Honda Jazz MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Honda Jazz in Great Britain in 2025 — 339,813 tests. Figures cover every Jazz first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Jazz ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
74.4%
2.1 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
339,813
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
6.6%
of Jazz first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
46,250
middle half: 31,250–61,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Honda Jazz cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 364,144 Honda Jazz cars that were taxed or on SORN: 351,766 taxed and 12,378 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 Jazz vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
351,766
96.6% of the 364,144 Jazz cars taxed or on SORN; 75 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
12,378
declared off the road by their keepers — 3.4% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Jazz cars peaked at 357,394 at the end of 2022 and has since fallen by 5,628 (1.6%) to 351,766 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 1,343 at the end of 2014 to 12,378 at the end of 2025, up 821.7%. 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 Jazz cars, year by year

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

0100k200k300k400k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Jazz cars, year 2014: 292kTaxed Jazz cars, year 2015: 306kTaxed Jazz cars, year 2016: 321kTaxed Jazz cars, year 2017: 333kTaxed Jazz cars, year 2018: 345kTaxed Jazz cars, year 2019: 353kTaxed Jazz cars, year 2020: 350kTaxed Jazz cars, year 2021: 356kTaxed Jazz cars, year 2022: 357kTaxed Jazz cars, year 2023: 357kTaxed Jazz cars, year 2024: 351kTaxed Jazz cars, year 2025: 352k352k
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YearTaxed Jazz cars
2014292,142
2015306,222
2016321,017
2017333,266
2018345,424
2019352,726
2020350,477
2021355,566
2022357,394
2023356,724
2024351,006
2025351,766

Jazz 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)Jazz cars on SORN, year 2014: 1kJazz cars on SORN, year 2015: 2kJazz cars on SORN, year 2016: 3kJazz cars on SORN, year 2017: 4kJazz cars on SORN, year 2018: 5kJazz cars on SORN, year 2019: 6kJazz cars on SORN, year 2020: 8kJazz cars on SORN, year 2021: 8kJazz cars on SORN, year 2022: 9kJazz cars on SORN, year 2023: 10kJazz cars on SORN, year 2024: 11kJazz cars on SORN, year 2025: 12k12k
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YearJazz cars on SORN
20141,343
20152,155
20163,145
20174,082
20184,981
20195,995
20207,925
20218,149
20228,585
20239,666
202411,171
202512,378

Which model years survive

Taxed Jazz cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 351,766 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 Jazz cars
202510,7163.0%
20244,7571.4%
20238,3302.4%
202210,3793.0%
202114,2714.1%
202010,4753.0%
201916,4574.7%
201819,9005.7%
201717,8885.1%
201618,2905.2%
201517,6115.0%
201419,9265.7%
201321,0766.0%
201221,4536.1%
201119,7505.6%
201020,9556.0%
200922,1416.3%
200817,8575.1%
200717,0374.8%
200615,8444.5%
200512,1993.5%
20048,1992.3%
20034,4281.3%
All other build years (nine years, each under 1%)1,8270.5%

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 JAZZ 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 Jazz ages

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

Honda JazzAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Honda Jazz, vehicle age 3: 94%Honda Jazz, vehicle age 4: 92.8%Honda Jazz, vehicle age 5: 91.5%Honda Jazz, vehicle age 6: 90.3%Honda Jazz, vehicle age 7: 89.2%Honda Jazz, vehicle age 8: 87.8%Honda Jazz, vehicle age 9: 86.5%Honda Jazz, vehicle age 10: 83.6%Honda Jazz, vehicle age 11: 81.2%Honda Jazz, vehicle age 12: 77.8%Honda Jazz, vehicle age 13: 75.4%Honda Jazz, vehicle age 14: 72.9%Honda Jazz, vehicle age 15: 67.3%Honda Jazz, vehicle age 16: 64.1%Honda Jazz, vehicle age 17: 55.9%Honda Jazz, vehicle age 18: 55.9%Honda Jazz, vehicle age 19: 54.8%Honda Jazz, vehicle age 20: 53.5%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%All cars 57.6%Honda Jazz 53.5%
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Age (years)Jazz testsJazz pass rateAll cars
310,69394.0%88.5%
414,50092.8%87.2%
510,68991.5%86.0%
616,76190.3%83.5%
720,16789.2%80.9%
817,91587.8%78.2%
918,36886.5%74.9%
1017,74583.6%71.9%
1120,08181.2%68.6%
1221,14277.8%65.8%
1321,50375.4%63.5%
1419,91372.9%61.2%
1521,56267.3%59.3%
1623,14464.1%58.3%
1719,23055.9%57.2%
1818,49855.9%57.4%
1917,39354.8%57.0%
2013,71153.5%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Jazz aheadJazz behind
-14-7+0+7+14Age 3: +5.5 points vs the average car3Age 4: +5.6 points vs the average carAge 5: +5.5 points vs the average car5Age 6: +6.8 points vs the average carAge 7: +8.3 points vs the average car7Age 8: +9.6 points vs the average carAge 9: +11.6 points vs the average car9Age 10: +11.7 points vs the average carAge 11: +12.6 points vs the average car11Age 12: +12.0 points vs the average carAge 13: +11.9 points vs the average car13Age 14: +11.7 points vs the average carAge 15: +8.0 points vs the average car15Age 16: +5.8 points vs the average carAge 17: -1.3 points vs the average car17Age 18: -1.5 points vs the average carAge 19: -2.2 points vs the average car19Age 20: -4.1 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3+5.5
4+5.6
5+5.5
6+6.8
7+8.3
8+9.6
9+11.6
10+11.7
11+12.6
12+12.0
13+11.9
14+11.7
15+8.0
16+5.8
17-1.3
18-1.5
19-2.2
20-4.1

The Jazz fleet on the road, by age

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

07k15k22k30kAge 3: 10k3Age 4: 14kAge 5: 10k5Age 6: 16kAge 7: 20k7Age 8: 17kAge 9: 18k9Age 10: 17kAge 11: 20k11Age 12: 21kAge 13: 21k13Age 14: 19kAge 15: 21k15Age 16: 23kAge 17: 19k17Age 18: 18kAge 19: 17k19Age 20: 13k20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
310,693
414,500
510,689
616,761
720,167
817,915
918,368
1017,745
1120,081
1221,142
1321,503
1419,913
1521,562
1623,144
1719,230
1818,498
1917,393
2013,711

What a Jazz fails on

Where the failure items land when a Jazz 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 equipment28.5%
Brakes20.5%
Suspension16.8%
Visibility10.0%
Tyres9.6%
Noise, emissions and leaks5.5%
Body, chassis, structure5.0%
Steering1.7%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.6% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Brakes: 31.0% of advisories31.0%Tyres: 28.9% of advisories28.9%Suspension: 23.3% of advisories23.3%Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 4.1% of advisoriesNon-component advisories: 4.1% of advisoriesBody, chassis, structure: 4.0% of advisories
BrakesTyresSuspensionLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentNon-component advisoriesBody, chassis, structure
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CategoryShare of advisories
Brakes31.0%
Tyres28.9%
Suspension23.3%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment4.1%
Non-component advisories4.1%
Body, chassis, structure4.0%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Jazz?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested Jazz 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: 72.4% of 302,212 tests72.4%Petrol302,212 testsHybrid electric: 91.4% of 36,736 tests91.4%Hybrid36,736 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol302,21272.4%
Hybrid electric36,73691.4%

What mileage is normal for a Jazz?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Jazz; 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 Jazz (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 16,250 miles (middle half 11,250–21,250)Age 4: typical 21,250 miles (middle half 13,750–28,750)Age 5: typical 21,250 miles (middle half 13,750–31,250)Age 6: typical 26,250 miles (middle half 16,250–36,250)Age 7: typical 31,250 miles (middle half 21,250–46,250)Age 8: typical 33,750 miles (middle half 23,750–48,750)Age 9: typical 38,750 miles (middle half 26,250–56,250)Age 10: typical 46,250 miles (middle half 31,250–61,250)Age 11: typical 51,250 miles (middle half 36,250–71,250)Age 12: typical 58,750 miles (middle half 41,250–78,750)Age 13: typical 63,750 miles (middle half 46,250–86,250)Age 14: typical 71,250 miles (middle half 51,250–93,750)Age 15: typical 78,750 miles (middle half 56,250–103,750)Age 16: typical 81,250 miles (middle half 58,750–106,250)Age 17: typical 83,750 miles (middle half 61,250–108,750)Age 18: typical 83,750 miles (middle half 63,750–108,750)Age 19: typical 88,750 miles (middle half 66,250–113,750)Age 20: typical 93,750 miles (middle half 71,250–118,750)93k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
311,25016,25021,250
413,75021,25028,750
513,75021,25031,250
616,25026,25036,250
721,25031,25046,250
823,75033,75048,750
926,25038,75056,250
1031,25046,25061,250
1136,25051,25071,250
1241,25058,75078,750
1346,25063,75086,250
1451,25071,25093,750
1556,25078,750103,750
1658,75081,250106,250
1761,25083,750108,750
1863,75083,750108,750
1966,25088,750113,750
2071,25093,750118,750

What fails at each age

The Jazz'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.

TyresVisibilityBrakesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentSuspensionNoise, emissions and leaksEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres51.6%
3-5 yrsVisibility27.6%
3-5 yrsBrakes8.2%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment5.9%
3-5 yrsSuspension2.1%
3-5 yrsEverything else4.6%
6-9 yrsBrakes34.6%
6-9 yrsTyres32.6%
6-9 yrsVisibility16.9%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment6.9%
6-9 yrsSuspension4.7%
6-9 yrsEverything else4.3%
10-13 yrsBrakes25.9%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment20.8%
10-13 yrsTyres17.2%
10-13 yrsSuspension16.6%
10-13 yrsVisibility10.7%
10-13 yrsEverything else8.8%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment24.6%
14+ yrsBrakes22.6%
14+ yrsSuspension21.1%
14+ yrsTyres7.4%
14+ yrsNoise, emissions and leaks7.3%
14+ yrsEverything else17.0%

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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.