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Honda CR-V MOT fail rate by age

How often the Honda CR-V fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 806,907 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated

At 9 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 9 (n=57,990)15.7%
All cars at 9 years (n=9,949,012)27.1%
Median mileage at test71,275
All cars, median mileage68,033

33 of 315 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 9 years.

What stands out

  • At 3 years the Honda CR-V fails 6.6% of MOTs (25,351 tests), 5.5 points below the 12.1% for all cars that age. At 25 years it fails 46.1% (1,681 tests), 9.8 points above the 36.3% average.
  • The gap is widest at 12 years: 12.6 points below all cars.
  • Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 9 years: Tyre pressure monitoring system: malfunctioning or obviously inoperative, at 0.9 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

3 years 25 years 53.8%

Solid line: this model. Dashed line: all cars at the same age.

Honda CR-V: share of MOT tests that failed, by age, against all cars. Ages with fewer than 1,000 tests are not shown.
AgeMOT fail rateTests (n)All carsDifferenceMedian mileage
3 years6.6%25,35112.1%−5.5 pts20,905 miles
4 years8.5%29,49213.4%−4.8 pts27,831 miles
5 years9.6%35,53415.3%−5.7 pts35,651 miles
6 years10.9%44,17117.8%−7.0 pts44,591 miles
7 years12.7%50,15620.6%−7.9 pts53,901 miles
8 years14.3%55,64423.8%−9.4 pts62,825 miles
9 years15.7%57,99027.1%−11.4 pts71,275 miles
10 years18.2%56,11230.3%−12.1 pts78,761 miles
11 years20.7%51,98033.3%−12.5 pts86,858 miles
12 years23.4%47,11836.0%−12.6 pts94,517 miles
13 years27.3%42,89438.3%−10.9 pts103,865 miles
14 years30.4%41,35640.3%−9.8 pts114,233 miles
15 years34.9%47,19541.6%−6.7 pts122,461 miles
16 years39.3%46,58142.6%−3.2 pts128,885 miles
17 years42.5%45,24943.1%−0.6 pts131,652 miles
18 years44.6%39,65943.3%+1.3 pts132,607 miles
19 years47.2%30,68743.2%+4.0 pts133,078 miles
20 years48.3%23,81742.8%+5.5 pts134,329 miles
21 years48.9%15,70142.1%+6.8 pts133,040 miles
22 years48.2%9,96741.0%+7.2 pts132,078 miles
23 years47.1%5,65839.6%+7.5 pts129,660 miles
24 years44.9%2,91437.8%+7.1 pts121,134 miles
25 years46.1%1,68136.3%+9.8 pts123,117 miles

Most common fail items at 9 years

Split into structural or mechanical items and wear items. Wear items (tyres, brake pads, wipers, bulbs) say more about upkeep than about the design.

Structural and mechanical

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Tyre pressure monitoring system: malfunctioning or obviously inoperative Major0.9
Linkage ball joint dust cover: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Major0.7

Out of 57,990 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous2.7
Wipers not clearing screen Major2.1
Brake pads under 1.5 mm Dangerous1.9
Tyre condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Major1.2
Headlight aimed too high Major1
Brake light not working Major0.9
Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Major0.8
Tyre with cords exposed Dangerous0.7

Out of 57,990 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 9 years

ModelMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
Honda Jazz15.4%76,40927.1%
Honda Civic20.3%61,33227.1%
Honda HR-V17.3%9,64027.1%

MOT fail rate by first-use year

Each year has its own page: the fail rate for cars first used that year at each MOT from 2022 to 2025 with at least 1,000 tests, the most common faults at that age, and the car tax and ULEZ rules for that year.

First-use year data updated .

Latest MOT age with at least 1,000 tests for each first-use year.
First usedAge at testMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
200123 years in 202442.8%1,17739.6%
200223 years in 202549.3%2,68839.6%
200322 years in 202549.2%4,03741.0%
200421 years in 202549.2%5,19842.1%
200520 years in 202546.1%7,39442.8%
200619 years in 202545.2%8,34343.2%
200718 years in 202542.2%12,43343.3%
200817 years in 202539.2%9,38043.1%
200916 years in 202535.2%8,85242.6%
201015 years in 202530.1%9,64041.6%
201114 years in 202528.5%9,56440.3%
201213 years in 202526.0%12,32538.3%
201312 years in 202520.1%13,95936.0%
201411 years in 202518.2%14,68433.3%
201510 years in 202517.1%14,28830.3%
20169 years in 202514.9%14,16727.1%
20178 years in 202513.9%11,89923.8%
20187 years in 202512.0%9,28820.6%
20196 years in 20258.8%8,32717.8%
20205 years in 20258.0%5,55615.3%
20214 years in 20258.0%5,83313.4%
20223 years in 20256.7%5,18612.1%

More on the Honda CR-V

Read this with care. A fail rate is not a measure of build quality. How far cars are driven, how they are used and how well owners maintain them all change it, and wear items such as tyres and brake pads are common fails. Compare a model only with cars of the same age. Methodology and limits.

Looking at one Honda CR-V?

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Source

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data, class 4 normal MOT tests, 2022 to 2025. MOT data updated 22 September 2026.

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