MOT pass rate · 2025 data
Honda FR-V MOT pass rate
The Honda FR-V passed 64.01% of its 5,962 initial MOT tests in 2025 — below the 77.3% average across all cars tested that year. That is 13.3 percentage points worse than average.
How the Honda FR-V holds up with age
Every car fails the MOT more often as it gets older. What matters when you are buying is how steeply that happens for this particular model. These are the 2025 pass rates for the Honda FR-V grouped by the vehicle's age at the time of the test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 6–10 years | 16 | 75% |
| 11 years and over | 5,946 | 63.98% |
Why the Honda FR-V fails its MOT
Across every Honda FR-V that failed its 2025 MOT, the most common area of failure was suspension, accounting for 28.32% of all recorded failure items. These are the areas worth having checked before you buy, and worth budgeting for on an older example.
| Failure area | Share of failure items | Recorded items |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 28.32% | 2,142 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 23.21% | 1,755 |
| Brakes | 12.15% | 919 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 10.63% | 804 |
| Tyres | 9.4% | 711 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 5.53% | 418 |
How the Honda FR-V compares
Ranked on pass rate, the Honda FR-V sits 597th of 651 models in this data , and 12th of the 12 Honda models covered . Honda as a whole averaged 78.73%, so this model runs 14.7 points behind its own brand average.
What this means when buying a used Honda FR-V
A pass rate is a population average, not a verdict on the specific car in front of you. The average Honda FR-V came to its 2025 test at 128,219 miles and 17.8 years old. Most examples tested were petrol, though 35.34% were diesel.
The useful check is the individual car's own MOT record: how many times it has failed, what for, and whether advisories keep reappearing. A recurring advisory on corrosion, suspension or brakes tells you far more than a model-wide average, and a mileage that does not move consistently between tests is a warning in itself.
Check a specific Honda FR-V
Run the registration through a free MOT history check to see that car's test results, advisories and recorded mileages. For the risks an MOT never covers — outstanding finance, insurance write-off records, stolen markers and ownership history — a full car history check brings them together in one £15 report.
Also useful: mileage check · write-off check · free car check
Other Honda models
- Honda Jazz 80.64% pass rate · 339,768 tests
- Honda Civic 74.32% pass rate · 257,293 tests
- Honda CR-V 80.06% pass rate · 194,446 tests
- Honda HR-V 90.36% pass rate · 38,767 tests
- Honda Accord 69.27% pass rate · 22,890 tests
- Honda Insight 77.24% pass rate · 8,496 tests
Models with a similar pass rate
- Renault Clio 62.96% pass rate
- Vauxhall Vivaro 64.44% pass rate
- Renault Trafic 64.42% pass rate
- Fiat Punto 63.87% pass rate
- Volkswagen Beetle 64.47% pass rate
- Renault Scenic 62.83% pass rate
Figures aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025, class 4 initial tests only, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Retests are excluded, so these are first-time pass rates.