Headlamp has a product on the lens so that the light output is severely reduced on the Honda Accord
Headlamp has a product on the lens so that the light output is severely reduced on the Honda Accord is recorded on 6,444 tests — 6.7% of all its MOT tests, against 1.0% across every car in the data. That is 6.7× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 1.0% of tests record it — this model is 6.7× that share |
| The 245 models compared | 4 of 245, highest first |
| The model's own record | 95,487 tests · every year of the Accord → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Honda Accord tested, whatever its mileage, service history and use. The like-for-like comparison on the model page is the fairer number.
Year by year
In 2000, 2.5% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2014, 0.5%. The share has fallen 2.0 points over that time. Worst year 2005 at 2.7%; best 2014 at 0.5%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 215 | 8,493 | 2.5% |
| 2001 | 155 | 6,324 | 2.5% |
| 2002 | 175 | 6,522 | 2.7% |
| 2003 | 393 | 18,264 | 2.1% |
| 2004 | 686 | 28,461 | 2.4% |
| 2005 | 899 | 33,375 | 2.7% |
| 2006 | 825 | 32,181 | 2.6% |
| 2007 | 926 | 35,706 | 2.6% |
| 2008 | 768 | 32,007 | 2.4% |
| 2009 | 774 | 33,651 | 2.3% |
| 2010 | 245 | 13,626 | 1.8% |
| 2011 | 195 | 13,626 | 1.4% |
| 2012 | 147 | 12,456 | 1.2% |
| 2013 | 24 | 3,550 | 0.7% |
| 2014 | 16 | 2,978 | 0.5% |
Years with fewer than 0.2% of tests recording the item are left out: a year with two failures in 400 tests is noise, and this table is not here to make noise look like a trend.
What it costs
A typical UK repair for this item is £5–£25 fitted. It is a job a careful owner can do at home. What the part is, and what to buy →
Prices are typical UK supply-and-fitting estimates, not quotes. What happens if it fails covers the retest rules.
Where this sits
- Headlamp has a product on the lens so that the light output is severely reduced: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
- Honda Accord MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Honda model →