2020 Honda Jazz: MOT pass rate and reliability

95.4% of 2020 Honda Jazz pass the MOT first time, measured across 4,926 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 19,783 miles.

How the 2020 compares

  • Against all Honda Jazz (79.2%, 319,626 tests): +16.2 points
  • Against all 2020 cars (89.4%): +6 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 2020 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 2020 Jazz

The 2020 is one of the stronger years for this model, passing 16.2 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 6-year-old car fails on

A 2020 car is 6 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 low mileage, which usually means light urban use. Short journeys are harder on batteries, brakes and exhausts than motorway miles, so do not assume low miles means low wear. On a 2020 Honda Jazz the average at test was 19,783 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.

2020 is the strongest year on record for this model at 95.4%, ahead of every other year we hold data for.

Nearby model years

All Honda Jazz MOT data · Every model