Pass rate
81.8%
Around average — 8.9 pts behind the 90.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 55 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £9–£29
2020 Honda Odyssey MOT pass rate
- 2020
- typical 63,244 mi
Only 55 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
Tyres
26.7% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
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
- 78.7%
- Typical mileage
- 63k mi
The 2020 Honda Odyssey MOT pass rate is 81.8% of its MOT tests — 8.9 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 26.7% 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
Advisories: 3.2× the national share
Advisories make up 13.3% of everything recorded on the 2020 Honda Odyssey, against 4.2% nationally — 9.1 points above. Tyres are still the single largest share at 26.7%, but at 19.8% nationally that one is ordinary. Most of what testers record here is advisory — worth reading, not worth walking away from on its own.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 90.7%; this one manages 81.8% — 8.9 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 71% 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 2020 Honda Odyssey compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 90.7%, so this figure is 8.9 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 78.7%. The median 2020 Honda Odyssey in this dataset had covered 63,244 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "All direction indicators flashing more than 120 times a minute", noted on 7.27% of tests.
- 55 recorded tests behind this page.
- 81.8% overall pass rate, 78.7% 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
- 55
- Typical mileage (median)
- 63,244 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
Indicator Bulb
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Odyssey MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 42% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Odyssey
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| East of England | 18 | 77.8% |
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 2020 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 2020 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 lights 7.3% of tests
“all direction indicators flashing more than 120 times a minute”
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 3.6% of tests
“ball joint excessively worn”
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 2020 Odyssey through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £9–£29 — and 71% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £9–£29
- Cheapest common item: all direction indicators flashing more than…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: buckle missing
- £40–£120
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 71%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 55 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 2020 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 2020 cars with a similar record
- Mercedes-Benz Citan 81.6%
- Toyota Estima 81.6%
- Vauxhall Combo 83.1%
- Tesla Model 3 Performance 83.2%
- Mercedes-Benz Vito 83.3%
- Tesla Model X 84.6%
Closest pass rates among 2020 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 2020 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 89 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 | 24 | 26.70% | 19.76% | +6.94 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 17 | 18.90% | 12.21% | +6.69 |
| Suspension | 14 | 15.60% | 20.98% | −5.38 |
| Non-component advisories | 12 | 13.30% | 4.18% | +9.12 |
| Brakes | 11 | 12.20% | 20.89% | −8.69 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 4 | 4.40% | 1.76% | +2.64 |
| Steering | 3 | 3.30% | 2.57% | +0.73 |
| Visibility | 2 | 2.20% | 4.97% | −2.77 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1 | 1.10% | 5.57% | −4.47 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1 | 1.10% | 5.52% | −4.42 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| All direction indicators flashing more than 120 times a minute Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 7.3% | £3–12 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 7.3% | £3–15 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 3.6% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 1.8% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 1.8% | £18–45 |
| Buckle missing Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 1.8% | £40–120 |
| Front fog lamps not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.8% | £3–15 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.8% | £5–25 |
| Headlamp levelling device inoperative Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.8% | £5–25 |
| Individual direction indicators incorrect colour Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.8% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 23.6% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 16.4% | £20–80 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 14.6% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 14.6% | £40–150 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 10.9% | £18–45 |
| Registration plates inscription illegible Identification of the vehicle | Advisory | 7.3% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 6 | 100.0% | 23,815 mi |
| 30-60k | 17 | 88.2% | 47,224 mi |
| 60-90k | 24 | 75.0% | 72,301 mi |
| 90-120k | 6 | 83.3% | 96,220 mi |
| 120k+ | 2 | 50.0% | 141,846 mi |
Source: 55 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.
2020 Odyssey MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2020 Honda Odyssey?
81.8% of the 55 2020 Honda Odyssey tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 90.7% for cars first used in 2020. First-attempt pass rate: 78.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2020 Honda Odyssey?
The three most recorded items are all direction indicators flashing more than 120 times a minute (7.27%), rear fog lamp not working (7.27%), ball joint excessively worn (3.64%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2020 Honda Odyssey MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 50.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2020 Honda Odyssey in this dataset had covered 63,244 mi.