Pass rate
85.5%
Above average — 6.5 pts behind the 92.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 55 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £22–£64
2022 Honda Fit MOT pass rate
- 2022
- typical 62,426 mi
Only 55 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
Most common fault
Tyres
31.1% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2015 93.5% pass
- Avoid 2007 75.4% pass
Across the 17 years on record, a spread of 18.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 83.3%
- Typical mileage
- 62k mi
The 2022 Honda Fit MOT pass rate is 85.5% of its MOT tests — 6.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 31.1% of what testers record.
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MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Honda Fit does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 2.2× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 26.7% of everything recorded on the 2022 Honda Fit, against 12.2% nationally — 14.5 points above. Tyres are still the single largest share at 31.1%, but at 19.8% nationally that one is ordinary. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 92.0%; this one manages 85.5% — 6.5 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 57% of the repairs this model fails on cost under £30 in parts. The pass rate matters less than what a bad afternoon at the test centre actually costs you.
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 2022 Honda Fit compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 92.0%, so this figure is 6.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 83.3%. The median 2022 Honda Fit in this dataset had covered 62,426 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp not working on dipped beam", noted on 5.45% of tests.
- 55 recorded tests behind this page.
- 85.5% overall pass rate, 83.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Honda Fit, the average is 88.9% — best year 2015 (93.5%), worst 2007 (75.4%).
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
- 55
- Typical mileage (median)
- 62,426 mi
- Make and model
- Honda Fit
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Headlight Bulb
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Fit MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 65% so small gaps stay visible.
What fails a 2022 Fit
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 2022 Fit
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 lights 5.5% of tests
“headlamp not working on dipped beam”
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 wipers and washers 3.6% of tests
“wipers blade defective”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
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Check the brakes 1.8% of tests
“brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
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 2022 Fit through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £22–£64 — and 57% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £22–£64
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp does not emit a steady red light
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: bumpers damaged
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 57%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 55 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 Fit, side by side
17 model years on record, from 2007 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 75.4% to 93.5% — a spread of 18.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2007 75.4% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2008 77.0% rear fog lamp not working
- 2009 81.7% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2010 82.3% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2011 86.9% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2012 89.3% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2013 91.8% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2014 93.0% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2015 93.5% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2016 93.2% rear fog lamp not working
- 2017 92.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2018 92.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2019 88.7% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2020 80.0% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2021 86.9% linkage ball joint dust cover…
- 2022 85.5%headlamp not working on dipped…
- 2023 91.2% linkage ball joint dust cover…
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 2022 Honda Fit 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 2022 cars with a similar record
- Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace 85.3%
- Mercedes-Benz Eqc 85.9%
- BMW X5 XDRIVE45E 85.9%
- Vauxhall Corsa E 86.2%
- Vauxhall Combo 84.7%
- BMW 330E 86.9%
Closest pass rates among 2022 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 2022 Honda Fit 10 failure items · 5 advisories · 9 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 14 | 31.10% | 19.76% | +11.34 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 12 | 26.70% | 12.21% | +14.49 |
| Brakes | 7 | 15.60% | 20.89% | −5.29 |
| Visibility | 5 | 11.10% | 4.97% | +6.13 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 2 | 4.40% | 5.57% | −1.17 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 2 | 4.40% | 5.52% | −1.12 |
| Suspension | 1 | 2.20% | 20.98% | −18.78 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 2.20% | 1.76% | +0.44 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 1 | 2.20% | 0.82% | +1.38 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.5% | £5–25 |
| Rear fog lamp does not emit a steady red light Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.6% | £3–15 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 3.6% | £8–22 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Major | 1.8% | £45–110 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 1.8% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.8% | £18–45 |
| Buckle not functioning as intended Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Rectified | 1.8% | £40–120 |
| Bumpers damaged and likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted Body, chassis, structure | Major | 1.8% | £80–250 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault Brakes | Major | 1.8% | £3–15 |
| Has ply or cords damaged Tyres | Major | 1.8% | £45–95 |
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 | 16.4% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 5.5% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 5.5% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 3.6% | £200–700 |
| Headlamp has a product on the lens so that the light output is severely reduced Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Advisory | 3.6% | £5–25 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 8 | 100.0% | 19,091 mi |
| 30-60k | 15 | 100.0% | 47,534 mi |
| 60-90k | 30 | 73.3% | 68,175 mi |
| 120k+ | 2 | 100.0% | 129,345 mi |
Source: 55 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.
2022 Fit MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2022 Honda Fit?
85.5% of the 55 2022 Honda Fit tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 92.0% for cars first used in 2022. First-attempt pass rate: 83.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2022 Honda Fit?
The three most recorded items are headlamp not working on dipped beam (5.45%), rear fog lamp does not emit a steady red light (3.64%), wipers blade defective (3.64%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2022 Honda Fit MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2022 Honda Fit in this dataset had covered 62,426 mi.