Pass rate
85.5%
Above average — 8.3 pts ahead of the 77.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 73,306 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £16–£45
2012 Honda Jazz MOT pass rate
- 2012
- 2 trims combined
- typical 61,231 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Brakes
27.9% 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 →
1.3 pts down across model years — 2.1% in 2002, 0.8% in 2020.
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 97.7% pass
- Avoid 2002 71.6% pass
Across the 22 years on record, a spread of 26.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 83.2%
- Typical mileage
- 61k mi
The 2012 Honda Jazz MOT pass rate is 85.5% of its MOT tests — 8.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 27.9% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.3× the national share
Brakes make up 27.9% of everything recorded on the 2012 Honda Jazz, against 20.9% nationally — 7.0 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- 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 77.2% and this one manages 85.5% — 8.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- 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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Every Honda Jazz first registered in 2012 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2012 Honda Jazz compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 77.2%, so this figure is 8.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 83.2%. The median 2012 Honda Jazz in this dataset had covered 61,231 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Petrol — 94% of tests, with a 85.4% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 85.6% of the time, April–September 85.5%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt", noted on 4.14% of tests.
- 73,306 recorded tests behind this page.
- 85.5% overall pass rate, 83.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Honda Jazz, the average is 83.3% — best year 2023 (97.7%), worst 2002 (71.6%).
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
- 73,306
- Typical mileage (median)
- 61,231 mi
- Make and model
- Honda Jazz
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
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 Jazz MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 70% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (94% of tests).
Where the Honda Jazz is most common
Across all Jazz model years on record (2002–2023): 463,721 Honda Jazz cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 1,163,881 tests. Birmingham (B) has the most, with 16,399 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) | 16,399 | 86.1% |
| 2 | Bristol (BS) | 10,850 | 78.5% |
| 3 | Kingston upon Thames (KT) | 8,851 | 89.4% |
| 4 | Brighton (BN) | 8,147 | 81.4% |
| 5 | Nottingham (NG) | 8,115 | 84.0% |
| 6 | Sheffield (S) | 7,937 | 84.8% |
| 7 | Reading (RG) | 7,911 | 83.5% |
| 8 | Guildford (GU) | 7,823 | 83.7% |
| 9 | Portsmouth (PO) | 7,533 | 81.6% |
| 10 | Wembley (HA) | 7,490 | 86.5% |
| 11 | Poole (BH) | 7,366 | 82.1% |
| 12 | Manchester (M) | 7,233 | 80.7% |
| 13 | Leicester (LE) | 7,132 | 84.6% |
| 14 | Southampton (SO) | 7,118 | 81.8% |
| 15 | Glasgow (G) | 6,963 | 78.8% |
| 16 | Edinburgh (EH) | 6,697 | 80.5% |
| 17 | High Wycombe (HP) | 6,177 | 86.3% |
| 18 | Ashford (TN) | 5,875 | 81.6% |
| 19 | Peterborough (PE) | 5,835 | 84.0% |
| 20 | Crawley (RH) | 5,817 | 83.7% |
The twenty areas with the most Honda Jazz 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 Jazz
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 18,241 | 86.7% |
| South West | 10,356 | 83.5% |
| North West | 7,854 | 86.4% |
| East of England | 6,951 | 86.6% |
| West Midlands | 6,924 | 86.9% |
| Scotland | 5,746 | 79.1% |
| Yorkshire | 5,072 | 85.5% |
| London | 4,163 | 87.7% |
| East Midlands | 3,950 | 86.9% |
| Wales | 2,220 | 84.5% |
| North East | 1,825 | 85.8% |
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 2012 Jazz
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 2012 Jazz
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 4.1% 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.
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Check the lights 3.4% 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 1.8% 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 2012 Jazz through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £16–£45 — and 57% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £16–£45
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 57%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 73,306 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 Jazz, side by side
22 model years on record, from 2002 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 71.6% to 97.7% — a spread of 26.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2002 71.6% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2003 72.6% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2004 72.3% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2005 71.8% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2006 72.8% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2007 73.0% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2008 73.7% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2009 79.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 81.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 84.4% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2012 85.5%track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2013 87.3% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2014 89.0% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2015 90.5% wipers blade defective
- 2016 91.7% wipers blade defective
- 2017 92.6% wipers blade defective
- 2018 93.4% wipers blade defective
- 2019 94.8% wipers blade defective
- 2020 96.0% wipers blade defective
- 2021 96.1% wipers blade defective
- 2022 96.4% wipers blade defective
- 2023 97.7% wipers blade defective
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 2012 Honda Jazz 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 2012 cars with a similar record
Closest pass rates among 2012 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 2012 Honda Jazz 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 96,975 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 | 27,402 | 27.90% | 20.89% | +7.01 |
| Tyres | 22,938 | 23.30% | 19.76% | +3.54 |
| Suspension | 15,328 | 15.60% | 20.98% | −5.38 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 12,828 | 13.10% | 12.21% | +0.89 |
| Visibility | 6,371 | 6.50% | 4.97% | +1.53 |
| Steering | 3,855 | 3.90% | 2.57% | +1.33 |
| Non-component advisories | 3,702 | 3.80% | 4.18% | −0.38 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 2,331 | 2.40% | 1.76% | +0.64 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1,331 | 1.40% | 5.57% | −4.17 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 889 | 0.90% | 5.52% | −4.62 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 4.1% | £18–45 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.4% | £5–20 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.9% | £5–25 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.9% | £5–25 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.8% | £80–200 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.7% | £5–25 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.7% | £18–45 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.6% | £8–22 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 1.6% | £18–45 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.5% | £8–22 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 12.6% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 11.9% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 10.8% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 10.4% | £45–110 |
| Suspension arm corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 3.8% | £35–85 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Advisory | 3.0% | £60–150 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 6,958 | 91.8% | 22,749 mi |
| 30-60k | 28,384 | 87.9% | 45,877 mi |
| 60-90k | 24,500 | 84.0% | 73,281 mi |
| 90-120k | 9,739 | 81.0% | 102,228 mi |
| 120k+ | 3,689 | 78.1% | 141,089 mi |
Source: 73,306 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.
2012 Jazz MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2012 Honda Jazz?
85.5% of the 73,306 2012 Honda Jazz tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 77.2% for cars first used in 2012. First-attempt pass rate: 83.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2012 Honda Jazz?
The three most recorded items are track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (4.14%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (3.37%), position lamp not working (1.90%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2012 Honda Jazz MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 91.8% of the time, falling to 78.1% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2012 Honda Jazz in this dataset had covered 61,231 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2012 Honda Jazz?
Petrol: 85.4% pass rate across 68,683 tests. Hybrid: 87.5% pass rate across 3,502 tests. Other: 85.5% pass rate across 676 tests. Electric: 86.7% pass rate across 427 tests. Diesel: 72.2% pass rate across 18 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2012 Honda Jazz MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 85.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 85.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.