Honda Jazz: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Honda Jazz passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 2 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 321,357 individual Honda Jazz tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 78.7% first-time pass rate means roughly 21 in every 100 Honda Jazz 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 Jazz tested had covered 63,473 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 Jazz 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 Jazz

1. The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any sub-frame, spring or suspension component mounting (a 'prescribed area') is significantly reduced or inadequately repaired, 2.2% of tests (2.66x the national rate for this defect)
2. Brakes imbalance across an axle such that the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle., 0.9% of tests (2.15x the national rate for this defect)
3. Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake, 1.6% of tests (2.11x the national rate for this defect)
4. Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement, 2% of tests (2.08x the national rate for this defect)
5. Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded, 1.4% of tests (1.67x the national rate for this defect)
6. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 2.5% of tests (1.65x the national rate for this defect)
7. A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 2.7% of tests (1.64x the national rate for this defect)
8. Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen, 2.2% of tests (1.58x the national rate for this defect)
9. A suspension joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc, 2% of tests (1.52x the national rate for this defect)
10. The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements, 2.3% of tests (1.3x the national rate for this defect)

From 443,036 DVSA-tracked Honda Jazz tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 4.45% of these flagged Honda Jazz defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

Honda Jazz 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 Jazz year:

• 2002 Honda Jazz - 62.8% first-time pass, 2,617 tests
• 2003 Honda Jazz - 63.6% first-time pass, 5,889 tests
• 2004 Honda Jazz - 63.6% first-time pass, 10,823 tests
• 2005 Honda Jazz - 62.7% first-time pass, 15,596 tests
• 2006 Honda Jazz - 64% first-time pass, 19,357 tests
• 2007 Honda Jazz - 64% first-time pass, 20,233 tests
• 2008 Honda Jazz - 65.3% first-time pass, 20,685 tests
• 2009 Honda Jazz - 73.7% first-time pass, 23,971 tests
• 2010 Honda Jazz - 76.3% first-time pass, 21,990 tests
• 2011 Honda Jazz - 81% first-time pass, 20,075 tests
• 2012 Honda Jazz - 82.5% first-time pass, 21,507 tests
• 2013 Honda Jazz - 85.7% first-time pass, 21,051 tests
• 2014 Honda Jazz - 87.5% first-time pass, 19,615 tests
• 2015 Honda Jazz - 89.2% first-time pass, 17,749 tests
• 2016 Honda Jazz - 90.8% first-time pass, 18,432 tests
• 2017 Honda Jazz - 91.8% first-time pass, 18,037 tests
• 2018 Honda Jazz - 92.5% first-time pass, 20,221 tests
• 2019 Honda Jazz - 94.5% first-time pass, 16,761 tests
• 2020 Honda Jazz - 95.4% first-time pass, 4,926 tests

Honda Jazz by fuel type

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

• Petrol Honda Jazz - 79% first-time pass, 314,269 tests
• Hybrid Honda Jazz - 86.9% first-time pass, 4,508 tests
• Electric Honda Jazz - 85.2% first-time pass, 298 tests

Other Honda models

• 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%
• Honda Jazz Crosstar Ex I-Mmd Cvt - 96.7%

Models with a similar pass rate

• Honda Stepwagon - 78.8%
• Volkswagen Phaeton - 78.8%
• Maserati Coupe - 78.8%
• Mercedes-Benz A-Class - 78.7%
• Mitsubishi Asx - 78.7%
• Citroen C5 - 78.7%

If this car is a salvage or write-off

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