Pass rate
85.0%
Above average — 2.9 pts behind the 87.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 100 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £20–£56
2018 Honda Odyssey MOT pass rate
- 2018
- typical 77,968 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
25.2% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Part only £35–£75 for Suspension pin or bush excessively worn. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2016 94.0% pass
- Avoid 2021 74.0% pass
Across the 18 years on record, a spread of 20 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 83.3%
- Typical mileage
- 78k mi
The 2018 Honda Odyssey MOT pass rate is 85.0% of its MOT tests — 2.9 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 25.2% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Honda Odyssey does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Steering: 4.3× the national share
Steering accounts for 11.0% of everything recorded on the 2018 Honda Odyssey, against 2.6% nationally — 8.4 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 25.2%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. Ask for the steering to be checked for play with the wheels on the ground, not on a jack.
- 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. 100 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 2018 Honda Odyssey compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 87.9%, so this figure is 2.9 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 83.3%. The median 2018 Honda Odyssey in this dataset had covered 77,968 mi.
80% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Petrol, which passed 82.5% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 88.9% of the time, April–September 81.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated", noted on 14.00% of tests.
- 100 recorded tests behind this page.
- 85.0% overall pass rate, 83.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Honda Odyssey, the average is 85.7% — best year 2016 (94.0%), worst 2021 (74.0%).
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
- 100
- Typical mileage (median)
- 77,968 mi
- Make and model
- Honda Odyssey
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
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 Odyssey 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 (80% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Odyssey
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| West Midlands | 26 | 92.3% |
| East of England | 17 | 82.4% |
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 2018 Odyssey
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 2018 Odyssey
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 14.0% of tests
“ball joint dust cover severely 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 4.0% 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 3.0% 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.
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 2018 Odyssey through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £20–£56 — and 28% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £20–£56
- Cheapest common item: srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 28%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 100 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 Odyssey, side by side
18 model years on record, from 2004 to 2021. Across them the pass rate runs from 74.0% to 94.0% — a spread of 20 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2004 76.8% wipers blade defective
- 2005 80.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2006 85.2% wipers blade defective
- 2007 88.7% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2008 87.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 84.0% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2010 79.5% rear fog lamp missing
- 2011 86.0% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2012 83.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 89.4% window excessively tinted but not…
- 2014 89.2% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2015 87.7% rear fog lamp not working
- 2016 94.0% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2017 84.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2018 85.0%ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2019 84.0% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2020 81.8% all direction indicators flashing…
- 2021 74.0% rear fog lamp missing
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 2018 Honda Odyssey 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 2018 cars with a similar record
- BMW 640 85.0%
- Peugeot 308 84.9%
- Volvo V40 84.8%
- Renault Kadjar 84.8%
- MG Gs 84.8%
- Vauxhall Crossland 84.7%
Closest pass rates among 2018 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 2018 Honda Odyssey 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 162 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 | 41 | 25.20% | 20.98% | +4.22 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 30 | 18.40% | 12.21% | +6.19 |
| Brakes | 20 | 12.30% | 20.89% | −8.59 |
| Tyres | 18 | 11.00% | 19.76% | −8.76 |
| Steering | 18 | 11.00% | 2.57% | +8.43 |
| Non-component advisories | 12 | 7.40% | 4.18% | +3.22 |
| Visibility | 11 | 6.70% | 4.97% | +1.73 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 7 | 4.30% | 5.52% | −1.22 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 3 | 1.80% | 5.57% | −3.77 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 2 | 1.20% | 0.82% | +0.38 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 14.0% | £18–45 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.0% | £5–20 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 4.0% | £18–45 |
| Rear fog lamp does not emit a steady red light Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.0% | £3–15 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 3.0% | £18–45 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.0% | £80–200 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.0% | £30–80 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.0% | £40–150 |
| Rear fog lamp missing Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.0% | £3–15 |
| Srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 2.0% | £3–12 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 11.0% | £40–150 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 10.0% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 8.0% | £18–45 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 5.0% | £200–700 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 4.0% | £18–45 |
| Non-component advisories Play in steering rack inner joint(s) Non-component advisories | Advisory | 4.0% | £120–300 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 1 | 100.0% | 29,803 mi |
| 30-60k | 21 | 95.2% | 47,048 mi |
| 60-90k | 36 | 80.6% | 72,653 mi |
| 90-120k | 23 | 78.3% | 108,260 mi |
| 120k+ | 19 | 89.5% | 154,616 mi |
Source: 100 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.
2018 Odyssey MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2018 Honda Odyssey?
85.0% of the 100 2018 Honda Odyssey tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 87.9% for cars first used in 2018. First-attempt pass rate: 83.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2018 Honda Odyssey?
The three most recorded items are ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (14.00%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.00%), track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (4.00%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2018 Honda Odyssey MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 89.5% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2018 Honda Odyssey in this dataset had covered 77,968 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2018 Honda Odyssey?
Petrol: 82.5% pass rate across 80 tests. Hybrid: 95.0% pass rate across 20 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2018 Honda Odyssey MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 88.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 81.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.