Honda Jazz MOT Check

The Honda Jazz has an average MOT pass rate of 78.0%, which is 10.3 percentage points below the Honda brand average of 88.3%. This is a reasonable result that reflects typical UK reliability standards. Regular servicing and addressing advisories promptly will help keep your Jazz on the road.

The most common reasons a Honda Jazz fails its MOT are a suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn, parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement, the strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any sub-frame, spring or suspension component mounting (a 'prescribed area') is significantly reduced or inadequately repaired. If you are preparing your Jazz for its MOT, checking these areas first could save you a retest fee. Our detailed fault analysis includes estimated repair costs for each failure type.

Typical mileage for the Jazz is around 28,000 miles at 5 years. When evaluating a used Jazz, compare the odometer reading against these benchmarks. Significantly lower mileage than expected could indicate a clocked vehicle — run a free mileage check to verify.

Before buying a used Honda Jazz, we recommend checking the full MOT history, write-off status, outstanding finance, and stolen vehicle status. These checks can be done for free using the registration number.