Pass rate
76.4%
Around average — 3.3 pts ahead of the 73.1% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 38,592 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £23–£64
2008 Honda Cr-V MOT pass rate
- 2008
- 2 trims combined
- typical 130,993 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
31.9% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 97.3% pass
- Avoid 2000 68.7% pass
Across the 24 years on record, a spread of 28.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 70.3%
- Typical mileage
- 131k mi
The 2008 Honda Cr-V MOT pass rate is 76.4% of its MOT tests — 3.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 31.9% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Honda Cr-V does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.5× the national share
Suspension accounts for 31.9% of everything recorded on the 2008 Honda Cr-V, against 21.0% nationally — 10.9 points above. Ask for the front and rear suspension to be checked on a ramp before you buy — worn bushes and broken springs are cheap to look at and expensive to discover at test time.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 73.1% and this one manages 76.4% — 3.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 24% 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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Every Honda Cr-V first registered in 2008 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2008 Honda Cr-V compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.1%, so this figure is 3.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 70.3%. The median 2008 Honda Cr-V in this dataset had covered 130,993 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 60% of tests, with a 74.6% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 76.5% of the time, April–September 76.4%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated", noted on 11.20% of tests.
- 38,592 recorded tests behind this page.
- 76.4% overall pass rate, 70.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Honda Cr-V, the average is 83.0% — best year 2023 (97.3%), worst 2000 (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
- 38,592
- Typical mileage (median)
- 130,993 mi
- Make and model
- Honda Cr-V
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Ball Joint
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Cr-V MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 65% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (60% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Cr-V
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 9,277 | 78.4% |
| South West | 6,004 | 71.8% |
| East of England | 4,150 | 77.7% |
| West Midlands | 3,553 | 79.3% |
| North West | 3,417 | 76.9% |
| Yorkshire | 2,922 | 75.5% |
| Scotland | 2,626 | 68.9% |
| London | 2,176 | 84.7% |
| East Midlands | 2,072 | 76.9% |
| Wales | 1,516 | 74.9% |
| North East | 868 | 75.5% |
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 2008 Cr-V
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 2008 Cr-V
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 11.2% 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 6.5% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
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 the windscreen 3.5% 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.
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 2008 Cr-V through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £23–£64 — and 24% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £23–£64
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 24%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 38,592 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 Cr-V, side by side
24 model years on record, from 2000 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 68.7% to 97.3% — a spread of 28.6 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 68.7% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2001 70.4% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2002 69.5% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2003 69.5% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2004 70.0% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2005 71.9% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2006 72.5% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2007 74.1% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2008 76.4%ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2009 78.7% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2010 81.8% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2011 82.8% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2012 84.2% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2013 86.7% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2014 87.7% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2015 89.2% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2016 90.7% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2017 91.4% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2018 92.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 95.2% wipers blade defective
- 2020 96.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2021 95.9% wipers does not clear the…
- 2022 96.5% headlamp aim too high
- 2023 97.3% electronic stability control…
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 2008 Honda Cr-V 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 2008 cars with a similar record
- Ford Fusion 76.4%
- Audi A4 76.3%
- Suzuki Jimny 76.6%
- Hyundai Amica 76.2%
- Toyota Auris 76.7%
- Land Rover Discovery 76.7%
Closest pass rates among 2008 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 2008 Honda Cr-V 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 102,875 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 | 33,115 | 31.90% | 20.98% | +10.92 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 14,964 | 14.40% | 12.21% | +2.19 |
| Tyres | 13,608 | 13.10% | 19.76% | −6.66 |
| Brakes | 12,436 | 12.00% | 20.89% | −8.89 |
| Steering | 8,289 | 8.00% | 2.57% | +5.43 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 7,006 | 6.70% | 5.57% | +1.13 |
| Non-component advisories | 4,239 | 4.10% | 4.18% | −0.08 |
| Visibility | 3,791 | 3.60% | 4.97% | −1.37 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 3,563 | 3.40% | 5.52% | −2.12 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1,864 | 1.80% | 1.76% | +0.04 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 11.2% | £18–45 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 9.6% | £18–45 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 6.5% | £5–20 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.5% | £80–200 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 2.7% | £80–250 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.7% | £18–45 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.4% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.4% | £5–25 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 2.3% | £18–45 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.1% | £5–25 |
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 | 21.2% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 14.7% | £40–150 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 9.3% | £45–110 |
| Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 7.9% | £180–450 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 7.5% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 6.4% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 85 | 92.9% | 22,481 mi |
| 30-60k | 831 | 85.3% | 49,541 mi |
| 60-90k | 4,122 | 83.0% | 78,092 mi |
| 90-120k | 9,794 | 79.3% | 106,250 mi |
| 120k+ | 23,725 | 73.8% | 155,854 mi |
Source: 38,592 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.
2008 Cr-V MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2008 Honda Cr-V?
76.4% of the 38,592 2008 Honda Cr-V tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.1% for cars first used in 2008. First-attempt pass rate: 70.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2008 Honda Cr-V?
The three most recorded items are ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (11.20%), track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (9.63%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (6.48%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2008 Honda Cr-V MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 92.9% of the time, falling to 73.8% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2008 Honda Cr-V in this dataset had covered 130,993 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2008 Honda Cr-V?
Diesel: 74.6% pass rate across 23,345 tests. Petrol: 79.2% pass rate across 15,225 tests. LPG: 78.9% pass rate across 19 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2008 Honda Cr-V MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 76.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 76.4%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.