61.3%
Honda Accord
Honda Accord MOT pass rate and common problems
The Honda Accord passed 61.3% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 11 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was position lamp not working.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Accord compares
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. A car that failed and was repaired at the test station counts as a fail.
72.5%
Honda average
72.3%
UK average, all cars
The Accord runs 11.2 points behind the Honda average. It is 11th of the 12 Honda models in the data. The average Accord arrived at its test 18.3 years old with 126,496 miles recorded.
A pass rate records whether cars met the roadworthiness standard on test day. It is not a reliability score, and part of any gap reflects how old the tested cars were.
Accord MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Honda Accord cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 78.7% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 60.9%, a drop of 17.8 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years (small sample) | 34 | 88.2% | 15.9 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 436 | 78.7% | 6.4 pts above |
| 11 years and over | 22,415 | 60.9% | 11.4 pts below |
That is a steep decline with age, so the headline rate flatters older examples. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Accord failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Honda Accord cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and suspension together account for 52.7% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Accord MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Honda Accord cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 39.7% of everything testers recorded against failed Honda Accord cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Accord
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working, headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect, headlamp not working on dipped beam and stop lamp not working. 19.8% of failure items.
2
Suspension
Recorded most often: ball joint excessively worn, pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn and component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength. 11.5% of failure items.
3
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 3% of failure items.
4
Brakes
Recorded most often: brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick. 3% of failure items.
The car's own MOT history matters more than any model average. A free MOT history check shows whether a specific Accord has failed on these items before, or had them noted as advisories. Buying one? See the used Honda Accord buying guide.
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Honda Accord MOT FAQs
What is the Honda Accord MOT pass rate?
61.3% of Honda Accord cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 22,894 tests. That is 11 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 477th of 575 models.
What does a Honda Accord most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Honda Accord cars failing their 2025 MOT was position lamp not working, on 7.4% of failure items. Next were headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (6.6%) and ball joint excessively worn (4.8%).
Which area causes the most Honda Accord MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 32.8%, followed by suspension at 19.9%.
Do older Honda Accord cars fail their MOT more often?
Honda Accord cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 78.7% of MOT tests in 2025, against 60.9% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Honda Accord has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Honda Accord that failed in 2025. They show where the model most often needs attention, not the condition of any individual car.
How do I see a specific Honda Accord's MOT history?
Enter its registration on the free Carpeep MOT history check to see that car's own test results, failures, advisories and recorded mileages.
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025: class 4 initial tests, retests excluded, with failure items from failed tests (advisories and minor defects excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.