MODELYEARINDEX

Toyota Yaris

168 complaints across 6 scored model years and 19 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Toyota Yaris Full report
F
Grade 2010–2020
2010 vs model median 2.1×
Model median3× median
Airbags & Restraints 11
Lights & Visibility 6
Body & Interior 6
Avoid

2010 · 2015

Best

2017 · 2020

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2010
2.12× 42 F
2012
0.80× 11 C
2015
1.52× 16 D
2017
0.91× 21 C
2019
1.09× 35 C
2020
0.44× 13 A

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG34.5
City / Highway31 / 39.5
Engine1.5L, 4 cyl
DriveFront-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$1,775

Recalls

19 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
15V689000 VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS 2010 1,814,284
16V340000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010 1,754,517
14V168000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010 1,486,413
19V741000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010, 2012 928,220
18V024000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010 628,018
17V006000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2012 577,875
14V169000 SEATS 2010 472,388
10V035000 EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS 2010 271,417

+ 11 further campaigns

Others in Subcompact Cars

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Chevrolet Aveo
none flagged
B
Chevrolet Sonic
20122013
C
Chevrolet Spark
20132014
B
Fiat 500
20122014
C
Fiat 500L
2014
C
Ford Fiesta
20112013
C
Honda FIT
20132015
C
Hyundai Accent
20122013
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2010 Yaris
Complaints in window
42
Severity-weighted
77
Model median (weighted)
36
vs model median
2.12×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
9
Open investigations
1
Score 28.6 F