Pass rate
91.7%
Above average — 19.5 pts ahead of the 72.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 192 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £25–£81
2004 Honda Integra MOT pass rate
- 2004
- typical 93,952 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Suspension
27.2% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2018 93.8% pass
- Avoid 2000 82.4% pass
Across the 20 years on record, a spread of 11.4 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 91.0%
- Typical mileage
- 94k mi
The 2004 Honda Integra MOT pass rate is 91.7% of its MOT tests — 19.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 27.2% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.3× the national share
Suspension accounts for 27.2% of everything recorded on the 2004 Honda Integra, against 21.0% nationally — 6.2 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 72.2% and this one manages 91.7% — 19.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 192 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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
Watching a Honda Integra? Get an email when these numbers change .
How does the 2004 Honda Integra compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.2%, so this figure is 19.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 91.0%. The median 2004 Honda Integra in this dataset had covered 93,952 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 90.7% of the time, April–September 92.5%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Position lamp not working", noted on 2.08% of tests.
- 192 recorded tests behind this page.
- 91.7% overall pass rate, 91.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Honda Integra, the average is 89.1% — best year 2018 (93.8%), worst 2000 (82.4%).
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
- 192
- Typical mileage (median)
- 93,952 mi
- Make and model
- Honda Integra
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
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 Integra MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 78% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the Honda Integra is most common
Across all Integra model years on record (2000–2020): 1,776 Honda Integra cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 3,298 tests. Birmingham (B) has the most, with 78 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.
| # | Postcode area | Cars | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham (B) | 78 | 97.4% |
| 2 | Leicester (LE) | 48 | 90.9% |
| 3 | Reading (RG) | 47 | 83.0% |
| 4 | Guildford (GU) | 45 | 87.5% |
| 5 | Sheffield (S) | 39 | 92.9% |
| 6 | Bristol (BS) | 38 | 85.5% |
| 7 | Exeter (EX) | 34 | 84.1% |
| 8 | Glasgow (G) | 32 | 93.2% |
| 9 | Norwich (NR) | 31 | 85.2% |
| 10 | Portsmouth (PO) | 30 | 80.9% |
| 11 | Coventry (CV) | 30 | 91.7% |
| 12 | Ashford (TN) | 30 | 96.5% |
| 13 | Manchester (M) | 30 | 98.0% |
| 14 | York (YO) | 30 | 88.9% |
| 15 | Southampton (SO) | 28 | 85.9% |
| 16 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 28 | 90.2% |
| 17 | Stourbridge (DY) | 28 | 90.7% |
| 18 | Gloucester (GL) | 27 | 89.1% |
| 19 | Edinburgh (EH) | 26 | 81.8% |
| 20 | Milton Keynes (MK) | 26 | 95.6% |
The twenty areas with the most Honda Integra cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →
Regional pass rates for the Integra
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 35 | 94.3% |
| South West | 32 | 81.3% |
| East Midlands | 23 | 91.3% |
| West Midlands | 23 | 95.7% |
| Scotland | 22 | 90.9% |
| Yorkshire | 17 | 94.1% |
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 2004 Integra
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 2004 Integra
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.
-
Check the lights 2.1% 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.
-
Check the suspension joints 2.1% of tests
“track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or 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.
-
Check the exhaust and emissions 1.0% of tests
“catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
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 2004 Integra through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £25–£81 — and 42% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £25–£81
- Cheapest common item: position lamp not working
- £5–£25
- 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
- 42%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 192 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 Integra, side by side
20 model years on record, from 2000 to 2020. Across them the pass rate runs from 82.4% to 93.8% — a spread of 11.4 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 82.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2001 92.0% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2002 90.5% catalyst emissions lambda reading…
- 2003 88.0% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2004 91.7%position lamp not working
- 2005 88.5% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2006 88.8% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2007 89.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2008 90.1% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2009 90.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2010 83.3% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2012 90.9% ball joint dust cover no longer…
- 2013 89.3% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2014 89.3% brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- 2015 91.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2016 88.4% service brake imbalance across an…
- 2017 87.4% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2018 93.8% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2019 90.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 90.0% service brake imbalance across an…
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 2004 Honda Integra 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 2004 cars with a similar record
- Bentley Continental 89.2%
- BMW M3 88.2%
- Porsche 911 87.2%
- Mercedes-Benz Sl 86.7%
- Mercedes-Benz S-Class 83.1%
- Subaru Impreza 82.2%
Closest pass rates among 2004 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 2004 Honda Integra 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 167 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 | 46 | 27.20% | 20.98% | +6.22 |
| Brakes | 36 | 21.30% | 20.89% | +0.41 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 24 | 14.20% | 12.21% | +1.99 |
| Tyres | 21 | 12.40% | 19.76% | −7.36 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 13 | 7.70% | 5.57% | +2.13 |
| Steering | 9 | 5.30% | 2.57% | +2.73 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 7 | 4.10% | 5.52% | −1.42 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 6 | 3.60% | 1.76% | +1.84 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 3 | 1.80% | 0.82% | +0.98 |
| Visibility | 2 | 1.20% | 4.97% | −3.77 |
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 | 2.1% | £5–25 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 2.1% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.6% | £5–25 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 1.6% | £80–250 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 1.0% | £18–45 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.0% | £60–250 |
| Headlamp has a product on the lens so that the light output is severely reduced Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.0% | £5–25 |
| Headlamp not working on main beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.0% | £5–25 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 1.0% | £18–45 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 1.0% | £45–110 |
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 | 7.3% | £45–95 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 6.3% | £18–45 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 6.3% | £40–150 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 4.7% | £45–110 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 3.6% | £25–65 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 3.1% | £80–180 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 1 | 100.0% | 12,740 mi |
| 30-60k | 13 | 92.3% | 55,612 mi |
| 60-90k | 69 | 91.3% | 75,707 mi |
| 90-120k | 72 | 94.4% | 102,065 mi |
| 120k+ | 37 | 86.5% | 138,640 mi |
Source: 192 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.
2004 Integra MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2004 Honda Integra?
91.7% of the 192 2004 Honda Integra tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.2% for cars first used in 2004. First-attempt pass rate: 91.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2004 Honda Integra?
The three most recorded items are position lamp not working (2.08%), track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (2.08%), headlamp lens slightly defective (1.56%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2004 Honda Integra MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 86.5% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2004 Honda Integra in this dataset had covered 93,952 mi.
Does the season affect the 2004 Honda Integra MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 90.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 92.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.