74.3%
Honda Stepwagon
Honda Stepwagon MOT pass rate and common problems
The Honda Stepwagon passed 74.3% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 2 percentage points above the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was position lamp not working.
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How the Stepwagon 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 Stepwagon runs 1.9 points ahead of the Honda average. It is 7th of the 12 Honda models in the data. The average Stepwagon arrived at its test 14.4 years old with 90,380 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.
Stepwagon MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Honda Stepwagon cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 63.9% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over it rose to 75.4%, 11.5 percentage points higher.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 205 | 63.9% | 8.4 pts below |
| 6 to 10 years | 406 | 71.7% | 0.6 pts below |
| 11 years and over | 2,898 | 75.4% | 3.1 pts above |
Older examples test at least as well as newer ones here, which usually says more about how the surviving cars have been kept than about age itself. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Stepwagon failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Honda Stepwagon cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and suspension together account for 59.7% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Stepwagon MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Honda Stepwagon cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 44.6% of everything testers recorded against failed Honda Stepwagon cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Stepwagon
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, rear fog lamp not working, rear fog lamp does not emit a steady red light and stop lamp not working. 24.8% 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. 8.1% of failure items.
3
Brakes
Recorded most often: brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick. 4% of failure items.
4
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 3.9% of failure items.
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Honda Stepwagon MOT FAQs
What is the Honda Stepwagon MOT pass rate?
74.3% of Honda Stepwagon cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 3,519 tests. That is 2 percentage points above the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 279th of 575 models.
What does a Honda Stepwagon most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Honda Stepwagon cars failing their 2025 MOT was position lamp not working, on 7.8% of failure items. Next were headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (6.4%) and linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.2%).
Which area causes the most Honda Stepwagon MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 41.6%, followed by suspension at 18.2%.
Do older Honda Stepwagon cars fail their MOT more often?
Honda Stepwagon cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 63.9% of MOT tests in 2025, against 75.4% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Honda Stepwagon has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Honda Stepwagon 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 Stepwagon'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.