Reliability report
Toyota iQ reliability and common faults
Based on 17,424 roadworthiness tests, led by the UK MOT. Each country is compared only with its own average for cars of the same age.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · MOT
19.2%
fail rate · average 31.5%
much better than average
16,549 MOT tests (DVSA)
🇱🇹 Lithuania · inspection
68.1%
first-time pass · average 56.9%
much better than average
875 inspections
Testing regimes differ from country to country – don’t compare the figures between countries; compare each one only with its own average. MOT data: contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Weak spots
What goes wrong on the Toyota iQ
How often each area fails compared with the average car of the same age (vertical line = average, 100%). Red – more often than average.
Visibility
Plates and identification
Lights and electrics
Brakes
Seat belts and airbags
Tyres
Suspension
Exhaust and emissions
Wheels
Body and structure
Steering
Results by vehicle age
| Age | 🇬🇧 MOT fail rate | 🇳🇱 APK defects |
|---|---|---|
| 9–11 years | 12.2% avg 22.9% | — |
| 12–15 years | 18.3% avg 30.3% | — |
| 16–20 years | 21.4% avg 34.6% | — |
🇱🇹 First-time pass rate in Lithuania – by year of manufacture
| Year | iQ | Average for year | Inspections |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 76.5% | 65.9% | 51 |
| 2012 | 82.7% | 63.7% | 52 |
| 2011 | 75.7% | 61.2% | 70 |
| 2010 | 67.8% | 57.3% | 174 |
| 2009 | 64.8% | 54.5% | 520 |
Toyota iQ – FAQs
How reliable is the Toyota iQ?+
In the UK the Toyota iQ fails 19.2% of MOT tests, against an average of 31.5% for cars of the same age – much better than average. In Lithuania 68.1% pass their roadworthiness test first time (average for those years there 56.9%) – much better than average.
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Sources: anonymised MOT test results (DVSA) – contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; APK inspection defects (RDW, open data); Lithuanian roadworthiness test results (data.gov.lt). Initial tests only; retests are not counted. Photo: Vauxford, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons (licence).