MOT comparison

Toyota Yaris Mk3 vs Honda Jazz Mk2

How the Toyota Yaris Mk3 (2011–2020) and the Honda Jazz Mk2 (GE) (2008–2015) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Toyota Yaris Mk3

2,029,801

MOT tests compared · built 2011–2020

Passes more often in 5 of 15 mileage bands

Honda Jazz Mk2 (GE)

1,793,261

MOT tests compared · built 2008–2015

Passes more often in 8 of 15 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Toyota Yaris Mk3 Honda Jazz Mk2

Under 10,000 miles 93.4% vs 95.2%

101,494 and 66,649 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 90.1% vs 92.2%

321,033 and 231,338 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 86.9% vs 89.6%

382,056 and 289,661 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 83.6% vs 86.6%

334,511 and 272,224 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 80.2% vs 83.7%

262,715 and 232,108 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 76.9% vs 80.5%

195,228 and 187,758 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 73.6% vs 77.0%

140,549 and 147,095 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 71.1% vs 73.2%

98,214 and 111,047 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 68.7% vs 69.6%

66,875 and 80,551 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 67.2% vs 66.5%

44,884 and 57,579 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 65.6% vs 63.0%

54,849 and 77,240 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 63.9% vs 59.4%

18,056 and 27,660 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 63.1% vs 56.8%

5,945 and 8,765 MOTs

175,000–200,000 miles 61.2% vs 55.9%

2,227 and 2,566 MOTs

200,000–250,000 miles 62.2% vs 55.0%

1,165 and 1,020 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 Yaris Mk3 fails more often on

Front coil spring

Fails over 20 times as often as the Honda Jazz Mk2: 3.7% of MOTs against 0.09%.

In 13 of 15 mileage bands · Springs & Shocks
Side repeater

Fails about 4 times as often as the Honda Jazz Mk2: 1.6% of MOTs against 0.51%.

In 12 of 15 mileage bands
Rear wheel bearing

Fails over 20 times as often as the Honda Jazz Mk2: 1.2% of MOTs against 0.05%.

In 11 of 15 mileage bands

Honda Jazz Mk2 fails more often on

Front ball joint

Fails about twice as often as the Toyota Yaris Mk3: 3.2% of MOTs against 1.4%.

In 12 of 15 mileage bands · Suspension & Joints
Rear brake pad

Fails about 6 times as often as the Toyota Yaris Mk3: 2.5% of MOTs against 0.50%.

In 11 of 15 mileage bands · Braking System

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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.