74.4%
Honda Jazz
Honda Jazz MOT pass rate and common problems
The Honda Jazz 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 position lamp not working.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Jazz 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 Jazz runs 2 points ahead of the Honda average. It is 5th of the 12 Honda models in the data. The average Jazz arrived at its test 12.4 years old with 62,343 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.
Jazz MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Honda Jazz cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 91.9% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 64.7%, a drop of 27.1 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 39,361 | 91.9% | 19.6 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 90,418 | 86.3% | 14 pts above |
| 11 years and over | 200,703 | 64.7% | 7.6 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 Jazz failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Honda Jazz cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and brakes together account for 49% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Jazz MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Honda Jazz cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 39.8% of everything testers recorded against failed Honda Jazz cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Jazz
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. 14.5% of failure items.
2
Suspension
Recorded most often: component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength, linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt and pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn. 8.8% of failure items.
3
Brakes
Recorded most often: brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick and rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements. 7.9% of failure items.
4
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 6% of failure items.
The car's own MOT history matters more than any model average. A free MOT history check shows whether a specific Jazz has failed on these items before, or had them noted as advisories. Buying one? See the used Honda Jazz buying guide.
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Honda Jazz MOT FAQs
What is the Honda Jazz MOT pass rate?
74.4% of Honda Jazz cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 339,813 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 Jazz most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Honda Jazz cars failing their 2025 MOT was position lamp not working, on 8.2% of failure items. Next were wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (6%) and brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (4.5%).
Which area causes the most Honda Jazz MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 28.5%, followed by brakes at 20.5%.
Do older Honda Jazz cars fail their MOT more often?
Honda Jazz cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 91.9% of MOT tests in 2025, against 64.7% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Honda Jazz has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Honda Jazz 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 Jazz'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.