Honda Accord MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Honda Accord in Great Britain in 2025 — 22,894 tests. Figures cover every Accord first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Accord ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
61.3%
11.0 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
22,894
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
10.8%
of Accord first tests; national 7.3%

How many Honda Accord cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 32,737 Honda Accord cars that were taxed or on SORN: 20,919 taxed and 11,818 on SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification — kept, but declared off the road by the keeper). The MOT figures above count tests; these count cars, across the whole United Kingdom, cars only. Honda Accord vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
20,919
63.9% of the 32,737 Accord cars taxed or on SORN; 167 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
11,818
declared off the road by their keepers — 36.1% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Accord cars peaked at 94,477 at the end of 2014 and has since fallen by 73,558 (77.9%) to 20,919 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 5,079 at the end of 2014 to 11,818 at the end of 2025, up 132.7%. A car leaves the taxed count when it is scrapped, exported or declared off the road; the year-end counts do not say which.

Taxed Accord cars, year by year

Cars of this model taxed and on the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025.

020k40k60k80k100k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Accord cars, year 2014: 94kTaxed Accord cars, year 2015: 85kTaxed Accord cars, year 2016: 76kTaxed Accord cars, year 2017: 67kTaxed Accord cars, year 2018: 58kTaxed Accord cars, year 2019: 49kTaxed Accord cars, year 2020: 43kTaxed Accord cars, year 2021: 37kTaxed Accord cars, year 2022: 32kTaxed Accord cars, year 2023: 28kTaxed Accord cars, year 2024: 24kTaxed Accord cars, year 2025: 21k21k
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YearTaxed Accord cars
201494,477
201585,411
201676,304
201766,566
201857,535
201949,407
202042,824
202136,616
202232,226
202328,036
202424,149
202520,919

Accord cars on SORN, year by year

Cars of this model declared off the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025. Its own scale — SORN counts are a fraction of the taxed count.

05k10k15k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Accord cars on SORN, year 2014: 5kAccord cars on SORN, year 2015: 6kAccord cars on SORN, year 2016: 8kAccord cars on SORN, year 2017: 8kAccord cars on SORN, year 2018: 9kAccord cars on SORN, year 2019: 10kAccord cars on SORN, year 2020: 11kAccord cars on SORN, year 2021: 11kAccord cars on SORN, year 2022: 11kAccord cars on SORN, year 2023: 12kAccord cars on SORN, year 2024: 12kAccord cars on SORN, year 2025: 12k12k
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YearAccord cars on SORN
20145,079
20156,353
20167,528
20178,454
20189,105
20199,979
202010,910
202111,194
202211,338
202311,740
202411,707
202511,818

Which model years survive

Taxed Accord cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 20,919 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. 1 taxed Accord car has no recorded year of manufacture and is not in the table, so the rows add up to 20,918. A build year's count depends on how many were sold that year as well as how many have lasted.

Year of manufacture Taxed, end of 2025Share of taxed Accord cars
20144302.1%
20134802.3%
20121,0935.2%
20111,1855.7%
20101,1615.5%
20092,65512.7%
20082,34411.2%
20072,34711.2%
20062,09110.0%
20052,11210.1%
20041,7588.4%
20031,1795.6%
20023661.7%
20013501.7%
20004632.2%
19992891.4%
All other build years (33 years, each under 1%)6152.9%

Population source: Department for Transport / DVLA vehicle licensing statistics, table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026; counts of the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, United Kingdom, cars only, excluding cars recorded with no model name. SortedCars groups DVLA's model name ACCORD under this model. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, DVLA or the Department for Transport.

How the Accord ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, Accord vs all cars, 2025.

Honda AccordAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Honda Accord, vehicle age 13: 71.8%Honda Accord, vehicle age 14: 69.5%Honda Accord, vehicle age 15: 67%Honda Accord, vehicle age 16: 63.9%Honda Accord, vehicle age 17: 60.9%Honda Accord, vehicle age 18: 57.3%Honda Accord, vehicle age 19: 58%Honda Accord, vehicle age 20: 57.8%All cars, vehicle age 3: 88.5%All cars, vehicle age 4: 87.2%All cars, vehicle age 5: 86%All cars, vehicle age 6: 83.5%All cars, vehicle age 7: 80.9%All cars, vehicle age 8: 78.2%All cars, vehicle age 9: 74.9%All cars, vehicle age 10: 71.9%All cars, vehicle age 11: 68.6%All cars, vehicle age 12: 65.8%All cars, vehicle age 13: 63.5%All cars, vehicle age 14: 61.2%All cars, vehicle age 15: 59.3%All cars, vehicle age 16: 58.3%All cars, vehicle age 17: 57.2%All cars, vehicle age 18: 57.4%All cars, vehicle age 19: 57%All cars, vehicle age 20: 57.6%Honda Accord 57.8%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)Accord testsAccord pass rateAll cars
131,09771.8%63.5%
141,19269.5%61.2%
151,17467.0%59.3%
162,74863.9%58.3%
172,53560.9%57.2%
182,60157.3%57.4%
192,29558.0%57.0%
202,38157.8%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

The Accord's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the Accord beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

Accord aheadAccord behind
-10-5+0+5+10Age 13: +8.3 points vs the average car13Age 14: +8.3 points vs the average carAge 15: +7.7 points vs the average car15Age 16: +5.6 points vs the average carAge 17: +3.7 points vs the average car17Age 18: -0.1 points vs the average carAge 19: +1.0 points vs the average car19Age 20: +0.2 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
13+8.3
14+8.3
15+7.7
16+5.6
17+3.7
18-0.1
19+1.0
20+0.2

The Accord fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the Accord fleet still in use.

07501k2k3kAge 13: 1k13Age 14: 1kAge 15: 1k15Age 16: 2kAge 17: 2k17Age 18: 2kAge 19: 2k19Age 20: 2k20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
131,097
141,192
151,174
162,748
172,535
182,601
192,295
202,381

What an Accord fails on

Where the failure items land when an Accord fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment33.0%
Suspension20.0%
Brakes15.0%
Tyres7.9%
Visibility6.3%
Body, chassis, structure6.2%
Noise, emissions and leaks6.1%
Steering2.4%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (96.9% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a Accord, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Suspension: 34.8% of advisories34.8%Brakes: 20.9% of advisories20.9%Tyres: 20.8% of advisories20.8%Body, chassis, structure: 6.3% of advisoriesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 4.9% of advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaks: 3.9% of advisories
SuspensionBrakesTyresBody, chassis, structureLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentNoise, emissions and leaks
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CategoryShare of advisories
Suspension34.8%
Brakes20.9%
Tyres20.8%
Body, chassis, structure6.3%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment4.9%
Noise, emissions and leaks3.9%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Accord?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested Accord fuel types, 2025, against the all-cars average. Fleet ages differ by fuel — newer fleets help the electrified bars.

50%60%70%80%90%100%all cars 72.3%Petrol: 61.1% of 14,090 tests61.1%Petrol14,090 testsDiesel: 61.5% of 8,728 tests61.5%Diesel8,728 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol14,09061.1%
Diesel8,72861.5%

What mileage is normal for an Accord?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Accord; the shaded band holds the middle half. A car far outside the band, in either direction, is worth questions the recorded history can answer.

Typical Accord (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k175k1315171920Vehicle age (years)Age 13: typical 108,750 miles (middle half 81,250–141,250)Age 14: typical 118,750 miles (middle half 88,750–153,750)Age 15: typical 126,250 miles (middle half 93,750–161,250)Age 16: typical 131,250 miles (middle half 101,250–163,750)Age 17: typical 128,750 miles (middle half 101,250–163,750)Age 18: typical 131,250 miles (middle half 101,250–163,750)Age 19: typical 133,750 miles (middle half 101,250–168,750)Age 20: typical 128,750 miles (middle half 101,250–158,750)128k mi

Mileage values are midpoints of 2,500-mile bands.

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
1381,250108,750141,250
1488,750118,750153,750
1593,750126,250161,250
16101,250131,250163,750
17101,250128,750163,750
18101,250131,250163,750
19101,250133,750168,750
20101,250128,750158,750

What fails at each age

The Accord's failure mix by age band, 2025 — each band's top categories at their true share of that band's failure items; the pale remainder is everything else. How the mix shifts with age is the point of the chart.

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentBrakesSuspensionTyresVisibilityBody, chassis, structureEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment29.8%
10-13 yrsBrakes25.1%
10-13 yrsSuspension18.6%
10-13 yrsTyres14.5%
10-13 yrsVisibility4.6%
10-13 yrsEverything else7.4%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment29.0%
14+ yrsSuspension22.3%
14+ yrsBrakes15.9%
14+ yrsTyres8.2%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure6.9%
14+ yrsEverything else17.7%

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How these figures are computed. Every number on this page is calculated by SortedCars from the DVSA anonymised MOT results dataset (every MOT test in Great Britain — 2025 for single-year figures; trend figures state their span, currently 2023–2025). Where a figure comes from a sample or uses banded values (mileage is banded to 2,500 miles), the page says so beside the figure. Test class 4 only, first tests only — retests are excluded. Class 4 is the car MOT class and also covers car-derived vans, pickups and motorhomes tested to the same standard; where this page says "cars" it means class 4. Pass rate = passes ÷ (passes + failures + pass-after-rectification): a vehicle that failed and was fixed during the visit counts as a fail. Pass rates describe fleets, not individual machines: they reflect how cars were driven, maintained and used as well as how they were built, and beyond recorded mileage none of that is in the data. A well-kept example of a model with a weak average can still pass; a neglected example of a strong one can still fail. No figure is shown for any group with fewer than 500 tests. Alias spellings of a make in the DVSA file are counted under one make name, and all trims and variants of a model are grouped under one model name, using SortedCars' grouping tables. The taxed and SORN counts on this page are the one exception: they are not computed from MOT records but taken from the Department for Transport's vehicle licensing statistics (DfT/DVLA table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0), which count the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, UK-wide, cars only. They describe a model as a whole, grouped under SortedCars' model names, and say nothing about any one car. “Dangerous” is DVSA's statutory defect category (in force since May 2018): a defect posing an immediate risk to road safety — driving the vehicle before repair is an offence. What these figures are for. These statistics are general information about groups of vehicles. They are not advice, a valuation or a recommendation to buy, avoid or price any particular vehicle, and no decision about one car should rest on them alone — check the car itself and its own records. We take care over the calculations, but we cannot guarantee they are complete, current or free of error, and we accept no liability for loss arising from reliance on them. This does not limit any liability that cannot lawfully be limited — see our Terms & Conditions. If you believe any figure on this page is inaccurate, contact us. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the DVSA or DVLA. DVSA publishes the raw test records; the statistics on this page are SortedCars' own calculations from them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.