Pass rate
87.9%
Above average — 1.9 pts ahead of the 86.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 58 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £35–£90
2017 Honda Accord MOT pass rate
- 2017
- typical 104,373 mi
Only 58 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
Most common fault
Lamps & electrics
23.7% of faults · 12.2% nationally
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
- 86.5%
- Typical mileage
- 104k mi
The 2017 Honda Accord MOT pass rate is 87.9% of its MOT tests — 1.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Lamps & electrics is the biggest single reason it fails, at 23.7% 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: 1.9× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 23.7% of everything recorded on the 2017 Honda Accord, against 12.2% nationally — 11.5 points above. 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.
- Based on a small sample. 58 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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 2017 Honda Accord compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 86.0%, so this figure is 1.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 86.5%. The median 2017 Honda Accord in this dataset had covered 104,373 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 12.07% of tests.
- 58 recorded tests behind this page.
- 87.9% overall pass rate, 86.5% 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
- 58
- Typical mileage (median)
- 104,373 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
Windscreen
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Accord MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 75% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Accord
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| East of England | 21 | 76.2% |
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 2017 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 2017 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 windscreen 12.1% 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 5.2% of tests
“ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated”
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.
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Check the lights 3.5% of tests
“rear fog lamp missing”
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.
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 2017 Accord through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £35–£90 — and 39% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £35–£90
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp missing
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 39%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 58 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 2017 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 2017 cars with a similar record
- Skoda Octavia 87.9%
- BMW X3 87.9%
- SEAT Mii 87.9%
- Ford Mondeo 88.0%
- Toyota Avensis 88.0%
- Fiat Fullback 88.0%
Closest pass rates among 2017 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 2017 Honda Accord 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 8 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 14 | 23.70% | 12.21% | +11.49 |
| Tyres | 12 | 20.30% | 19.76% | +0.54 |
| Suspension | 10 | 16.90% | 20.98% | −4.08 |
| Visibility | 9 | 15.30% | 4.97% | +10.33 |
| Brakes | 6 | 10.20% | 20.89% | −10.69 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 3 | 5.10% | 5.52% | −0.42 |
| Non-component advisories | 3 | 5.10% | 4.18% | +0.92 |
| Steering | 2 | 3.40% | 2.57% | +0.83 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 12.1% | £80–200 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 5.2% | £18–45 |
| Side repeaters missing Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.2% | £5–25 |
| Rear fog lamp missing Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.5% | £3–15 |
| Switch missing Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.5% | £5–25 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 3.5% | £8–22 |
| Flexible brake hoses slightly twisted Brakes | Minor | 1.7% | £25–70 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.7% | £45–95 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.7% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.7% | £30–80 |
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 | 10.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 5.2% | £18–45 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 5.2% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 5.2% | £40–150 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 3.5% | £200–700 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 1.7% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 1 | 100.0% | 28,589 mi |
| 30-60k | 10 | 100.0% | 48,805 mi |
| 60-90k | 10 | 90.0% | 72,092 mi |
| 90-120k | 25 | 84.0% | 108,104 mi |
| 120k+ | 12 | 83.3% | 125,928 mi |
Source: 58 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.
2017 Accord MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2017 Honda Accord?
87.9% of the 58 2017 Honda Accord tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 86.0% for cars first used in 2017. First-attempt pass rate: 86.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2017 Honda Accord?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (12.07%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (5.17%), side repeaters missing (5.17%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2017 Honda Accord MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 83.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2017 Honda Accord in this dataset had covered 104,373 mi.