Honda CR-V MOT pass rate and common failures

74% of Honda CR-V MOTs passed first time, above the 68% for all cars at the same ages.

74%passed first time (cars its age: 68%)
1.7mHonda CR-V 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 CR-Vs 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	CR-V	All cars	MOTs
2022	93%	88%	10k
2021	92%	86%	17k
2020	93%	86%	22k
2019	92%	85%	41k
2018	89%	84%	57k
2017	89%	83%	87k
2016	88%	80%	116k
2015	87%	78%	124k
2014	85%	74%	129k
2013	83%	71%	123k
2012	79%	68%	108k
2011	76%	65%	87k
2010	75%	62%	87k
2009	71%	61%	85k
2008	67%	59%	95k
2007	61%	58%	134k
2006	57%	57%	93k
2005	56%	56%	89k
2004	51%	55%	62k
2003	50%	56%	55k
2002	51%	56%	39k
2001	52%	57%	17k
2000	51%	59%	12k
1999	49%	61%	8k
1998	51%	63%	6k

Compare two years of the CR-V, 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 CR-V MOTs are left out.

Commonest reasons for failure

Stop lamp (brake light) not workingOther cars its age: 2.52.6
Wiper does not clear the windscreenOther cars its age: 2.52.5
Position lamp not workingOther cars its age: 2.82.4
Tyre tread below the legal limitOther cars its age: 2.72.3
Brake pads less than 1.5mm thickOther cars its age: 1.92.2
Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrectOther cars its age: 1.61.7
Anti-roll bar link excessively wornOther cars its age: 0.81.6
Engine warning light on or not workingOther cars its age: 1.21.3

Out of every 100 Honda CR-V MOTs, against other cars at the same ages.

Where it comes up more than other cars its age

Stop lamp(s) non-obligatory stop lamp not workingAdvisory. Other cars its age: 0.41.3
Brake pedal wearing smoothAdvisory. Other cars its age: 0.21.2
Headlamp lens seriously defectiveFail. Other cars its age: 0.20.5
Headlamp has a product on the lens so that the light output is severely reducedFail. Other cars its age: 0.20.5
Track rod end ball joint dust cover insecure so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirtFail. Other cars its age: 0.10.2
Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint likely to become detachedFail. Other cars its age: 0.00.2

Out of every 100 Honda CR-V 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, 4,500 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 CR-Vs in general, not a prediction for any one car. Spotted a mistake? Email fuzzyreguk@gmail.com.

Check a Honda CR-V's MOT history

Every test and advisory, free, from the registration.