Pass rate
87.7%
Above average — 7.5 pts ahead of the 80.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 903 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £24–£71
2014 Honda Insight MOT pass rate
- 2014
- typical 91,660 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
22.9% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£40 for Brake pads under 1.5 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2014 87.7% pass · this year
- Avoid 2001 76.3% pass
Across the 14 years on record, a spread of 11.4 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 86.5%
- Typical mileage
- 92k mi
The 2014 Honda Insight MOT pass rate is 87.7% of its MOT tests — 7.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 22.9% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Honda Insight does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
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 80.2% and this one manages 87.7% — 7.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
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 2014 Honda Insight compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 80.2%, so this figure is 7.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 86.5%. The median 2014 Honda Insight in this dataset had covered 91,660 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 87.9% of the time, April–September 87.5%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Position lamp not working", noted on 1.77% of tests.
- 903 recorded tests behind this page.
- 87.7% overall pass rate, 86.5% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Honda Insight, the average is 81.9% — best year 2014 (87.7%), worst 2001 (76.3%).
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
- 903
- Typical mileage (median)
- 91,660 mi
- Make and model
- Honda Insight
- 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 Insight MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 74% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Insight
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 273 | 86.4% |
| London | 228 | 89.0% |
| East of England | 97 | 84.5% |
| West Midlands | 72 | 91.7% |
| South West | 48 | 89.6% |
| Yorkshire | 48 | 81.3% |
| East Midlands | 42 | 92.9% |
| North West | 36 | 88.9% |
| Scotland | 21 | 85.7% |
| North East | 20 | 85.0% |
| Wales | 18 | 94.4% |
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 2014 Insight
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 2014 Insight
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 1.8% of tests
“position lamp not working”
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 1.4% 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.
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Check the brakes 1.3% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
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 2014 Insight through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £24–£71 — and 52% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £24–£71
- 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
- 52%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 903 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 Insight, side by side
14 model years on record, from 2000 to 2021. Across them the pass rate runs from 76.3% to 87.7% — a spread of 11.4 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 81.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2001 76.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2002 83.0% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2009 79.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 80.9% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2011 83.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 84.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 85.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 87.7%position lamp not working
- 2015 81.3% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2016 81.7% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2019 81.8% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2020 80.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2021 86.8% track rod end ball joint dust…
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 2014 Honda Insight 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 2014 cars with a similar record
- BMW 530 87.8%
- Audi Tt 87.6%
- Toyota GT86 87.6%
- Mazda Mx-5 87.5%
- MINI Countryman 87.4%
- MINI Paceman 87.4%
Closest pass rates among 2014 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 2014 Honda Insight 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 1,035 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 239 | 22.90% | 20.89% | +2.01 |
| Tyres | 236 | 22.60% | 19.76% | +2.84 |
| Suspension | 182 | 17.40% | 20.98% | −3.58 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 169 | 16.20% | 12.21% | +3.99 |
| Visibility | 60 | 5.70% | 4.97% | +0.73 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 42 | 4.00% | 5.52% | −1.52 |
| Non-component advisories | 37 | 3.50% | 4.18% | −0.68 |
| Steering | 28 | 2.70% | 2.57% | +0.13 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 26 | 2.50% | 5.57% | −3.07 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 16 | 1.50% | 1.76% | −0.26 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.8% | £5–25 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.8% | £5–20 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.4% | £80–200 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.3% | £18–45 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 1.3% | £80–250 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.2% | £18–45 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.2% | £8–22 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.1% | £5–25 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.1% | £5–25 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 1.1% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 10.1% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 8.4% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 8.2% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 7.5% | £45–110 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 7.2% | £30–75 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 4.0% | £25–65 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 63 | 92.1% | 23,307 mi |
| 30-60k | 196 | 89.8% | 46,088 mi |
| 60-90k | 183 | 87.4% | 73,815 mi |
| 90-120k | 129 | 82.2% | 104,504 mi |
| 120k+ | 332 | 88.0% | 179,084 mi |
Source: 903 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.
2014 Insight MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2014 Honda Insight?
87.7% of the 903 2014 Honda Insight tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 80.2% for cars first used in 2014. First-attempt pass rate: 86.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2014 Honda Insight?
The three most recorded items are position lamp not working (1.77%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (1.77%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (1.44%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2014 Honda Insight MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 92.1% of the time, falling to 88.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2014 Honda Insight in this dataset had covered 91,660 mi.
Does the season affect the 2014 Honda Insight MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 87.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 87.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.