Pass rate
73.4%
Below average — 0.1 pts ahead of the 73.3% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 64 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £68–£176
2001 Honda Legend MOT pass rate
- 2001
- typical 103,958 mi
Only 64 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
Brakes
30.2% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2009 85.0% pass
- Avoid 2001 73.4% pass · this year
Across the 6 years on record, a spread of 11.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 66.0%
- Typical mileage
- 104k mi
The 2001 Honda Legend MOT pass rate is 73.4% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 30.2% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Honda Legend does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.4× the national share
Brakes make up 30.2% of everything recorded on the 2001 Honda Legend, against 20.9% nationally — 9.3 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 28% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
- Based on a small sample. 64 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
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How does the 2001 Honda Legend compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.3%, so this figure is 0.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 66.0%. The median 2001 Honda Legend in this dataset had covered 103,958 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 76.7% of the time, April–September 70.6%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Service brake performance excessively binding", noted on 6.25% of tests.
- 64 recorded tests behind this page.
- 73.4% overall pass rate, 66.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Honda Legend, the average is 81.9% — best year 2009 (85.0%), worst 2001 (73.4%).
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
- 64
- Typical mileage (median)
- 103,958 mi
- Make and model
- Honda Legend
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Brake Servicing
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Legend MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 56% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Legend
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| East of England | 18 | 55.6% |
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 2001 Legend
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 2001 Legend
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 steering 6.3% of tests
“steering rack gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt”
With the wheels straight, rock the steering wheel gently with the engine off — more than about an inch of free play before the wheels move is worth investigating. Split rack gaiters are cheap to replace and commonly recorded.
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Check the lights 4.7% of tests
“anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault”
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 suspension joints 3.1% of tests
“ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt”
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 2001 Legend through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £68–£176 — and 28% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £68–£176
- Cheapest common item: anti-lock braking system warning lamp…
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 28%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 64 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 Legend, side by side
6 model years on record, from 2000 to 2009. Across them the pass rate runs from 73.4% to 85.0% — a spread of 11.6 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 82.9% ball joint excessively worn
- 2001 73.4%service brake performance…
- 2006 83.4% wipers blade defective
- 2007 82.6% mirrors slightly damaged
- 2008 79.6% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2009 85.0% headlamp lens slightly 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 2001 Honda Legend 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 2001 cars with a similar record
- Vauxhall Agila 73.4%
- Toyota YARIS 72.9%
- Volkswagen Lupo 72.9%
- Audi A3 73.9%
- Peugeot 306 72.9%
- Volkswagen Passat 72.8%
Closest pass rates among 2001 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 2001 Honda Legend 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 159 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 | 48 | 30.20% | 20.89% | +9.31 |
| Suspension | 38 | 23.90% | 20.98% | +2.92 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 18 | 11.30% | 5.57% | +5.73 |
| Tyres | 16 | 10.10% | 19.76% | −9.66 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 12 | 7.50% | 5.52% | +1.98 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 10 | 6.30% | 12.21% | −5.91 |
| Steering | 9 | 5.70% | 2.57% | +3.13 |
| Visibility | 6 | 3.80% | 4.97% | −1.17 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 1 | 0.60% | 0.82% | −0.22 |
| Road Wheels | 1 | 0.60% | 0.75% | −0.15 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 6.3% | £60–150 |
| Steering rack gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Steering | Major | 6.3% | £120–300 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault Brakes | Major | 4.7% | £3–15 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 3.1% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 3.1% | £18–45 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 3.1% | £180–450 |
| Integral vehicle structure condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced Body, chassis, structure | Major | 3.1% | £180–450 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 3.1% | £80–250 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.1% | £5–25 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Major | 3.1% | £5–15 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 28.1% | £80–180 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 15.6% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 12.5% | £200–700 |
| Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 12.5% | £180–450 |
| Integral vehicle structure condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 9.4% | £180–450 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Advisory | 9.4% | £60–150 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 3 | 100.0% | 17,069 mi |
| 30-60k | 3 | 100.0% | 57,699 mi |
| 60-90k | 18 | 72.2% | 69,469 mi |
| 90-120k | 24 | 70.8% | 106,124 mi |
| 120k+ | 14 | 64.3% | 148,472 mi |
Source: 64 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.
2001 Legend MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2001 Honda Legend?
73.4% of the 64 2001 Honda Legend tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.3% for cars first used in 2001. First-attempt pass rate: 66.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2001 Honda Legend?
The three most recorded items are service brake performance excessively binding (6.25%), steering rack gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.25%), anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an abs fault (4.69%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2001 Honda Legend MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 64.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2001 Honda Legend in this dataset had covered 103,958 mi.
Does the season affect the 2001 Honda Legend MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 76.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 70.6%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.