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. On a Honda Fit bought as a 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, 0.5% of tests (23.92x the national rate for this defect)
2. Front or rear fog lamp emitted colour, position or intensity not in accordance with the requirements, 0.7% of tests (22.01x the national rate for this defect)
3. 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, 1.8% of tests (5.45x the national rate for this defect)
4. A suspension joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc, 2.2% of tests (1.62x the national rate for this defect)
5. Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc, 0.7% of tests (1.21x the national rate for this defect)
6. The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements, 0.9% of tests
7. A tyre seriously damaged, 0.8% of tests
8. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 0.7% of tests
9. A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 0.6% of tests
10. Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen, 0.5% of tests

From 11,472 DVSA-tracked Honda Fit tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 4.35% of these flagged Honda Fit defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

Honda Fit pass rate by model year

Pass rates fall steadily as cars age, so the model year matters as much as the model. 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

Diesel and petrol versions of the same car fail on different things, so the fuel type moves the number:

• 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

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