2000 Honda S2000: MOT pass rate and reliability
80.1% of 2000 Honda S2000s pass the MOT first time, measured across 322 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 95,320 miles.
How the 2000 compares
- Against all Honda S2000s (84.7%, 4,914 tests): -4.6 points
- Against all 2000 cars (67.3%): +12.8 points
- National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%
Every Honda S2000 model year
Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2000 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Honda S2000:
| Year | Pass rate | Tests | Avg mileage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 80.1% | 322 | 95,320 |
| 2001 | 79.2% | 226 | 91,726 |
| 2002 | 83.2% | 607 | 89,795 |
| 2003 | 81.1% | 608 | 85,493 |
| 2004 | 85.2% | 669 | 80,588 |
| 2005 | 86% | 701 | 76,938 |
| 2006 | 84.6% | 539 | 74,078 |
| 2007 | 87.3% | 463 | 67,001 |
| 2008 | 87.3% | 284 | 60,584 |
| 2009 | 92.4% | 342 | 51,164 |
What this means if you are buying a 2000 S2000
The 2000 is a weaker year for this model, passing 4.6 points less often than the Honda S2000 average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2000 figure for all cars above rather than against newer examples. 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 26-year-old car fails on
A 2000 car is 26 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 above average and into the range where cambelts and water pumps are due if they have not already been done, so ask for the service history rather than take the mileage on trust. On a 2000 Honda S2000 the average at test was 95,320 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 2009 at 92.4%, and the weakest in our data is 2001 at 79.2%. That 13.2 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2000 car against a newer one tells you very little.
Nearby model years
- 2001 Honda S2000 - 79.2%
- 2002 Honda S2000 - 83.2%
- 2003 Honda S2000 - 81.1%