8% vs 72.3%

8,215 and 6,418 MOTs

300,000–350,000 miles 70.0% vs 71.6%

3,165 and 2,011 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

Toyota Auris Mk2 fails more often on

Registration plate

Fails about 8 times as often as the Skoda Octavia Mk3: 2.0% of MOTs against 0.27%.

In 12 of 17 mileage bands · Number Plates
Windscreen wiper

Fails about 5 times as often as the Skoda Octavia Mk3: 2.3% of MOTs against 0.60%.

In 12 of 17 mileage bands · Driver's View
Parking brake

Fails about 5 times as often as the Skoda Octavia Mk3: 2.0% of MOTs against 0.41%.

In 12 of 17 mileage bands · Braking System

Skoda Octavia Mk3 fails more often on

Engine management light

Fails about twice as often as the Toyota Auris Mk2: 2.7% of MOTs against 0.98%.

In 11 of 17 mileage bands · Dashboard Warning Lights

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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.