Honda Civic MOT pass rate, common failures and mileage
In 2023, 74.3% of 299,187 MOT tests on the Honda Civic ended in a pass, 2.2 points below the 76.5% average for all cars. Comparing like for like at ages 3 to 10, it passed 87.7% against 82.0%, ranking 14th of 148 models.
Pass rate and mileage by age
Each row covers the Honda Civic MOT tests at that age. Mileage shows the median and the middle half of odometer readings, from the 25th to the 75th percentile.
| Age | Pass rate | Mileage |
|---|---|---|
| 24,651 tests | 95.0% | 19,000 · 13k to 27k |
| 310,244 tests | 92.7% | 25,000 · 19k to 35k |
| 413,511 tests | 90.4% | 33,000 · 25k to 45k |
| 512,957 tests | 88.5% | 39,000 · 29k to 51k |
| 615,578 tests | 88.9% | 47,000 · 33k to 63k |
| 715,480 tests | 87.3% | 57,000 · 41k to 75k |
| 814,537 tests | 86.2% | 65,000 · 47k to 87k |
| 914,456 tests | 84.4% | 75,000 · 55k to 97k |
| 1014,698 tests | 82.7% | 81,000 · 61k to 105k |
| 1111,857 tests | 75.4% | 83,000 · 63k to 105k |
| 1214,369 tests | 68.3% | 91,000 · 71k to 115k |
| 1319,236 tests | 66.9% | 99,000 · 77k to 123k |
| 1420,837 tests | 65.4% | 107,000 · 85k to 133k |
| 1526,540 tests | 64.8% | 113,000 · 91k to 139k |
| 1622,498 tests | 64.2% | 119,000 · 95k to 143k |
| 1715,912 tests | 64.0% | 115,000 · 89k to 141k |
| 1813,775 tests | 64.5% | 107,000 · 81k to 131k |
| 1910,917 tests | 62.9% | 107,000 · 81k to 133k |
| 208,679 tests | 63.3% | 105,000 · 79k to 131k |
| 216,972 tests | 63.2% | 103,000 · 77k to 131k |
| 223,875 tests | 64.3% | 97,000 · 73k to 123k |
| 231,984 tests | 68.0% | 93,000 · 69k to 121k |
| 241,499 tests | 67.8% | 93,000 · 69k to 119k |
| 251,223 tests | 65.8% | 91,000 · 69k to 121k |
Most common MOT failures and advisories
How often each item came up, per 100 MOT tests on the Honda Civic. Advisories are things the tester noted that did not fail the car, often wear that will need attention soon. Follow an item to see what it means and how serious it is.
Failures
Advisories and minor defects
What to check on a used Civic
The parts that come up most often in Honda Civic MOTs, and how to look at them on a viewing.
- Brake discs and padsAsk when the discs and pads were last replaced, and look through the wheel for a raised lip on the edge of the disc.
- TyresCheck the tread across the full width of every tyre, including the inner edge, and look for cuts and bulges in the sidewalls.
- LightsWalk round with every light on, and ask someone to press the brake pedal so you can see both brake lights.
- Coil springsCompare the gap between each tyre and its wheel arch. A corner sitting lower than the others can mean a broken spring.
- Shock absorbersPush down hard on each corner: it should rise once and settle. Oil on the shock absorber body is a sign of a leak.
Check a specific Civic
Fleet averages only go so far. Enter the registration to see that car's own MOT history, mileage record and current condition, free.
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Other Honda models
Overall MOT pass rate in 2023. Compare all Honda models or see every make.
How these figures are made. We counted every initial MOT test (not retests) of cars and light vans in Great Britain in 2023 from the DVSA anonymised MOT dataset, 33,842,940 tests in all. Pass rate is the share of initial tests that ended in a pass, counting faults fixed during the test. Age is whole years from first registration to the test, so a car having its first MOT a few weeks early counts as 2.
Like-for-like pass rates average each model's pass rate at ages 3 to 10 with the same age mix for every model, so a model is not flattered by a young fleet or penalised by an old one. Models are grouped by the first word of the DVSA model name, and names that cover several models are left out.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. RegTail's analysis of the DVSA anonymised MOT dataset, 2023 tests.