Honda Fes 125-7: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Fes 125-7 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 77.2% average, from 3,786 DVSA tests.

2009

highest-passing year · 77.7%

2007

lowest-passing year · 76.2%

1.5pp

spread across 3 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: 2009 (77.7% of 256 tests). Lowest: 2007 (76.2% of 1,135).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (77.2%)
2007	1,135	76.2%	-1.0 pp
2008	2,375	77.6%	+0.4 pp
2009	256	77.7%	+0.5 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 · 2010–2025

Questions

Which Fes 125-7 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda Fes 125-7 falls more than two points under the model's 77.2% overall pass rate.
Which Fes 125-7 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2009, at 77.7% of 256 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Fes 125-7 pass rate vary by year?: 1.5 percentage points between the highest (2009, 77.7%) and lowest (2007, 76.2%) 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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