Headlamp lens slightly defective on the Honda Civic
Headlamp lens slightly defective on the Honda Civic is recorded on 33,492 tests — 3.4% of all its MOT tests, against 0.9% across every car in the data. That is 3.8× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 0.9% of tests record it — this model is 3.8× that share |
| The 251 models compared | 36 of 251, 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, 4.4% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2011, 1.5%. The share has fallen 2.9 points over that time. Worst year 2004 at 7.1%; best 2011 at 1.5%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 263 | 5,970 | 4.4% |
| 2001 | 1,143 | 17,428 | 6.6% |
| 2002 | 1,665 | 25,691 | 6.5% |
| 2003 | 1,703 | 29,575 | 5.8% |
| 2004 | 2,884 | 40,589 | 7.1% |
| 2005 | 3,398 | 48,932 | 6.9% |
| 2006 | 3,714 | 55,712 | 6.7% |
| 2007 | 5,641 | 86,925 | 6.5% |
| 2008 | 4,813 | 80,215 | 6.0% |
| 2009 | 4,134 | 73,033 | 5.7% |
| 2010 | 3,219 | 64,137 | 5.0% |
| 2011 | 650 | 42,306 | 1.5% |
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 lens slightly defective: 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 →