Pass rate
76.4%
Around average — 3.5 pts ahead of the 72.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 1,506 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £32–£85
2002 Honda Hr-V MOT pass rate
- 2002
- typical 102,388 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
22.1% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 97.7% pass
- Avoid 2006 71.4% pass
Across the 16 years on record, a spread of 26.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 71.3%
- Typical mileage
- 102k mi
The 2002 Honda Hr-V MOT pass rate is 76.4% of its MOT tests — 3.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 22.1% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Honda Hr-V does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Fewer problems with tyres
Tyres are 11.6% of this car’s recorded faults, against 19.8% nationally — the mirror image of the usual story on a car of this age.
- 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 72.9% and this one manages 76.4% — 3.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 60% 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 2002 Honda Hr-V compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.9%, so this figure is 3.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 71.3%. The median 2002 Honda Hr-V in this dataset had covered 102,388 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 76.4% of the time, April–September 76.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp lens slightly defective", noted on 7.57% of tests.
- 1,506 recorded tests behind this page.
- 76.4% overall pass rate, 71.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Honda Hr-V, the average is 90.9% — best year 2023 (97.7%), worst 2006 (71.4%).
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
- 1,506
- Typical mileage (median)
- 102,388 mi
- Make and model
- Honda Hr-V
- 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 Hr-V MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 64% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Hr-V
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 430 | 82.3% |
| South West | 297 | 71.4% |
| North West | 122 | 75.4% |
| West Midlands | 117 | 76.9% |
| East of England | 116 | 76.7% |
| Yorkshire | 111 | 76.6% |
| London | 100 | 83.0% |
| East Midlands | 72 | 72.2% |
| Scotland | 62 | 62.9% |
| Wales | 57 | 64.9% |
| North East | 22 | 77.3% |
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 2002 Hr-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 2002 Hr-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 lights 7.6% 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 4.7% 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.
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Check the suspension joints 4.6% 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.
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 2002 Hr-V through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £32–£85 — and 60% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £32–£85
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 60%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 1,506 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 Hr-V, side by side
16 model years on record, from 2000 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 71.4% to 97.7% — a spread of 26.3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 71.7% component mounting prescribed…
- 2001 73.3% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2002 76.4%headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2003 72.8% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2004 73.5% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2005 72.5% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2006 71.4% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2015 88.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2016 89.1% brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- 2017 91.3% brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- 2018 93.3% wipers blade defective
- 2019 95.0% wipers blade defective
- 2020 95.7% wipers blade defective
- 2021 96.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2022 96.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2023 97.7% all direction indicators flashing…
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 2002 Honda Hr-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 2002 cars with a similar record
- BMW 525 76.4%
- Saab 9-3 76.5%
- Toyota Hiace 76.6%
- Land Rover Defender 75.8%
- Toyota Corolla 75.8%
- MG Tf 77.1%
Closest pass rates among 2002 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 2002 Honda Hr-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 4,491 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 | 1,012 | 22.10% | 20.98% | +1.12 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 713 | 15.60% | 12.21% | +3.39 |
| Brakes | 589 | 12.90% | 20.89% | −7.99 |
| Tyres | 530 | 11.60% | 19.76% | −8.16 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 478 | 10.50% | 5.57% | +4.93 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 448 | 9.80% | 5.52% | +4.28 |
| Visibility | 218 | 4.80% | 4.97% | −0.17 |
| Non-component advisories | 183 | 4.00% | 4.18% | −0.18 |
| Steering | 179 | 3.90% | 2.57% | +1.33 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 141 | 3.10% | 1.76% | +1.34 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 7.6% | £5–25 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 4.7% | £180–450 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 4.6% | £18–45 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.6% | £5–20 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.0% | £30–80 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.9% | £5–25 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.8% | £3–12 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 2.7% | £8–22 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.5% | £3–12 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 2.5% | £18–45 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 17.6% | £200–700 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 14.9% | £80–180 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 14.8% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 13.7% | £45–95 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 10.3% | £18–45 |
| Registration plates inscription illegible Identification of the vehicle | Advisory | 8.7% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 11 | 90.9% | 24,912 mi |
| 30-60k | 162 | 81.5% | 46,935 mi |
| 60-90k | 385 | 79.0% | 76,720 mi |
| 90-120k | 497 | 75.5% | 104,827 mi |
| 120k+ | 451 | 72.9% | 145,918 mi |
Source: 1,506 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.
2002 Hr-V MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2002 Honda Hr-V?
76.4% of the 1,506 2002 Honda Hr-V tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.9% for cars first used in 2002. First-attempt pass rate: 71.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2002 Honda Hr-V?
The three most recorded items are headlamp lens slightly defective (7.57%), component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (4.65%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (4.58%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2002 Honda Hr-V MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 90.9% of the time, falling to 72.9% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2002 Honda Hr-V in this dataset had covered 102,388 mi.
Does the season affect the 2002 Honda Hr-V MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 76.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 76.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.