Honda X4: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which X4 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 83.9% average, from 672 DVSA tests.

1998

highest-passing year · 88.5%

1999

lowest-passing year · 79.8%

8.7pp

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: 1998 (88.5% of 165 tests). Lowest: 1999 (79.8% of 119). Years more than two points below the model average: 1999.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (83.9%)
1997	253	83.8%	-0.1 pp
1998	165	88.5%	+4.6 pp
1999	119	79.8%	-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 · 2006–2023

Questions

Which X4 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 1999 registered examples pass first time less often than the Honda X4 overall (83.9%); the 1999 cohort is lowest at 79.8% from 119 tests.
Which X4 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1998, at 88.5% of 165 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the X4 pass rate vary by year?: 8.7 percentage points between the highest (1998, 88.5%) and lowest (1999, 79.8%) 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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