Honda CR-V MOT pass rate and common failures
What the MOTs of 187,117 Honda CR-V 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 CR-V pass its MOT first time?
In 2025, 74.2% of the 187,117 Honda CR-V cars tested passed their MOT first time. Cars of all makes from the same registration years passed 68.2% of the time, so the Honda CR-V was 6.0 points above 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 CR-V did best for 2013 registrations (13.9 points above all cars of that year) and worst for 2002 registrations (10.2 points below all cars of that year).
See the figures
| Registered | Honda CR-V | All cars | Cars tested |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 93.0% | 89.1% | 4,512 |
| 2021 | 91.8% | 88.2% | 5,635 |
| 2020 | 92.0% | 86.8% | 5,389 |
| 2019 | 91.1% | 84.2% | 8,055 |
| 2018 | 87.9% | 81.7% | 8,968 |
| 2017 | 86.1% | 78.9% | 11,531 |
| 2016 | 84.9% | 75.5% | 13,724 |
| 2015 | 82.8% | 72.4% | 13,859 |
| 2014 | 81.7% | 68.9% | 14,223 |
| 2013 | 79.8% | 65.9% | 13,536 |
| 2012 | 73.6% | 63.5% | 11,901 |
| 2011 | 71.2% | 61.3% | 9,222 |
| 2010 | 69.4% | 59.1% | 9,229 |
| 2009 | 64.1% | 57.9% | 8,491 |
| 2008 | 60.0% | 56.7% | 8,890 |
| 2007 | 56.6% | 56.9% | 11,742 |
| 2006 | 53.7% | 56.6% | 7,920 |
| 2005 | 52.6% | 57.3% | 6,997 |
| 2004 | 49.2% | 57.4% | 4,876 |
| 2003 | 49.6% | 58.4% | 3,782 |
| 2002 | 49.0% | 59.2% | 2,508 |
What the Honda CR-V failed on most
Of the 48,346 Honda CR-V cars that failed first time in 2025, the share with each fault on the MOT. One car can fail on several faults.
- 1.Worn suspension joint or bush16.3%
- 2.Headlight aim out of line12.7%
- 3.Sidelight or rear light not working9.9%
- 4.Brake light not working9.8%
- 5.Tyre tread below the legal limit9.3%
By area of the car: lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 45.0%, suspension 34.3%, tyres 19.1%, brakes 18.5%, visibility 16.7%.
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 CR-V | All cars |
|---|---|---|
| 3 years | 22,700 | 23,200 |
| 4 years | 30,000 | 30,600 |
| 5 years | 34,600 | 36,100 |
| 6 years | 40,800 | 42,400 |
| 7 years | 50,900 | 50,100 |
| 8 years | 60,800 | 58,200 |
| 9 years | 69,600 | 65,200 |
| 10 years | 78,500 | 72,100 |
| 11 years | 86,400 | 78,800 |
| 12 years | 93,200 | 84,700 |
| 13 years | 98,600 | 90,400 |
| 14 years | 108,200 | 95,900 |
| 15 years | 114,300 | 97,900 |
| 16 years | 127,500 | 98,600 |
| 17 years | 133,900 | 103,500 |
| 18 years | 135,000 | 104,800 |
| 19 years | 136,500 | 104,100 |
| 20 years | 137,100 | 103,100 |
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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).