Pass rate
80.7%
Around average — 4.8 pts ahead of the 75.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 4,542 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £21–£58
2011 Honda Accord MOT pass rate
- 2011
- typical 116,409 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
22.6% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2019 94.7% pass
- Avoid 2002 68.7% pass
Across the 18 years on record, a spread of 26 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 76.6%
- Typical mileage
- 116k mi
The 2011 Honda Accord MOT pass rate is 80.7% of its MOT tests — 4.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 22.6% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Honda Accord does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.5× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 17.8% of everything recorded on the 2011 Honda Accord, against 12.2% nationally — 5.6 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 22.6%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 75.9% and this one manages 80.7% — 4.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2011 Honda Accord compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 75.9%, so this figure is 4.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 76.6%. The median 2011 Honda Accord in this dataset had covered 116,409 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 72% of tests, with a 78.8% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 80.5% of the time, April–September 81.0%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp lens slightly defective", noted on 3.83% of tests.
- 4,542 recorded tests behind this page.
- 80.7% overall pass rate, 76.6% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Honda Accord, the average is 75.4% — best year 2019 (94.7%), worst 2002 (68.7%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 4,542
- Typical mileage (median)
- 116,409 mi
- Make and model
- Honda Accord
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Headlight Bulb
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Accord MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 69% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (72% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Accord
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 761 | 82.3% |
| North West | 585 | 81.7% |
| South West | 568 | 74.8% |
| West Midlands | 565 | 82.7% |
| East of England | 511 | 81.4% |
| Scotland | 411 | 78.1% |
| Yorkshire | 367 | 82.0% |
| East Midlands | 274 | 82.5% |
| London | 207 | 87.4% |
| Wales | 156 | 78.8% |
| North East | 136 | 74.3% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2011 Accord
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2011 Accord
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the lights 3.8% of tests
“headlamp lens slightly defective”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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Check the windscreen 3.8% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
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Check the suspension joints 2.8% of tests
“ball joint excessively worn”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2011 Accord through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £21–£58 — and 54% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £21–£58
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 54%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 4,542 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the Accord, side by side
18 model years on record, from 2000 to 2019. Across them the pass rate runs from 68.7% to 94.7% — a spread of 26 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 69.8% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2001 69.5% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2002 68.7% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2003 72.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2004 72.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2005 73.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2006 74.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 74.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 76.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 77.8% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2010 80.0% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2011 80.7%headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2012 81.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 81.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 84.4% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2015 89.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2017 87.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 94.7% windscreen damaged but not…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2011 Honda Accord with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2011 cars with a similar record
- Land Rover Freelander 80.8%
- Audi Q5 80.8%
- BMW 1 Series 80.8%
- Mercedes-Benz Cls 80.8%
- BMW 520 80.6%
- Toyota Verso 80.5%
Closest pass rates among 2011 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2011 Honda Accord 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 8,229 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 1,874 | 22.60% | 20.98% | +1.62 |
| Brakes | 1,771 | 21.30% | 20.89% | +0.41 |
| Tyres | 1,583 | 19.10% | 19.76% | −0.66 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 1,477 | 17.80% | 12.21% | +5.59 |
| Visibility | 428 | 5.20% | 4.97% | +0.23 |
| Non-component advisories | 304 | 3.70% | 4.18% | −0.48 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 268 | 3.20% | 5.57% | −2.37 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 196 | 2.40% | 1.76% | +0.64 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 165 | 2.00% | 5.52% | −3.52 |
| Steering | 163 | 2.00% | 2.57% | −0.57 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.8% | £5–25 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.8% | £80–200 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.6% | £5–20 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.8% | £18–45 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.8% | £5–25 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.2% | £5–25 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.9% | £30–80 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.9% | £5–25 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.8% | £18–45 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 1.8% | £18–45 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 19.8% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 12.1% | £40–150 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 11.2% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 7.5% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 5.8% | £45–95 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Advisory | 4.3% | £60–150 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 37 | 89.2% | 24,349 mi |
| 30-60k | 323 | 94.1% | 47,706 mi |
| 60-90k | 885 | 85.0% | 76,555 mi |
| 90-120k | 1,168 | 79.8% | 104,827 mi |
| 120k+ | 2,122 | 77.3% | 161,012 mi |
Source: 4,542 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2011 Accord MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2011 Honda Accord?
80.7% of the 4,542 2011 Honda Accord tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 75.9% for cars first used in 2011. First-attempt pass rate: 76.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2011 Honda Accord?
The three most recorded items are headlamp lens slightly defective (3.83%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.76%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (3.59%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2011 Honda Accord MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 89.2% of the time, falling to 77.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2011 Honda Accord in this dataset had covered 116,409 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2011 Honda Accord?
Diesel: 78.8% pass rate across 3,273 tests. Petrol: 85.9% pass rate across 1,240 tests. LPG: 76.9% pass rate across 26 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2011 Honda Accord MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 80.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 81.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.