81.1%
Honda Fit
Honda Fit MOT pass rate and common problems
The Honda Fit passed 81.1% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 8.8 percentage points above 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 Fit 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 Fit runs 8.6 points ahead of the Honda average. It is 4th of the 12 Honda models in the data. The average Fit arrived at its test 12.3 years old with 58,568 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.
Fit MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Honda Fit cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 88.1% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 80.1%, a drop of 8 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years (small sample) | 72 | 69.4% | 2.9 pts below |
| 6 to 10 years | 772 | 88.1% | 15.8 pts above |
| 11 years and over | 4,287 | 80.1% | 7.8 pts above |
That is a typical decline as cars age. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Fit failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Honda Fit cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and suspension together account for 66.2% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Fit MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Honda Fit cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 52.9% of everything testers recorded against failed Honda Fit cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Fit
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working, rear fog lamp not working, headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect, rear fog lamp does not emit a steady red light and rear fog lamp missing. 29.1% of failure items.
2
Suspension
Recorded most often: linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt and ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt. 11% of failure items.
3
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 6.7% of failure items.
4
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm. 3.1% of failure items.
The car's own MOT history matters more than any model average. A free MOT history check shows whether a specific Fit has failed on these items before, or had them noted as advisories. Buying one? See the used Honda Fit buying guide.
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Honda Fit MOT FAQs
What is the Honda Fit MOT pass rate?
81.1% of Honda Fit cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 5,212 tests. That is 8.8 percentage points above the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 182nd of 575 models.
What does a Honda Fit most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Honda Fit cars failing their 2025 MOT was position lamp not working, on 8% of failure items. Next were rear fog lamp not working (6.8%) and wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (6.7%).
Which area causes the most Honda Fit MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 49.6%, followed by suspension at 16.6%.
Do older Honda Fit cars fail their MOT more often?
Honda Fit cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 88.1% of MOT tests in 2025, against 80.1% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Honda Fit has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Honda Fit 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 Fit'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.