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Honda Jazz MOT fail rate by age

How often the Honda Jazz fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 1,350,206 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated

At 15 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 15 (n=90,289)36.6%
All cars at 15 years (n=5,591,675)41.6%
Median mileage at test76,979
All cars, median mileage100,157

93 of 280 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 15 years.

What stands out

  • At 3 years the Honda Jazz fails 5.9% of MOTs (53,300 tests), 6.1 points below the 12.1% for all cars that age. At 23 years it fails 45.1% (2,123 tests), 5.5 points above the 39.6% average.
  • The gap is widest at 11 years: 13.4 points below all cars.
  • Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 15 years: Handbrake too weak, at 4.4 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

3 years 23 years 50.1%

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

Honda Jazz: 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 years5.9%53,30012.1%−6.1 pts13,679 miles
4 years7.2%62,50013.4%−6.1 pts17,871 miles
5 years8.9%65,87415.3%−6.4 pts21,821 miles
6 years10.1%73,66217.8%−7.7 pts26,407 miles
7 years11.2%74,54020.6%−9.5 pts31,251 miles
8 years13.1%73,72423.8%−10.6 pts36,109 miles
9 years15.4%76,40927.1%−11.7 pts42,055 miles
10 years18.0%79,27030.3%−12.3 pts48,287 miles
11 years19.9%82,65633.3%−13.4 pts54,611 miles
12 years23.4%85,25936.0%−12.6 pts61,181 miles
13 years26.6%88,92938.3%−11.7 pts67,180 miles
14 years31.7%89,07540.3%−8.5 pts72,625 miles
15 years36.6%90,28941.6%−5.0 pts76,979 miles
16 years40.1%88,27642.6%−2.5 pts80,010 miles
17 years43.3%79,71043.1%+0.3 pts83,303 miles
18 years43.8%69,13143.3%+0.6 pts86,536 miles
19 years44.3%53,50943.2%+1.1 pts89,693 miles
20 years45.2%35,61642.8%+2.4 pts92,564 miles
21 years45.6%18,56042.1%+3.5 pts93,725 miles
22 years45.0%7,79441.0%+4.0 pts95,171 miles
23 years45.1%2,12339.6%+5.5 pts98,226 miles

Most common fail items at 15 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
Handbrake too weak Major4.4
Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Major3.7
Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded Major2.8
Linkage ball joint dust cover: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Major2.4

Out of 90,289 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Side/position light not working Major7.9
Wipers not clearing screen Major4.9
Brake pads under 1.5 mm Dangerous4.1
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect Major3.6
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous2.4
Brake light not working Major2.4

Out of 90,289 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 15 years

ModelMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
Honda Civic43.8%88,73541.6%
Honda CR-V34.9%47,19541.6%
Honda Accord37.8%11,71341.6%

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
200223 years in 202545.1%2,12039.6%
200322 years in 202544.5%5,14241.0%
200421 years in 202545.5%9,40642.1%
200520 years in 202545.9%13,88842.8%
200619 years in 202544.7%17,56343.2%
200718 years in 202543.7%18,69243.3%
200817 years in 202543.8%19,38543.1%
200916 years in 202535.6%23,30042.6%
201015 years in 202532.5%21,68841.6%
201114 years in 202527.0%19,99540.3%
201213 years in 202524.5%21,58438.3%
201312 years in 202522.1%21,20936.0%
201411 years in 202518.8%20,15533.3%
201510 years in 202516.3%17,80830.3%
20169 years in 202513.5%18,40627.1%
20178 years in 202512.2%17,96623.8%
20187 years in 202510.7%20,22920.6%
20196 years in 20259.7%16,82017.8%
20205 years in 20258.5%10,71715.3%
20214 years in 20257.2%14,53613.4%
20223 years in 20256.0%10,72012.1%

More on the Honda Jazz

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.

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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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