Honda Fit: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Honda Fit passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 10.8 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 4,043 individual Honda Fit tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 87.5% first-time pass rate means roughly 13 in every 100 Honda Fits presented for MOT fail on the first attempt. That is better than average, so a well-kept example is a reasonably safe used buy. The average Honda Fit tested had covered 56,208 miles and was built around 2012.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. The Honda Fit sits 10.8 points above the national average, ranked 1,053 of 2,005 models. On one bought as repairable salvage, the mechanical side is less likely to spring surprises, so your repair estimate should hold up reasonably well.

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Most common MOT failures on a Honda Fit

1. Front or rear fog lamp switch inoperative or not operating in accordance with the requirements, 1% of tests (36.56x the national rate for this defect)
2. Front or rear fog lamp emitted colour, position or intensity not in accordance with the requirements, 1.6% of tests (35.12x the national rate for this defect)
3. A mandatory tell-tale for main beam headlamp or rear fog lamp missing or inoperative, 0.4% of tests (19.3x the national rate for this defect)
4. An obligatory rear fog lamp missing, or a front or rear fog lamp inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 3.5% of tests (7.94x the national rate for this defect)
5. A suspension joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc, 4% of tests (2.18x the national rate for this defect)
6. Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc, 1.4% of tests (1.89x the national rate for this defect)
7. The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements, 2.1% of tests
8. A tyre seriously damaged, 1.6% of tests
9. A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 1.4% of tests
10. Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen, 1.2% of tests

From 3,981 DVSA-tracked Honda Fit tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 3.91% of these flagged Honda Fit defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 5.11% nationally.

Most common MOT advisories on a Honda Fit

An advisory doesn't fail the car - the tester flags it as worth watching, but it still passes. A different list from the failures above: what testers are noting on a Honda Fit before it actually fails on it.

1. Product on the lens or light source which obviously reduces light intensity or changes emitted colour to other than white or yellow, 4.2% of tests (3.84x the national rate for this advisory)
2. A tyre seriously damaged, 12.4% of tests, also fails
3. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 10.4% of tests
4. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 3.3% of tests
5. A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn, 3.1% of tests
6. A shock absorber damaged to the extent that it does not function or showing signs of severe leakage, 1.7% of tests
7. Brake disc or drum excessively weakened, insecure or fractured, 1.2% of tests
8. Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake, 0.9% of tests
9. Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded, 0.5% of tests
10. A suspension component excessively damaged or corroded, 0.5% of tests

From 3,981 DVSA-tracked Honda Fit tests, 2024.

Honda Fit pass rate by model year

From its 2011 to its 2014 model year, the Honda Fit's first-time pass rate has risen 7.6 points, from 85.3% to 92.9%, the usual pattern: a newer model year is a younger car today, so it fails less. First-time pass rate for each Honda Fit year:

• 2010 Honda Fit - 81.6% first-time pass, 282 tests
• 2011 Honda Fit - 85.3% first-time pass, 893 tests
• 2012 Honda Fit - 87.8% first-time pass, 1,053 tests
• 2013 Honda Fit - 93.1% first-time pass, 741 tests
• 2014 Honda Fit - 92.9% first-time pass, 394 tests

Honda Fit by fuel type

The Honda Fit's two most-tested fuel types split by 7.7 points: hybrid passes first time 89.8% of the time (3,074 tests) against 82.1% for petrol (933 tests).

• Hybrid Honda Fit - 89.8% first-time pass, 3,074 tests
• Petrol Honda Fit - 82.1% first-time pass, 933 tests

Other Honda models

• Honda Jazz - 78.7%
• Honda Civic - 73.4%
• Honda Cr-V - 79.3%
• Honda Hr-V - 89.8%
• Honda Accord - 68%
• Honda Jazz Ex I-Mmd Cvt - 95.6%
• Honda Insight - 78.1%
• Honda Fr-V - 63.7%

Models with a similar pass rate

• BMW X7 Xdrive40d M Sport Mhev Auto - 87.6%
• BMW M3 - 87.5%
• BMW 335 - 87.5%
• Ford Focus St - 87.5%
• Peugeot 2008 GT Ev - 87.5%
• Audi A3 Sport 40 Tfsi E S-A - 87.5%

If this car is a salvage or write-off

• What does Cat N mean? Category N explained
• What does Cat S mean? Category S explained
• Cat S vs Cat N: the real differences
• Do you need an HPI check on a car you know is a write-off?

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