2008 Honda Stepwagon: MOT pass rate and reliability

79.6% of 2008 Honda Stepwagons pass the MOT first time, measured across 240 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 87,031 miles.

How the 2008 compares

  • Against all Honda Stepwagons (79.5%, 3,107 tests): +0.1 points
  • Against all 2008 cars (64.7%): +14.9 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Honda Stepwagon model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2008 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Honda Stepwagon:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2008 79.6% 240 87,031
2009 80.5% 246 90,795
2010 82.6% 494 83,230
2011 79.5% 308 82,571
2012 86.3% 284 74,161
2013 90.5% 231 71,851

What this means if you are buying a 2008 Stepwagon

The 2008 sits close to the Honda Stepwagon average, so there is no strong model-year signal either way. Judge the individual car on its own history. 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 an 18-year-old car fails on

A 2008 car is 18 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, the point where suspension bushes, drop links and exhaust corrosion start showing up as advisories before they become failures. On a 2008 Honda Stepwagon the average at test was 87,031 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 2013 at 90.5%, and the weakest in our data is 2011 at 79.5%. That 11.0 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2008 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

All Honda Stepwagon MOT data · Every model