314,206 tests in 2025
Honda Jazz reliability and MOT pass rate
80.5% passed first time. The 19.5% fail rate is 3.1 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 13 years old with 56,641 miles.
Pass rate
80.5%
22.6% of all cars failed; 19.5% of these did.
Fixed on the day
6.3%
Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.
Median at test
56,641 mi
13 years old.
Fail rate by age
| Age at test | Tests | Fail rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 32,674 | 4.3% |
| 6-9 years | 67,045 | 8.4% |
| 10-13 years | 74,312 | 14.9% |
| 14+ years | 139,879 | 30.8% |
What the Jazz 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.
- Brakes12,047 dangerous39.2%
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment329 dangerous36.2%
- Suspension1,280 dangerous34.9%
- Tyres12,911 dangerous22.4%
- Visibility11 dangerous17.1%
- Body, chassis, structure416 dangerous11.6%
- Noise, emissions and leaks17 dangerous11.2%
- Steering88 dangerous4.5%
Is the Jazz getting worse?
The fail rate rose 1.5 points to 19.5% from 2022 to 2025, against a rising rate across all cars.
| Year | Tests | Median age | Fail rate | All cars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 330,713 | 11 | 18% | 22.5% | |
| 2023 | 333,959 | — | 19% | 22.8% | |
| 2024 | 291,383 | — | 20.3% | 23.2% | |
| 2025 | 314,162 | — | 19.5% | 22.6% |
Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical Jazz 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 Jazz in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.
- 1Position lamp: not working8,668 tests
- 2Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick7,540 tests
- 3Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements6,995 tests
- 4Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively6,131 tests
- 5Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength4,801 tests
- 6Linkage ball joint dust cover: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt4,416 tests
- 7Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect4,324 tests
- 8Service brake performance: excessively binding4,029 tests
What wears out first
Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Jazz collects 2.88 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.
- 1Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure39,329 tests
- 2Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm38,036 tests
- 3Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick30,359 tests
- 4Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened26,492 tests
- 5Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn21,056 tests
- 6Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded20,109 tests
- 7Headlamp: has a product on the lens so that the light output is severely reduced12,040 tests
- 8Coil spring: corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened11,293 tests
Questions
What is the Honda Jazz MOT pass rate?
80.5% of the 314,206 Honda Jazz first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 19.5% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 6.3% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.
What does a Honda Jazz usually fail on?
The single most common failure is "Position lamp: not working", recorded on 8,668 failed tests, followed by "Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick" and "Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements". By section, brakes appears in 39.2% of failures, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment appears in 36.2% of failures, suspension appears in 34.9% of failures.
Does age change the odds?
Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 4.3%; at 14+ years it was 30.8%. The median Honda Jazz tested in 2025 was 13 years old with 56,641 miles.
Is the Honda Jazz getting less reliable?
The fail rate rose 1.5 points to 19.5% from 2022 to 2025, against a rising rate across all cars.
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 Jazz trim together. Year-on-year figures come from the same DVSA extracts for 2026 and earlier years. Full method on the pass rates hub.
DVSA has published 26 safety recalls naming the Honda Jazz: Honda Jazz recalls.
Other Honda models
Checking a particular Jazz?
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