Honda HR-V MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Honda HR-V in Great Britain in 2025 — 38,767 tests. Figures cover every HR-V first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the HR-V ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
87.2%
14.9 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
38,767
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
4.0%
of HR-V first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
68,750
middle half: 51,250–88,750 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Honda HR-V cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 60,493 Honda HR-V cars that were taxed or on SORN: 58,706 taxed and 1,787 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 HR-V vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
58,706
97.0% of the 60,493 HR-V cars taxed or on SORN; 22 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
1,787
declared off the road by their keepers — 3.0% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed HR-V cars is still rising: 58,706 at the end of 2025, up 4,473 (8.2%) on the end of 2024, and the highest in the years shown. Cars on SORN went from 517 at the end of 2014 to 1,787 at the end of 2025, up 245.6%. 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 HR-V cars, year by year

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

020k40k60k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed HR-V cars, year 2014: 11kTaxed HR-V cars, year 2015: 13kTaxed HR-V cars, year 2016: 19kTaxed HR-V cars, year 2017: 23kTaxed HR-V cars, year 2018: 28kTaxed HR-V cars, year 2019: 31kTaxed HR-V cars, year 2020: 34kTaxed HR-V cars, year 2021: 33kTaxed HR-V cars, year 2022: 39kTaxed HR-V cars, year 2023: 47kTaxed HR-V cars, year 2024: 54kTaxed HR-V cars, year 2025: 59k59k
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YearTaxed HR-V cars
201411,063
201512,859
201618,635
201722,918
201827,562
201931,273
202033,598
202133,163
202238,910
202346,679
202454,233
202558,706

HR-V 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.

05001k2k2k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)HR-V cars on SORN, year 2014: 517HR-V cars on SORN, year 2015: 767HR-V cars on SORN, year 2016: 1kHR-V cars on SORN, year 2017: 1kHR-V cars on SORN, year 2018: 1kHR-V cars on SORN, year 2019: 1kHR-V cars on SORN, year 2020: 2kHR-V cars on SORN, year 2021: 2kHR-V cars on SORN, year 2022: 2kHR-V cars on SORN, year 2023: 2kHR-V cars on SORN, year 2024: 2kHR-V cars on SORN, year 2025: 2k2k
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YearHR-V cars on SORN
2014517
2015767
20161,066
20171,302
20181,350
20191,478
20201,598
20211,598
20221,574
20231,652
20241,668
20251,787

Which model years survive

Taxed HR-V cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 58,706 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. 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 HR-V cars
20255,3889.2%
20247,77813.2%
20238,42214.3%
20225,7679.8%
20203,6656.2%
20194,7748.1%
20185,94410.1%
20175,7669.8%
20166,77911.5%
20152,7204.6%
All other build years (14 years, each under 1%)1,7032.9%

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 HR-V 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 HR-V ages

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

Honda HR-VAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Honda HR-V, vehicle age 3: 95.3%Honda HR-V, vehicle age 5: 91.2%Honda HR-V, vehicle age 6: 91.1%Honda HR-V, vehicle age 7: 88.7%Honda HR-V, vehicle age 8: 86%Honda HR-V, vehicle age 9: 82.2%Honda HR-V, vehicle age 10: 81.9%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 HR-V 81.9%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)HR-V testsHR-V pass rateAll cars
36,34595.3%88.5%
53,70391.2%86.0%
64,85991.1%83.5%
76,07888.7%80.9%
85,82786.0%78.2%
96,84782.2%74.9%
102,76181.9%71.9%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

HR-V ahead
-12-6+0+6+12Age 3: +6.8 points vs the average car3Age 5: +5.2 points vs the average car5Age 6: +7.6 points vs the average carAge 7: +7.8 points vs the average car7Age 8: +7.8 points vs the average carAge 9: +7.3 points vs the average car9Age 10: +10.0 points vs the average carVehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3+6.8
5+5.2
6+7.6
7+7.8
8+7.8
9+7.3
10+10.0

The HR-V fleet on the road, by age

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

01k3k5k7kAge 3: 6k3Age 5: 3k5Age 6: 4kAge 7: 6k7Age 8: 5kAge 9: 6k9Age 10: 2k10Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
36,345
53,703
64,859
76,078
85,827
96,847
102,761

What an HR-V fails on

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

Tyres20.5%
Visibility17.7%
Brakes17.1%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment16.3%
Suspension16.2%
Noise, emissions and leaks4.3%
Body, chassis, structure3.0%
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems1.9%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.0% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Tyres: 44.9% of advisories44.9%Brakes: 23.0% of advisories23.0%Suspension: 17.3% of advisories17.3%Non-component advisories: 7.8% of advisories7.8%Identification of the vehicle: 1.9% of advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaks: 1.5% of advisories
TyresBrakesSuspensionNon-component advisoriesIdentification of the vehicleNoise, emissions and leaks
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres44.9%
Brakes23.0%
Suspension17.3%
Non-component advisories7.8%
Identification of the vehicle1.9%
Noise, emissions and leaks1.5%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid HR-V?

First-time pass rate for the three most-tested HR-V 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: 86.5% of 22,960 tests86.5%Petrol22,960 testsDiesel: 82.5% of 8,669 tests82.5%Diesel8,669 testsHybrid electric: 95.3% of 7,135 tests95.3%Hybrid7,135 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol22,96086.5%
Diesel8,66982.5%
Hybrid electric7,13595.3%

What mileage is normal for an HR-V?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) HR-V; 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 HR-V (median)
0k25k50k75k100k357910Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 18,750 miles (middle half 13,750–26,250)Age 5: typical 28,750 miles (middle half 21,250–38,750)Age 6: typical 33,750 miles (middle half 26,250–46,250)Age 7: typical 43,750 miles (middle half 31,250–56,250)Age 8: typical 51,250 miles (middle half 38,750–68,750)Age 9: typical 61,250 miles (middle half 43,750–78,750)Age 10: typical 68,750 miles (middle half 51,250–88,750)68k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
313,75018,75026,250
521,25028,75038,750
626,25033,75046,250
731,25043,75056,250
838,75051,25068,750
943,75061,25078,750
1051,25068,75088,750

What fails at each age

The HR-V'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.

TyresBrakesVisibilityLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentSuspensionNoise, emissions and leaksBody, chassis, structureEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres44.2%
3-5 yrsBrakes21.7%
3-5 yrsVisibility20.1%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment5.3%
3-5 yrsSuspension3.7%
3-5 yrsEverything else5.0%
6-9 yrsTyres27.8%
6-9 yrsBrakes24.8%
6-9 yrsSuspension19.9%
6-9 yrsVisibility14.1%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment5.8%
6-9 yrsEverything else7.6%
10-13 yrsTyres25.4%
10-13 yrsSuspension23.8%
10-13 yrsBrakes21.1%
10-13 yrsVisibility10.8%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment8.8%
10-13 yrsEverything else10.1%
14+ yrsSuspension23.0%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment22.2%
14+ yrsNoise, emissions and leaks12.1%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure10.8%
14+ yrsBrakes10.0%
14+ yrsEverything else21.9%

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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.