Honda FJS: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which FJS years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 88.3% average, from 761 DVSA tests.

2015

highest-passing year · 93.5%

2014

lowest-passing year · 86.8%

6.7pp

spread across 4 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: 2015 (93.5% of 168 tests). Lowest: 2014 (86.8% of 340).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (88.3%)
2013	59	93.2%	+4.9 pp
2014	340	86.8%	-1.5 pp
2015	168	93.5%	+5.2 pp
2016	121	88.4%	+0.1 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 · 2017–2025

Questions

Which FJS years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda FJS falls more than two points under the model's 88.3% overall pass rate.
Which FJS year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2015, at 93.5% of 168 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2013, 2015.
How much does the FJS pass rate vary by year?: 6.7 percentage points between the highest (2015, 93.5%) and lowest (2014, 86.8%) 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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