Pass rate
94.5%
Above average — 8.5 pts ahead of the 86.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 199 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £43–£108
2017 Honda Nsx MOT pass rate
- 2017
- typical 8,944 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
49.2% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tyre has a tear. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2017 94.5% pass · this year
- Avoid 2002 90.4% pass
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 4.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 94.2%
- Typical mileage
- 9k mi
The 2017 Honda Nsx MOT pass rate is 94.5% of its MOT tests — 8.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 49.2% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Honda Nsx does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.5× the national share
Tyres make up 49.2% of everything recorded on the 2017 Honda Nsx, against 19.8% nationally — 29.4 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- 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 86.0% and this one manages 94.5% — 8.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 22% 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.
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 2017 Honda Nsx compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 86.0%, so this figure is 8.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 94.2%. The median 2017 Honda Nsx in this dataset had covered 8,944 mi.
91% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Hybrid, which passed 95.0% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 94.4% of the time, April–September 94.5%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 2.01% of tests.
- 199 recorded tests behind this page.
- 94.5% overall pass rate, 94.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Honda Nsx, the average is 93.7% — best year 2017 (94.5%), worst 2002 (90.4%).
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
- 199
- Typical mileage (median)
- 8,944 mi
- Make and model
- Honda Nsx
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Windscreen
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Nsx MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 78% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Hybrid is the most common here (91% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Nsx
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| London | 69 | 95.7% |
| South East | 24 | 95.8% |
| West Midlands | 20 | 95.0% |
| East of England | 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 2017 Nsx
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 2017 Nsx
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 windscreen 2.0% 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 wipers and washers 1.0% 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 suspension joints 0.5% 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 2017 Nsx through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £43–£108 — and 22% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £43–£108
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp not working
- £3–£15
- 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
- 22%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 199 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 Nsx, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2002 to 2017. Across them the pass rate runs from 90.4% to 94.5% — a spread of 4.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2002 90.4% service brake performance…
- 2017 94.5%windscreen damaged but not…
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 2017 Honda Nsx 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 2017 cars with a similar record
- Porsche Cayman 94.6%
- Porsche Boxster 94.3%
- Lexus Rx 94.9%
- Porsche 911 95.2%
- Audi A8 93.8%
- Lexus Nx 93.5%
Closest pass rates among 2017 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 2017 Honda Nsx 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 9 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 29 | 49.20% | 19.76% | +29.44 |
| Visibility | 9 | 15.30% | 4.97% | +10.33 |
| Suspension | 5 | 8.50% | 20.98% | −12.48 |
| Brakes | 5 | 8.50% | 20.89% | −12.39 |
| Non-component advisories | 4 | 6.80% | 4.18% | +2.62 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 2 | 3.40% | 12.21% | −8.81 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 2 | 3.40% | 5.57% | −2.17 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 2 | 3.40% | 1.76% | +1.64 |
| Road Wheels | 1 | 1.70% | 0.75% | +0.95 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.0% | £80–200 |
| Service brake imbalance across an axle Brakes | Major | 1.5% | £45–110 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.0% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 1.0% | £45–95 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.0% | £8–22 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 0.50% | £18–45 |
| Fixing missing Road Wheels | Rectified | 0.50% | £20–55 |
| Horn not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.50% | £8–25 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 0.50% | £80–250 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.50% | £3–15 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 6.0% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 4.0% | £45–95 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 2.0% | £30–75 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 1.5% | £45–95 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 1.0% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 1.0% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 179 | 95.0% | 8,986 mi |
| 30-60k | 15 | 86.7% | 41,631 mi |
| 60-90k | 5 | 100.0% | 63,856 mi |
Source: 199 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.
2017 Nsx MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2017 Honda Nsx?
94.5% of the 199 2017 Honda Nsx tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 86.0% for cars first used in 2017. First-attempt pass rate: 94.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2017 Honda Nsx?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (2.01%), service brake imbalance across an axle (1.51%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.01%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2017 Honda Nsx MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 95.0% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2017 Honda Nsx in this dataset had covered 8,944 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2017 Honda Nsx?
Hybrid: 95.0% pass rate across 181 tests. Petrol: 88.9% pass rate across 18 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2017 Honda Nsx MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 94.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 94.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.