4,781 tests in 2025
Honda Fit reliability and MOT pass rate
86.3% passed first time. The 13.7% fail rate is 8.9 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 13 years old with 56,494 miles.
Pass rate
86.3%
22.6% of all cars failed; 13.7% of these did.
Fixed on the day
5.1%
Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.
Median at test
56,494 mi
13 years old.
Fail rate by age
| Age at test | Tests | Fail rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 56 | — |
| 6-9 years | 228 | 7.9% |
| 10-13 years | 3,105 | 11.6% |
| 14+ years | 1,326 | 19.5% |
What the Fit fails on
Share of failed tests with at least one fail item in each DVSA inspection section. A test can fail in several sections at once.
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment63.9%
- Suspension2 dangerous35.2%
- Tyres163 dangerous18.6%
- Visibility17.2%
- Brakes31 dangerous9.6%
- Steering8.8%
- Body, chassis, structure3 dangerous3.8%
- Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems2.7%
Is the Fit getting worse?
The fail rate rose 4.1 points to 13.7% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 2 years, which is about what ageing alone predicts (4.1 points). Read it as the fleet getting older rather than the model changing.
| Year | Tests | Median age | Fail rate | All cars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1,028 | 11 | 9.6% | 22.5% | |
| 2023 | 2,557 | 11 | 10.4% | 22.8% | |
| 2024 | 3,413 | 12 | 12.1% | 23.2% | |
| 2025 | 4,713 | 13 | 13.7% | 22.6% |
Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical Fit at its test that year, and it is the number to watch: across the whole fleet each extra year of age adds roughly 1.9 points to the fail rate, so a model whose age and fail rate rise together is simply getting older.
The exact defects that fail it
Every failure item DVSA recorded against a Fit in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.
- 1Rear fog lamp: not working110 tests
- 2Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively87 tests
- 3Linkage ball joint dust cover: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt86 tests
- 4Rear fog lamp: missing82 tests
- 5Rear fog lamp: does not emit a steady red light81 tests
- 6Ball joint dust cover: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt79 tests
- 7Position lamp: not working72 tests
- 8Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect59 tests
What wears out first
Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Fit collects 1.92 of them per test, and these are the ones that come up most. Treat it as the running-repairs list for the next year or two.
- 1Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm342 tests
- 2Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure338 tests
- 3Headlamp: has a product on the lens so that the light output is severely reduced169 tests
- 4Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick146 tests
- 5Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn84 tests
- 6Tread depth: tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm74 tests
- 7Non-component advisories: Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt64 tests
- 8Shock absorbers: has a serious fluid leak56 tests
Questions
What is the Honda Fit MOT pass rate?
86.3% of the 4,781 Honda Fit first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 13.7% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 5.1% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.
What does a Honda Fit usually fail on?
The single most common failure is "Rear fog lamp: not working", recorded on 110 failed tests, followed by "Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively" and "Linkage ball joint dust cover: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt". By section, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment appears in 63.9% of failures, suspension appears in 35.2% of failures, tyres appears in 18.6% of failures.
Does age change the odds?
Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 16.1%; at 14+ years it was 19.5%. The median Honda Fit tested in 2025 was 13 years old with 56,494 miles.
Is the Honda Fit getting less reliable?
The fail rate rose 4.1 points to 13.7% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 2 years, which is about what ageing alone predicts (4.1 points). Read it as the fleet getting older rather than the model changing.
First-attempt class 4 tests, 2025, from DVSA’s anonymised MOT data (OGL v3, retrieved 2026-09-12). DVSA records newer cars trim by trim; this page adds every Fit trim together. Year-on-year figures come from the same DVSA extracts for 2026 and earlier years. Full method on the pass rates hub.
Other Honda models
Checking a particular Fit?
The odds above are the model. The car in front of you has its own record: every test, every advisory, the mileage at each one.
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