Pass rate
75.3%
Around average — 1.5 pts ahead of the 73.8% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 5,970 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £55–£153
2000 Honda Civic MOT pass rate
- 2000
- typical 92,547 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
24.1% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2022 95.6% pass
- Avoid 2003 71.7% pass
Across the 24 years on record, a spread of 23.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 69.9%
- Typical mileage
- 93k mi
The 2000 Honda Civic MOT pass rate is 75.3% of its MOT tests — 1.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 24.1% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Honda Civic does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Fewer problems with tyres
Tyres are 10.6% of this car’s recorded faults, against 19.8% nationally — the mirror image of the usual story on a car of this age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 28% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
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 2000 Honda Civic compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.8%, so this figure is 1.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 69.9%. The median 2000 Honda Civic in this dataset had covered 92,547 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 74.9% of the time, April–September 75.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated", noted on 6.21% of tests.
- 5,970 recorded tests behind this page.
- 75.3% overall pass rate, 69.9% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Honda Civic, the average is 79.2% — best year 2022 (95.6%), worst 2003 (71.7%).
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
- 5,970
- Typical mileage (median)
- 92,547 mi
- Make and model
- Honda Civic
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Body Panel Repair
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Civic MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 65% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Civic
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 1,351 | 76.2% |
| South West | 1,008 | 70.3% |
| West Midlands | 683 | 80.5% |
| North West | 650 | 76.9% |
| East of England | 642 | 73.8% |
| East Midlands | 472 | 77.3% |
| Yorkshire | 399 | 76.9% |
| Scotland | 255 | 70.2% |
| Wales | 219 | 68.5% |
| London | 183 | 80.9% |
| North East | 108 | 79.6% |
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 2000 Civic
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 2000 Civic
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 suspension joints 4.7% 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 4.4% 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 corrosion 3.6% of tests
“component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength”
Look under the sills, around the jacking points and where the suspension mounts meet the body. Flaking, holed or crumbly metal fails; a brown stain on sound metal does not.
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 2000 Civic through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £55–£153 — and 28% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £55–£153
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 28%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 5,970 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 Civic, side by side
24 model years on record, from 2000 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 71.7% to 95.6% — a spread of 23.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 75.3%joints constant velocity boot…
- 2001 72.0% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2002 72.2% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2003 71.7% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2004 72.5% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2005 72.8% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2006 72.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 72.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 72.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 73.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 74.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 75.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 82.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 84.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 86.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2015 87.3% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2016 88.4% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2017 89.2% brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- 2018 89.5% wipers blade defective
- 2019 91.3% wipers blade defective
- 2020 93.0% wipers blade defective
- 2021 93.8% wipers blade defective
- 2022 95.6% wipers blade defective
- 2023 94.0% rear fog lamp missing
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 2000 Honda Civic 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 2000 cars with a similar record
- MG Mgf 75.0%
- Land Rover Discovery 75.7%
- Land Rover Defender 74.7%
- BMW 3 Series 76.5%
- Saab 9-3 76.6%
- Toyota Corolla 76.7%
Closest pass rates among 2000 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 2000 Honda Civic 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 17,794 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 | 4,366 | 24.10% | 20.98% | +3.12 |
| Brakes | 3,157 | 17.40% | 20.89% | −3.49 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 2,204 | 12.20% | 12.21% | −0.01 |
| Tyres | 1,926 | 10.60% | 19.76% | −9.16 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1,827 | 10.10% | 5.57% | +4.53 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1,501 | 8.30% | 5.52% | +2.78 |
| Steering | 955 | 5.30% | 2.57% | +2.73 |
| Visibility | 760 | 4.20% | 4.97% | −0.77 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 616 | 3.40% | 1.76% | +1.64 |
| Non-component advisories | 482 | 2.70% | 4.18% | −1.48 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 6.2% | £80–250 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 4.7% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.4% | £5–25 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 3.6% | £180–450 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.6% | £80–200 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.4% | £5–20 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 2.7% | £80–250 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 2.5% | £60–150 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 2.5% | £18–45 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 2.4% | £8–22 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 18.5% | £40–150 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 14.1% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 12.8% | £200–700 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 12.3% | £80–180 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 11.2% | £45–95 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 10.6% | £30–75 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 92 | 87.0% | 22,716 mi |
| 30-60k | 963 | 77.1% | 48,054 mi |
| 60-90k | 1,741 | 76.2% | 75,342 mi |
| 90-120k | 1,736 | 74.4% | 103,671 mi |
| 120k+ | 1,430 | 73.4% | 146,704 mi |
Source: 5,970 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.
2000 Civic MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2000 Honda Civic?
75.3% of the 5,970 2000 Honda Civic tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.8% for cars first used in 2000. First-attempt pass rate: 69.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2000 Honda Civic?
The three most recorded items are joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (6.21%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (4.67%), headlamp lens slightly defective (4.41%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2000 Honda Civic MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 87.0% of the time, falling to 73.4% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2000 Honda Civic in this dataset had covered 92,547 mi.
Does the season affect the 2000 Honda Civic MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 74.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 75.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.