MOT performance

Honda CR-V hybrid: MOT pass rate and common failures

Of 21,551 MOT tests on hybrid Honda CR-Vs in 2023–2024 (on average 2.9 years old at test, median 25,365 miles), 92.7% passed first time, against 74.4% of 193,914 diesel Honda CR-V tests. Allowing for age, mileage and fuel, hybrid Honda CR-Vs failed 30% less often than comparable cars — 0.70× against 0.77× for the Honda CR-V as a whole.

21,551 MOT tests on 13,295 vehicles, 2023–2024 · Source: DVSA (Open Government Licence) · Analysis: 73 Auto

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At a glance

Honda CR-V hybrid MOT results at a glance
Figure	Value	Basis
First-time pass rate	92.7%	±0.3 pts (95%), n = 21,551
All Honda CR-Vs	74.1%	n = 403,332
Failures vs similar cars	0.70×	same age, mileage and fuel = 1.00; Honda CR-V overall 0.77×
Tests with a dangerous defect	1.7%	n = 21,551
Average age at test	2.9 years	n = 21,551
Registration years covered	2019–2022	DVSA first-use date

Hybrid against the other Honda CR-V fuels

Official DVSA test results by fuel, with 73 Auto's adjusted ratio (failures against cars of the same age, mileage and fuel). The hybrid cars were tested 8.1 years younger on average than the diesel ones, so the raw pass rates partly reflect age; the adjusted column doesn't.

Honda CR-V MOT results by fuel
Fuel	Tests	Average age	First-time pass	vs similar cars	Dangerous
Diesel	193,914	11 yrs	74.4%	-25%	7.0%
Petrol	187,863	12.6 yrs	71.6%	-21%	7.2%
Hybrid	21,551	2.9 yrs	92.7%	-30%	1.7%

Where hybrid Honda CR-Vs differ

Suspension: hybrid Honda CR-Vs failed 98% less often than the Honda CR-V overall, relative to comparable cars (0.01× vs 0.74×).
Noise, emissions and leaks: hybrid Honda CR-Vs failed 82% less often than the Honda CR-V overall, relative to comparable cars (0.11× vs 0.63×).

Honda CR-V hybrid MOT failures by area, against the model overall
Area	Hybrid (vs similar)	All Honda CR-Vs (vs similar)
Tyres	2.9% (-40%)	4.9% (-31%)
Driver's view of the road	2.4% (-14%)	4.3% (-19%)
Lights, reflectors and electrical	1.9% (-11%)	11.7% (-18%)

Most common hybrid Honda CR-V failure items

3 of these 5 items are not among the Honda CR-V's ten most common failures overall.

Most common hybrid Honda CR-V MOT failure items
Item	Area	Share of tests
Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively	Driver's view of the road	1.90%
Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm	Tyres	1.28%
Headlamp aim: too high	Lights, reflectors and electrical	1.17%
Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords	Tyres	1.05%
Headlamp aim: too low	Lights, reflectors and electrical	0.33%

Pass rate by age, by fuel

Honda CR-V MOT pass rate by age and fuel
Age at test (years)	hybrid pass rate (tests)	diesel pass rate (tests)	petrol pass rate (tests)
3-4	92.8% (12,288)	88.1% (3,059)	91.6% (13,887)
5-6	89.9% (745)	87.5% (22,159)	89.3% (19,155)
7-8	—	85.0% (36,690)	87.1% (19,484)
9-10	—	80.8% (34,758)	83.0% (21,891)
11-12	—	74.5% (26,523)	76.6% (18,132)
13-15	—	65.8% (38,008)	69.3% (23,507)
16+	—	55.6% (32,717)	54.0% (70,464)

Honda CR-V by registration year

Registration-year pages cover every fuel of that year.

What this does and doesn't tell you

Fuel is DVSA's recorded fuel type; plug-in and self-charging hybrids are grouped as hybrid. A difference between fuels can come from the engines themselves, or from how the cars are used — diesels typically cover more miles, and the adjusted ratio allows for mileage band but not for every difference in use. For one car, its own MOT history is the better guide: see MOT check.

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About this data. These are MOT test results, not a measure of mechanical reliability: a car's MOT outcome reflects its condition on the day, which depends on how it has been maintained and driven as well as how it was built. Figures cover class 4 vehicles (cars and light vans), normal tests only (retests excluded), outcomes pass, fail and pass after rectification at the station; vehicles at least 2.5 years old at test. Tests from 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-30. “Compared with similar cars” means compared with the national rate for cars of the same age, mileage band and fuel. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Makes and models are matched to 73 Auto's vehicle catalogue; tests that can't be matched are left out rather than guessed. See how the MOT figures are produced.