ABS warning lamp on on the Honda Civic

ABS warning lamp on on the Honda Civic is recorded on 9,259 tests — 0.9% of all its MOT tests, against 0.3% across every car in the data. That is 3.0× the national share.

Is this unusual for this model?

Compared with	What it says
Every car in the data	0.3% of tests record it — this model is 3.0× that share
The 218 models compared	32 of 218, highest first
The model's own record	985,342 tests · every year of the Civic →

A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Honda Civic 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, 0.8% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2018, 0.2%. The share has fallen 0.5 points over that time. Worst year 2006 at 1.1%; best 2017 at 0.2%.

Year	Failures recorded	Tests	Share of tests
2000	89	11,940	0.8%
2001	298	34,856	0.8%
2002	325	51,382	0.6%
2003	229	59,150	0.4%
2004	230	81,178	0.3%
2005	313	97,864	0.3%
2006	1,233	111,424	1.1%
2007	1,681	173,850	1.0%
2008	1,316	160,430	0.8%
2009	796	146,066	0.5%
2010	414	128,274	0.3%
2012	789	93,502	0.8%
2013	578	106,850	0.5%
2017	197	95,872	0.2%
2018	197	88,672	0.2%

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 £3–£15 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

ABS warning lamp on: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
Honda Civic MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
Every Honda model →