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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Honda Camino: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Camino years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 85.9% average, from 1,135 DVSA tests.

1991
highest-passing year · 90.0%
1979
lowest-passing year · 77.0%
13.0pp
spread across 8 years

Pass rate by registration year

first-time pass rate · cohorts with 50 or more tests · registration year from first use date

Highest pass rate: 1991 (90.0% of 80 tests). Lowest: 1979 (77.0% of 61). Years more than two points below the model average: 1979, 1988.

74%84%93%1979: 77.0% pass (61 tests)1985: 88.4% pass (164 tests)1986: 86.6% pass (119 tests)1987: 87.8% pass (156 tests)1988: 77.9% pass (104 tests)1989: 84.7% pass (98 tests)1990: 86.2% pass (94 tests)1991: 90.0% pass (80 tests)197919881991
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (85.9%)
1979 61 77.0% -8.9 pp
1985 164 88.4% +2.5 pp
1986 119 86.6% +0.7 pp
1987 156 87.8% +1.9 pp
1988 104 77.9% -8.0 pp
1989 98 84.7% -1.2 pp
1990 94 86.2% +0.3 pp
1991 80 90.0% +4.1 pp

Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years. A first-time MOT pass is a roadworthiness check, not a full mechanical inspection.

Pass rate over time

first-time pass rate by test year · 2005–2020
78%85%93%2005: 84.4% pass (32 tests)2006: 84.7% pass (118 tests)2007: 90.6% pass (96 tests)2008: 87.5% pass (72 tests)2009: 87.2% pass (78 tests)2010: 82.1% pass (78 tests)2011: 85.1% pass (74 tests)2012: 83.6% pass (73 tests)2013: 80.3% pass (61 tests)2014: 86.2% pass (58 tests)2015: 87.7% pass (57 tests)2016: 84.0% pass (50 tests)2017: 86.4% pass (59 tests)2018: 81.3% pass (32 tests)2019: 83.9% pass (31 tests)2020: 81.8% pass (33 tests)20052020

Questions

Which Camino years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1979, 1988 registered examples pass first time less often than the Honda Camino overall (85.9%); the 1979 cohort is lowest at 77.0% from 61 tests.
Which Camino year has the highest MOT pass rate?
1991, at 90.0% of 80 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 1985, 1991.
How much does the Camino pass rate vary by year?
13.0 percentage points between the highest (1991, 90.0%) and lowest (1979, 77.0%) cohorts with at least 50 tests. Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years.

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