1998 Honda Cr-V: MOT pass rate and reliability

62.6% of 1998 Honda Cr-Vs pass the MOT first time, measured across 337 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 125,582 miles.

How the 1998 compares

  • Against all Honda Cr-Vs (79.8%, 199,586 tests): -17.2 points
  • Against all 1998 cars (70%): -7.4 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Honda Cr-V model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 1998 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Honda Cr-V:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
1998 62.6% 337 125,582
1999 60.4% 477 127,901
2000 58.6% 701 121,873
2001 63.1% 1,168 120,622
2002 60.2% 3,226 140,111
2003 58.9% 4,796 136,189
2004 60.4% 6,083 134,911
2005 62.8% 8,698 138,198
2006 64.2% 9,473 136,875
2007 66.5% 14,002 134,907
2008 69.9% 10,384 132,642
2009 73.7% 9,383 127,148
2010 78.1% 9,930 111,489
2011 79.3% 9,858 106,185
2012 81.4% 12,469 95,085
2013 84.7% 14,219 90,339
2014 85.8% 14,725 83,138
2015 88.4% 14,415 74,493
2016 89.6% 14,186 65,618
2017 90.2% 11,943 56,322
2018 92.4% 9,370 46,683
2019 94.9% 8,385 36,136
2020 95.8% 5,541 29,758
2021 95.8% 5,557 24,475

What this means if you are buying a 1998 Cr-V

The 1998 is a weaker year for this model, passing 17.2 points less often than the Honda Cr-V average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 1998 figure for all cars above rather than against newer examples. Check the exact car with the free MOT history checker before you buy, and run its VIN and mileage through our free VIN decoder and clocking check.

What a 28-year-old car fails on

A 1998 car is 28 years old now, and age drives the failure mix more than the badge does. Across all cars tested, these are the categories that actually cause failures:

  • Lights and electrical: 10.36% of all cars tested
  • Suspension: 8.65% of all cars tested
  • Tyres: 6.23% of all cars tested
  • Brakes: 6.1% of all cars tested
  • Visibility: wipers, washers, glass: 4.65% of all cars tested
  • Body, chassis and structure: 3.18% of all cars tested

That is high mileage, so timing belts, clutches, suspension bushes and corrosion are the items worth budgeting for rather than the MOT itself. On a 1998 Honda Cr-V the average at test was 125,582 miles, so treat anything far above that as a car that has worked harder than its peers, and anything far below as one worth checking for the faults that come from standing still.

The strongest year for this model is 2020 at 95.8%, and the weakest in our data is 2000 at 58.6%. That 37.2 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 1998 car against a newer one tells you very little.

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