All generations and engines together · 226,351 MOT tests in the 2025 data · typical mileage at age 7: 41k
Better than most city cars for its age, and one of the best per mile driven. Watch suspension and brakes. A solid used buy, provided its MOT history has no repeating suspension advisories.
Split by first-registration year. Cars registered in a changeover year can belong to either generation.
Owner folklore from forums and the motoring press, with how well each report stands up. Most of it never shows up in an MOT, which is why this section exists at all.
The x-shift/MMT gearbox fitted to automatic Aygos is a manual gearbox with a robot-controlled clutch, and the actuator that works the clutch is the known weak point. Symptoms are the car refusing to select a gear and just revving, jerky low-speed shifts, or a warning light and a need to restart the engine to get drive back. Specialist gearbox repairers treat it as a routine job on this generation of small Toyota/PSA-derived cars, with actuator or clutch replacement typically £400-900 depending on whether it's a repair or full unit.
Owners report creaks, knocks and clonks from the rear suspension, and Honest John's owner-reported faults list flags rear suspension problems on the 2014-on Aygo specifically. This lines up with the measured MOT data for this model, where suspension is the standout fault category for its city-car segment. It's consistent with a light, cheaply-sprung small car doing a lot of urban miles over speed bumps and potholes rather than one bad part, so budget for bushes, drop links or shock absorbers by 50-70k.
A recurring theme in owner reports is warning lights coming on for no obvious reason, mainly a spurious power steering or seatbelt light, plus daytime running lights that switch off in wet weather. Most clear themselves or turn out to be a sensor or connector fault rather than anything structural, and repairs are usually cheap, but it's the kind of thing that makes a car feel less solid than it is. No manufacturer bulletin covers it.
Some owners report the clutch feeling worn or juddery well before the mileage you'd expect on a small car mostly used for short urban trips, which is exactly the driving that wears a clutch fastest. Owners and independent garages disagree on whether this is a component weakness or just stop-start city driving catching up with a light clutch, so it's a judgement call rather than a confirmed fault. Replacement runs roughly £300-600 at a specialist versus more at a main dealer.
Ranked from this model’s own MOT record, then from what owners report.
Saveable checklistThe physical checks its own defect data says are worth your time, most telling first.
These judge the seller’s upkeep rather than the model, and they are where the haggling money is.
The physical checks its own defect data says are worth your time, most telling first.
These judge the seller’s upkeep rather than the model, and they are where the haggling money is.
The physical checks its own defect data says are worth your time, most telling first.
These judge the seller’s upkeep rather than the model, and they are where the haggling money is.
Drawn from the reports above rather than the MOT data. These are the model-specific ones.
Computed from DVSA MOT results, all of Great Britain, 2025. Nothing here is opinion.
Share of tests where each item was recorded. The dark tick is the class average across all tracked models; bars are scaled within each group.
The rows that judge the model rather than its keeper. 86,067 tests in this band.
Tyres, pads and stone chips say more about how the car was driven and maintained than about how it was built.
Same segment (City cars), best MOT record first. Compare before you shortlist.
Head to head with the other popular cars in its class on reliability and common faults.