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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Honda Forza 300/350: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Forza 300/350 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 89.6% average, from 10,821 DVSA tests.

2022
highest-passing year · 95.4%
2014
lowest-passing year · 85.9%
9.5pp
spread across 10 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: 2022 (95.4% of 412 tests). Lowest: 2014 (85.9% of 1,913). Years more than two points below the model average: 2014, 2015, 2016.

84%91%97%2013: 88.8% pass (1,492 tests)2014: 85.9% pass (1,913 tests)2015: 86.6% pass (1,666 tests)2016: 87.5% pass (1,079 tests)2017: 89.9% pass (396 tests)2018: 90.8% pass (901 tests)2019: 93.5% pass (1,425 tests)2020: 93.5% pass (873 tests)2021: 93.8% pass (647 tests)2022: 95.4% pass (412 tests)201320182022
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (89.6%)
2013 1,492 88.8% -0.8 pp
2014 1,913 85.9% -3.7 pp
2015 1,666 86.6% -3.0 pp
2016 1,079 87.5% -2.1 pp
2017 396 89.9% +0.3 pp
2018 901 90.8% +1.2 pp
2019 1,425 93.5% +3.9 pp
2020 873 93.5% +3.9 pp
2021 647 93.8% +4.2 pp
2022 412 95.4% +5.8 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 · 2016–2025
86%90%93%2016: 91.3% pass (195 tests)2017: 87.5% pass (503 tests)2018: 87.4% pass (579 tests)2019: 88.4% pass (743 tests)2020: 87.6% pass (782 tests)2021: 88.2% pass (1,152 tests)2022: 90.5% pass (1,543 tests)2023: 89.2% pass (1,745 tests)2024: 90.2% pass (1,585 tests)2025: 91.8% pass (1,993 tests)20162025

Questions

Which Forza 300/350 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2014, 2015, 2016 registered examples pass first time less often than the Honda Forza 300/350 overall (89.6%); the 2014 cohort is lowest at 85.9% from 1,913 tests.
Which Forza 300/350 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2022, at 95.4% of 412 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022.
How much does the Forza 300/350 pass rate vary by year?
9.5 percentage points between the highest (2022, 95.4%) and lowest (2014, 85.9%) 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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