MOT comparison

Toyota Yaris Mk3 vs Nissan Micra K13

How the Toyota Yaris Mk3 (2011–2020) and the Nissan Micra K13 (2010–2017) 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

2,026,409

MOT tests compared · built 2011–2020

Passes more often in 13 of 13 mileage bands

Nissan Micra K13

864,637

MOT tests compared · built 2010–2017

Passes more often in 0 of 13 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Toyota Yaris Mk3 Nissan Micra K13

Under 10,000 miles 93.4% vs 88.8%

101,494 and 57,002 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 90.1% vs 84.3%

321,033 and 157,132 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 86.9% vs 79.9%

382,056 and 169,015 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 83.6% vs 75.1%

334,511 and 140,365 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 80.2% vs 70.8%

262,715 and 106,713 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 76.9% vs 66.7%

195,228 and 77,526 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 73.6% vs 63.7%

140,549 and 54,739 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 71.1% vs 60.8%

98,214 and 37,094 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 68.7% vs 58.0%

66,875 and 24,463 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 67.2% vs 55.6%

44,884 and 15,918 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 65.6% vs 53.5%

54,849 and 18,319 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 63.9% vs 51.2%

18,056 and 5,033 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 63.1% vs 49.4%

5,945 and 1,318 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

Side repeater

Fails about 20 times as often as the Nissan Micra K13: 1.6% of MOTs against 0.08%.

In 12 of 13 mileage bands
Front coil spring

Fails about 8 times as often as the Nissan Micra K13: 3.5% of MOTs against 0.40%.

In 11 of 13 mileage bands · Springs & Shocks

Nissan Micra K13 fails more often on

Front suspension arm

Fails about 10 times as often as the Toyota Yaris Mk3: 4.7% of MOTs against 0.55%.

In 13 of 13 mileage bands · Suspension & Joints
Rear service brake

Fails about 7 times as often as the Toyota Yaris Mk3: 2.1% of MOTs against 0.32%.

In 13 of 13 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.