Honda Civic MOT pass rate and common failures
What the MOTs of 249,893 Honda Civic cars in 2025 show. These are patterns across all tests recorded by DVSA, not a verdict on any one car.
How often does a Honda Civic pass its MOT first time?
In 2025, 66.8% of the 249,893 Honda Civic cars tested passed their MOT first time. Cars of all makes from the same registration years passed 66.5% of the time, so the Honda Civic was about level with them.
Pass rate by registration year
First-time pass rate in 2025 for each year the car was first registered, next to all cars registered in the same year. Older cars fail more often, so compare like with like. Years with fewer than 1,000 cars tested are not shown.
Compared with all cars registered in the same year, the Honda Civic did best for 2014 registrations (6.9 points above all cars of that year) and worst for 2001 registrations (6.2 points below all cars of that year).
See the figures
| Registered | Honda Civic | All cars | Cars tested |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 93.6% | 89.1% | 1,223 |
| 2021 | 88.0% | 88.2% | 4,738 |
| 2020 | 87.0% | 86.8% | 5,300 |
| 2019 | 85.9% | 84.2% | 12,034 |
| 2018 | 84.7% | 81.7% | 12,975 |
| 2017 | 83.2% | 78.9% | 13,989 |
| 2016 | 80.9% | 75.5% | 15,631 |
| 2015 | 79.2% | 72.4% | 14,533 |
| 2014 | 75.8% | 68.9% | 13,892 |
| 2013 | 71.4% | 65.9% | 14,653 |
| 2012 | 68.7% | 63.5% | 12,468 |
| 2011 | 57.0% | 61.3% | 10,444 |
| 2010 | 54.4% | 59.1% | 15,256 |
| 2009 | 53.7% | 57.9% | 16,720 |
| 2008 | 53.1% | 56.7% | 17,408 |
| 2007 | 53.4% | 56.9% | 18,123 |
| 2006 | 52.8% | 56.6% | 11,106 |
| 2005 | 56.0% | 57.3% | 10,430 |
| 2004 | 56.4% | 57.4% | 8,553 |
| 2003 | 52.9% | 58.4% | 6,065 |
| 2002 | 54.3% | 59.2% | 5,292 |
| 2001 | 54.8% | 61.0% | 3,548 |
| 2000 | 63.8% | 62.7% | 1,294 |
What the Honda Civic failed on most
Of the 82,994 Honda Civic cars that failed first time in 2025, the share with each fault on the MOT. One car can fail on several faults.
- 1.Headlight aim out of line17.1%
- 2.Sidelight or rear light not working17.0%
- 3.Worn suspension joint or bush10.8%
- 4.Brake light not working10.3%
- 5.Windscreen washers not working8.8%
By area of the car: lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 53.0%, suspension 32.5%, brakes 23.8%, tyres 19.4%, visibility 16.4%.
Typical mileage by age
The median odometer reading at the MOT, by the car's age at the test to the nearest year, up to 20 years. Half the cars had covered more and half less. A rough guide when a car's mileage looks high or low for its age.
| Age | Honda Civic | All cars |
|---|---|---|
| 3 years | 21,600 | 23,200 |
| 4 years | 27,600 | 30,600 |
| 5 years | 34,500 | 36,100 |
| 6 years | 42,900 | 42,400 |
| 7 years | 50,800 | 50,100 |
| 8 years | 55,000 | 58,200 |
| 9 years | 64,600 | 65,200 |
| 10 years | 74,400 | 72,100 |
| 11 years | 83,200 | 78,800 |
| 12 years | 92,000 | 84,700 |
| 13 years | 94,400 | 90,400 |
| 14 years | 96,600 | 95,900 |
| 15 years | 104,800 | 97,900 |
| 16 years | 110,500 | 98,600 |
| 17 years | 117,300 | 103,500 |
| 18 years | 120,700 | 104,800 |
| 19 years | 122,000 | 104,100 |
| 20 years | 109,400 | 103,100 |
Looking at a Honda Civic?
Averages describe thousands of cars. The one you are looking at has its own history.
- Honda Civic buyer's guideCommon problems and what to check before you buy.
- Free MOT history checkEvery MOT result, failure and advisory for one registration.
- Full car history checkFinance, write-off, stolen and mileage records for the exact car.
- MOT league tableMakes and models ranked against cars of the same age.
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Source
Calculated by Carhealth from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), Anonymised MOT tests and results, 2025: 28,468,316 cars. How we worked it out.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).