2012 Honda Jazz: MOT pass rate and reliability

82.5% of 2012 Honda Jazz pass the MOT first time, measured across 21,507 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 64,938 miles.

How the 2012 compares

  • Against all Honda Jazz (79.2%, 319,626 tests): +3.3 points
  • Against all 2012 cars (70.8%): +11.7 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Honda Jazz model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2012 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Honda Jazz:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2002 62.8% 2,617 100,375
2003 63.6% 5,889 97,080
2004 63.6% 10,823 94,967
2005 62.7% 15,596 94,700
2006 64% 19,357 89,191
2007 64% 20,233 86,053
2008 65.3% 20,685 83,964
2009 73.7% 23,971 82,818
2010 76.3% 21,990 79,074
2011 81% 20,075 70,911
2012 82.5% 21,507 64,938
2013 85.7% 21,051 58,840
2014 87.5% 19,615 51,666
2015 89.2% 17,749 44,802
2016 90.8% 18,432 39,329
2017 91.8% 18,037 34,212
2018 92.5% 20,221 30,329
2019 94.5% 16,761 23,878
2020 95.4% 4,926 19,783

What this means if you are buying a 2012 Jazz

The 2012 is one of the stronger years for this model, passing 3.3 points more often than the Honda Jazz average. That is a point in its favour, though condition and service history still matter more than the model year. 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 14-year-old car fails on

A 2012 car is 14 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 around average, so condition and service history will tell you more than the odometer does. On a 2012 Honda Jazz the average at test was 64,938 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 95.4%, and the weakest in our data is 2005 at 62.7%. That 32.7 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2012 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

All Honda Jazz MOT data · Every model