Honda Honda: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Honda years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 86.3% average, from 715 DVSA tests.

2000

highest-passing year · 93.2%

1995

lowest-passing year · 85.5%

7.7pp

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: 2000 (93.2% of 59 tests). Lowest: 1995 (85.5% of 69).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (86.3%)
1995	69	85.5%	-0.8 pp
1998	58	86.2%	-0.1 pp
2000	59	93.2%	+6.9 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 · 2006–2018

Questions

Which Honda years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda Honda falls more than two points under the model's 86.3% overall pass rate.
Which Honda year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2000, at 93.2% of 59 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Honda pass rate vary by year?: 7.7 percentage points between the highest (2000, 93.2%) and lowest (1995, 85.5%) 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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