Honda Jazz MOT pass rate and common failures
What the MOTs of 328,547 Honda Jazz 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 Jazz pass its MOT first time?
In 2025, 74.2% of the 328,547 Honda Jazz 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 Jazz 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 Jazz did best for 2014 registrations (12.1 points above all cars of that year) and worst for 2002 registrations (5.1 points below all cars of that year).
See the figures
| Registered | Honda Jazz | All cars | Cars tested |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 93.8% | 89.1% | 9,159 |
| 2021 | 92.8% | 88.2% | 14,213 |
| 2020 | 91.4% | 86.8% | 10,396 |
| 2019 | 90.3% | 84.2% | 16,298 |
| 2018 | 89.2% | 81.7% | 19,669 |
| 2017 | 87.7% | 78.9% | 17,579 |
| 2016 | 86.4% | 75.5% | 18,007 |
| 2015 | 83.5% | 72.4% | 17,388 |
| 2014 | 81.0% | 68.9% | 19,642 |
| 2013 | 77.7% | 65.9% | 20,703 |
| 2012 | 75.2% | 63.5% | 21,041 |
| 2011 | 72.8% | 61.3% | 19,445 |
| 2010 | 67.1% | 59.1% | 20,955 |
| 2009 | 63.9% | 57.9% | 22,433 |
| 2008 | 55.3% | 56.7% | 18,459 |
| 2007 | 55.3% | 56.9% | 17,684 |
| 2006 | 54.2% | 56.6% | 16,652 |
| 2005 | 52.9% | 57.3% | 13,026 |
| 2004 | 53.3% | 57.4% | 8,877 |
| 2003 | 54.0% | 58.4% | 4,846 |
| 2002 | 54.1% | 59.2% | 2,017 |
What the Honda Jazz failed on most
Of the 84,711 Honda Jazz cars that failed first time in 2025, the share with each fault on the MOT. One car can fail on several faults.
- 1.Sidelight or rear light not working17.7%
- 2.Wiper blade not clearing the screen12.1%
- 3.Headlight aim out of line11.9%
- 4.Worn suspension joint or bush10.0%
- 5.Brake pads or shoes worn too thin9.8%
By area of the car: lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 43.5%, brakes 30.3%, suspension 26.8%, visibility 20.4%, tyres 18.3%.
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 Jazz | All cars |
|---|---|---|
| 3 years | 15,200 | 23,200 |
| 4 years | 20,000 | 30,600 |
| 5 years | 22,000 | 36,100 |
| 6 years | 25,700 | 42,400 |
| 7 years | 31,400 | 50,100 |
| 8 years | 35,100 | 58,200 |
| 9 years | 39,500 | 65,200 |
| 10 years | 45,000 | 72,100 |
| 11 years | 51,200 | 78,800 |
| 12 years | 58,200 | 84,700 |
| 13 years | 64,500 | 90,400 |
| 14 years | 70,400 | 95,900 |
| 15 years | 78,200 | 97,900 |
| 16 years | 81,400 | 98,600 |
| 17 years | 82,700 | 103,500 |
| 18 years | 84,100 | 104,800 |
| 19 years | 88,000 | 104,100 |
| 20 years | 92,600 | 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).