Honda Fit (import) MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Honda Fit (import) in Great Britain in 2025 — 5,212 tests. Figures cover every Fit (import) first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Fit (import) ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
81.1%
8.8 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
5,212
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
3.2%
of Fit (import) first tests; national 7.3%

How the Fit (import) ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, Fit (import) vs all cars, 2025.

Honda Fit (import)All cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Honda Fit (import), vehicle age 11: 88.8%Honda Fit (import), vehicle age 12: 85.3%Honda Fit (import), vehicle age 13: 80.2%Honda Fit (import), vehicle age 14: 76.8%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 Fit (import) 76.8%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)Fit (import) testsFit (import) pass rateAll cars
1192188.8%68.6%
1295785.3%65.8%
131,26780.2%63.5%
1496276.8%61.2%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Fit (import) ahead
-22-11+0+11+22Age 11: +20.2 points vs the average car11Age 12: +19.5 points vs the average carAge 13: +16.7 points vs the average car13Age 14: +15.6 points vs the average carVehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
11+20.2
12+19.5
13+16.7
14+15.6

The Fit (import) fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the Fit (import) fleet still in use.

05001k1k2kAge 11: 92111Age 12: 957Age 13: 1k13Age 14: 96214Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
11921
12957
131,267
14962

What a Fit (import) fails on

Where the failure items land when a Fit (import) 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 equipment49.6%
Suspension16.6%
Tyres9.9%
Visibility9.5%
Brakes5.1%
Steering4.4%
Body, chassis, structure1.7%
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems1.2%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (98.0% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Tyres: 52.0% of advisories52.0%Suspension: 14.2% of advisories14.2%Brakes: 13.2% of advisories13.2%Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 10.0% of advisories10.0%Non-component advisories: 5.8% of advisoriesIdentification of the vehicle: 1.1% of advisories
TyresSuspensionBrakesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentNon-component advisoriesIdentification of the vehicle
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres52.0%
Suspension14.2%
Brakes13.2%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment10.0%
Non-component advisories5.8%
Identification of the vehicle1.1%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Fit (import)?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested Fit (import) 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%Hybrid electric: 82.6% of 4,069 tests82.6%Hybrid4,069 testsPetrol: 75.5% of 1,127 tests75.5%Petrol1,127 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Hybrid electric4,06982.6%
Petrol1,12775.5%

What mileage is normal for a Fit (import)?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Fit (import); 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 Fit (import) (median)
0k25k50k75k100k111314Vehicle age (years)Age 11: typical 53,750 miles (middle half 43,750–66,250)Age 12: typical 56,250 miles (middle half 43,750–68,750)Age 13: typical 56,250 miles (middle half 43,750–68,750)Age 14: typical 61,250 miles (middle half 46,250–76,250)61k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
1143,75053,75066,250
1243,75056,25068,750
1343,75056,25068,750
1446,25061,25076,250

What fails at each age

The Fit (import)'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 equipmentSuspensionTyresVisibilityBrakesSteeringEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment42.6%
10-13 yrsSuspension20.1%
10-13 yrsTyres11.8%
10-13 yrsVisibility9.2%
10-13 yrsBrakes6.0%
10-13 yrsEverything else10.3%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment48.3%
14+ yrsSuspension19.2%
14+ yrsTyres10.2%
14+ yrsVisibility7.5%
14+ yrsSteering5.0%
14+ yrsEverything else9.8%

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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. “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.