Honda Civic MOT pass rate and common failures

66% of Honda Civic MOTs passed first time, about the same as 66% for all cars at the same ages.

66%passed first time (cars its age: 66%)
2.5mHonda Civic MOTs counted since May 2018
6,500typical miles a year at 10 years old

First-time pass rate by year registered

Each year's Honda Civics against every car first registered the same year, at the same ages. Newer cars have only had their first few MOTs, so they look better. Years with fewer than 5,000 MOTs are left out.

Share of MOTs passed first time, by year first registered. All cars: every car first registered that year, at the same ages.
Registered	Civic	All cars	MOTs
2021	90%	86%	15k
2020	89%	86%	22k
2019	88%	85%	63k
2018	87%	84%	81k
2017	86%	83%	104k
2016	85%	80%	130k
2015	84%	78%	130k
2014	81%	74%	125k
2013	78%	71%	132k
2012	75%	68%	114k
2011	62%	65%	97k
2010	60%	62%	148k
2009	59%	61%	174k
2008	57%	59%	202k
2007	56%	58%	236k
2006	55%	56%	168k
2005	56%	56%	140k
2004	55%	55%	121k
2003	53%	55%	96k
2002	53%	56%	84k
2001	53%	57%	62k
2000	57%	59%	25k
1999	57%	62%	21k
1998	56%	64%	15k
1997	55%	65%	12k
1996	57%	65%	8k

Compare two years of the Civic, age for age.

First-time pass rate by age

Share of MOTs at each age that passed first time. Ages with fewer than 10,000 Honda Civic MOTs are left out.

Commonest reasons for failure

Position lamp not workingOther cars its age: 3.24.6
Stop lamp (brake light) not workingOther cars its age: 2.73.7
Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrectOther cars its age: 1.83.1
Tyre tread below the legal limitOther cars its age: 2.83.1
Wiper does not clear the windscreenOther cars its age: 2.62.8
Brake pads less than 1.5mm thickOther cars its age: 1.92.7
Shock absorber has a serious fluid leakOther cars its age: 1.02.4
Headlamp not working on dipped beamOther cars its age: 1.82.1

Out of every 100 Honda Civic MOTs, against other cars at the same ages.

Where it comes up more than other cars its age

Headlamp has a product on the lens so that the light output is severely reducedFail. Other cars its age: 0.30.6
Headlamp lens seriously defectiveFail. Other cars its age: 0.30.6
Side repeater light intensity significantly reducedFail. Other cars its age: 0.00.2
Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint likely to become detachedFail. Other cars its age: 0.00.1
Headlamp light source and lamp not compatibleFail. Other cars its age: 0.10.1
Electronic power steering warning lamp indicates a system malfunctionFail. Other cars its age: 0.00.1

Out of every 100 Honda Civic MOTs. Only items noted well above other cars of the same ages.

Miles a year

Typical miles a year between one MOT and the next: 6,500 at 3 years old, 3,500 at 20. Rounded to the nearest 1,000.

Counted from DVSA records of 286,058,652 MOTs, 20 May 2018 to 18 October 2026. A test and its retests count as one MOT, and a fail put right at the test counts as a first-time fail, as the DVSA counts it. About Honda Civics in general, not a prediction for any one car. Spotted a mistake? Email fuzzyreguk@gmail.com.

Check a Honda Civic's MOT history

Every test and advisory, free, from the registration.