Honda MOT pass rates and reliability
We have 932,029 MOT tests on Honda cars from 2023, covering 13 models with enough tests to compare. Choose a model to see what it fails on most often, how its pass rate changes with age and how far it is typically driven.
Across 932,029 MOT tests on Honda cars in 2023, 72% passed first time, close to the national average of 71% for all cars. Of the Honda models with enough tests, the HR V did best at 88% and the FR V did least well at 56%. Newer models pass more often whatever the make, so compare cars of a similar age.
Honda models
| Model | Tests | First-time pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Jazz | 333,968 | 75% |
| Civic | 297,276 | 67% |
| CR V | 203,585 | 74% |
| HR V | 32,788 | 88% |
| Accord | 30,246 | 61% |
| Insight | 9,133 | 70% |
| FR V | 8,329 | 56% |
| S2000 | 5,145 | 80% |
| CR Z | 3,865 | 77% |
| Stepwagon | 2,678 | 74% |
| FIT | 2,585 | 85% |
| Integra | 1,318 | 83% |
| Prelude | 1,113 | 65% |
What Honda cars fail on
Share of tests with at least one failure in each area, across all models, against the figure for all cars.
- Lights and electrics13.2% (all cars 11.3%)
- Suspension8.5% (all cars 9.0%)
- Brakes7.4% (all cars 6.8%)
- Tyres5.4% (all cars 6.4%)
- Visibility5.0% (all cars 4.8%)
- Exhaust and emissions2.8% (all cars 3.1%)
- Body and structure2.6% (all cars 3.5%)
- Steering1.4% (all cars 1.8%)
Most common Honda failure items
Share of tests on which each item was recorded.
- Position lamp: not working 4.1%
- Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively 2.6%
- Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick 2.5%
- Stop lamp: not working 2.4%
- Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm 2.0%
- Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect 1.8%
- Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements 1.0%
- Headlamp: not working on dipped beam 0.8%
Check a particular Honda
Model figures tell you what to look out for. To see one car's own MOT history, mileage and tax, enter its registration.
Source: Department for Transport, Anonymised MOT tests and results, 2023, cars and light vans, normal tests only. Pass rates are first-time passes; a pass after repair at the test station counts as a fail. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.