Pass rate
83.4%
Around average — 10.9 pts ahead of the 72.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 235 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £28–£72
2006 Honda Legend MOT pass rate
- 2006
- typical 92,531 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
31.4% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2009 85.0% pass
- Avoid 2001 73.4% pass
Across the 6 years on record, a spread of 11.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 81.3%
- Typical mileage
- 93k mi
The 2006 Honda Legend MOT pass rate is 83.4% of its MOT tests — 10.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 31.4% 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
Suspension: 1.5× the national share
Suspension accounts for 31.4% of everything recorded on the 2006 Honda Legend, against 21.0% nationally — 10.4 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 72.5% and this one manages 83.4% — 10.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 62% 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 2006 Honda Legend compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.5%, so this figure is 10.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 81.3%. The median 2006 Honda Legend in this dataset had covered 92,531 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 81.1% of the time, April–September 85.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Wipers blade defective", noted on 5.53% of tests.
- 235 recorded tests behind this page.
- 83.4% overall pass rate, 81.3% 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
- 235
- Typical mileage (median)
- 92,531 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
Wiper Blade
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Legend MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 70% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Legend
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 66 | 84.8% |
| North West | 29 | 75.9% |
| South West | 26 | 65.4% |
| West Midlands | 22 | 81.8% |
| East Midlands | 19 | 94.7% |
| Yorkshire | 18 | 94.4% |
| Scotland | 15 | 80.0% |
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 2006 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 2006 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 wipers and washers 5.5% of tests
“wipers blade defective”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
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Check the lights 3.4% of tests
“mirrors slightly damaged”
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 brakes 1.7% 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 2006 Legend through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £28–£72 — and 62% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £28–£72
- Cheapest common item: mirrors slightly damaged
- £3–£15
- 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
- 62%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 235 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 2006 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 2006 cars with a similar record
- Mercedes-Benz S-Class 83.6%
- Porsche Cayman 83.8%
- Porsche Cayenne 83.0%
- Toyota Estima 82.9%
- Toyota Alphard 82.8%
- BMW 535 82.5%
Closest pass rates among 2006 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 2006 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 432 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 | 136 | 31.40% | 20.98% | +10.42 |
| Brakes | 86 | 19.90% | 20.89% | −0.99 |
| Tyres | 64 | 14.80% | 19.76% | −4.96 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 44 | 10.20% | 12.21% | −2.01 |
| Visibility | 34 | 7.90% | 4.97% | +2.93 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 27 | 6.20% | 5.52% | +0.68 |
| Non-component advisories | 12 | 2.80% | 4.18% | −1.38 |
| Steering | 10 | 2.30% | 2.57% | −0.27 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 10 | 2.30% | 1.76% | +0.54 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 9 | 2.10% | 5.57% | −3.47 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 5.5% | £8–22 |
| Mirrors slightly damaged Visibility | Minor | 3.4% | £3–15 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.4% | £5–25 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 3.0% | £60–150 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 2.5% | £45–95 |
| Side repeaters lens defective which has no effect on emitted light Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.5% | £3–15 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.7% | £18–45 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 1.7% | £180–450 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.7% | £8–22 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.3% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 21.7% | £25–65 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 14.5% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 11.1% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 8.9% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 7.7% | £200–700 |
| Anti-roll bar corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 6.8% | £12–30 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 6 | 100.0% | 23,663 mi |
| 30-60k | 19 | 78.9% | 50,231 mi |
| 60-90k | 82 | 82.9% | 77,879 mi |
| 90-120k | 65 | 86.2% | 103,565 mi |
| 120k+ | 62 | 82.3% | 145,758 mi |
Source: 235 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.
2006 Legend MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2006 Honda Legend?
83.4% of the 235 2006 Honda Legend tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.5% for cars first used in 2006. First-attempt pass rate: 81.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2006 Honda Legend?
The three most recorded items are wipers blade defective (5.53%), mirrors slightly damaged (3.40%), position lamp not working (3.40%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2006 Honda Legend MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 82.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2006 Honda Legend in this dataset had covered 92,531 mi.
Does the season affect the 2006 Honda Legend MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 81.1% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 85.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.