74.4%
Honda CR-V
Honda CR-V MOT pass rate and common problems
The Honda CR-V passed 74.4% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 2.1 percentage points above the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the CR-V 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 CR-V runs 2 points ahead of the Honda average. It is 5th of the 12 Honda models in the data. The average CR-V arrived at its test 12.6 years old with 95,111 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.
CR-V MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Honda CR-V cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 91.8% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 65%, a drop of 26.7 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 18,409 | 91.8% | 19.5 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 60,157 | 85.1% | 12.8 pts above |
| 11 years and over | 111,367 | 65% | 7.3 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 CR-V failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Honda CR-V cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and suspension together account for 52.4% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common CR-V MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Honda CR-V cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 37.4% of everything testers recorded against failed Honda CR-V cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a CR-V
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 and stop lamp not working. 12.5% of failure items.
2
Suspension
Recorded most often: component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength, linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn, pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn and ball joint excessively worn. 12.5% of failure items.
3
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm. 4.8% of failure items.
4
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 4.2% of failure items.
The car's own MOT history matters more than any model average. A free MOT history check shows whether a specific CR-V has failed on these items before, or had them noted as advisories. Buying one? See the used Honda CR-V buying guide.
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Honda CR-V MOT FAQs
What is the Honda CR-V MOT pass rate?
74.4% of Honda CR-V cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 194,462 tests. That is 2.1 percentage points above the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 276th of 575 models.
What does a Honda CR-V most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Honda CR-V cars failing their 2025 MOT was tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm, on 4.8% of failure items. Next were position lamp not working (4.4%) and wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (4.2%).
Which area causes the most Honda CR-V MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 29.4%, followed by suspension at 23%.
Do older Honda CR-V cars fail their MOT more often?
Honda CR-V cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 91.8% of MOT tests in 2025, against 65% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Honda CR-V has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Honda CR-V 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 CR-V'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.