2005 Toyota Yaris 1.3L Petrol · RF55 YSU

The most recent official MOT test for this 2005 Toyota Yaris is dated 28 March 2025, recorded against the supplied mileage of 109,342 miles. On that same date the vehicle carries two recorded outcomes: a Pass with no defects noted, and a Fail with no defects recorded against it. Three further tests are documented across April 2023 and April 2024, each paired with a Pass and a Fail outcome recorded close together. Across all five entries no advisory items, component defects, or specific mechanical failures are listed by the tester. The overall trend is therefore difficult to characterise with any certainty: the paperwork shows a clean pass history with paired failure entries that contain no explanatory defect data, rather than a sequence of identifiable recurring issues. Mileage progression across the recorded period cannot be tracked precisely because the supplied records do not contain odometer readings for each test. However, the figure of 109,342 miles on a 21-year-old vehicle equates to an annualised average of roughly 5,200 miles, which is notably low for the age. With three test dates spanning 2023 to 2025 and no mileage figures supplied per test, any judgement on annual accumulation rates would be speculative. The buyer should treat the absence of recorded advisories as meaningful only insofar as the tester identified nothing requiring attention at the time of each pass; it does not confirm the condition of components between tests. In practical terms, a pre-purchase inspection should concentrate on the mechanical and structural areas that a basic MOT computer check does not record numerically. With the vehicle approaching its third decade and the most recent test now around seventeen months old, a current MOT check is essential before purchase. A physical inspection should examine suspension condition including coil springs, shock absorbers, and bushes for wear or corrosion, brake discs and callipers for binding or surface corrosion, exhaust system integrity and emissions compliance given the age, and the underbody and structural members for rust, particularly around wheel arches and sills. Steering components, driveshaft gaiters, and fluid condition should also be visually assessed, as these items frequently deteriorate on low-mileage older vehicles that may have stood for extended periods. Given the clean advisory record but the sparse nature of the defect data, and the unusual pattern of paired pass and fail entries without recorded defects, this vehicle warrants a hands-on mechanical survey rather than reliance on the MOT history alone. Buying score: 58. Risk level: Medium.