Honda Accord 2002: MOT failure rate for its age

50.8% of 6,925 MOT tests of the Honda Accord first registered in 2002 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 108.6 (95% CI 105.0–112.2; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2002 Honda Accord fails more often than other build years of the same model at the same age.

Honda Accord built in 2002 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	50.8	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	6925
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 105.0–112.2)	108.6	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	6925
Rank among this model's 18 build years	17	of 18	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	6925
Tested in 2024	555	tests	median 98,627 miles	2024	555

Built 2002 against Honda Accord normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 17: 53.3% vs 48.5%; age 18: 51.4% vs 46.5%; age 19: 49.8% vs 46.5%; age 20: 49.9% vs 45.8%; age 21: 49.4% vs 45.9%; age 22: 44.3% vs 43.3%. Axis from 0% to 60%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2002 Honda Accord by registration · All Honda Accord MOT statistics · Download the build-year table (CSV)

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · full dataset (v5).

How does the 2002 Honda Accord fail at each age?

Cars built in 2002 were tested at ages 17 to 22 between 2019 and 2024. Each row compares their first-time failure share with what this model normally shows at that age, after allowing for the overall failure level of each test year.

Honda Accord built 2002: first-time MOT failure by age, against the model's normal rate at that age (2019–2024)
Age	Tests	Failed, %	95% interval	Normal for this model at that age, %	Index (100 = normal)
17	2,153	53.3	51.2–55.4	48.5	109.9
18	1,483	51.4	48.8–53.9	46.5	110.4
19	1,142	49.8	46.9–52.7	46.5	107.1
20	888	49.9	46.6–53.2	45.8	108.8
21	704	49.4	45.8–53.1	45.9	107.7
22	555	44.3	40.2–48.5	43.3	102.3

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 6,925 (initial tests) · Method: normal rate = this model's first-time failure share at that age across its build years (cells of 400+ tests), adjusted for each test year's overall level; cells of 30+ tests, under 500 marked rough · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

What fails most on the 2002 Honda Accord?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2002 is lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 51.4 items per 100 first tests, against 43.8 across all build years of the Honda Accord. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2002 were tested at ages 17 to 22.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Honda Accord built 2002 against the Honda Accord in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2002, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	51.4	43.8	3,561
Suspension	48.1	27.4	3,331
Brakes	29.7	19.6	2,058
Body, chassis, structure	24.1	7.2	1,669
Noise, emissions and leaks	22.1	6.7	1,533

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 6,925 (initial tests of this build year) · Method: failure items grouped by DVSA's top-level defect groups, per 100 initial tests; groups with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How does 2002 compare with the years around it?

Among the 18 published build years of the Honda Accord, 2002 ranks 17 (1 = fails least for its age). 2001: index 109.0. 2003: index 98.5.

Honda Accord build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
1998	95.7	86.7–104.8	no different (rough estimate)	922
1999	97.9	93.3–102.5	no different (rough estimate)	3,630
2000	98.9	95.6–102.2	no different	7,291
2001	109.0	105.3–112.8	worse	6,266
2002	108.6	105.0–112.2	worse	6,925
2003	98.5	96.1–100.8	no different	15,140
2004	99.3	97.4–101.2	no different	23,987
2005	101.0	99.2–102.8	no different	27,410
2006	102.5	100.5–104.4	worse	25,713
2007	102.3	100.4–104.2	worse	26,769
2008	96.6	94.5–98.8	better	21,488
2009	90.7	88.5–92.9	better	20,916
2010	89.3	85.7–92.8	better	8,398
2011	90.2	86.4–94.0	better	8,088
2012	99.0	94.6–103.4	no different	7,515
2013	91.7	84.6–98.7	better (rough estimate)	3,067
2014	90.5	82.5–98.5	better (rough estimate)	2,638
2015	73.6	60.2–86.9	better (rough estimate)	835

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 216,998 (initial tests) · Method: observed failures against those expected for the same model at the same ages, test-year level adjusted; verdict follows the printed one-decimal bound · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How to cite this page

MOT Risk Index (2026). Honda Accord 2002 MOT statistics (data release dvsa-2024-v2; full dataset motriskindex-families-2024-v5, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22975051), updated 30 September 2026. motriskindex.co.uk/cars/honda-accord/2002/

How every figure is calculated: methodology. Age, test year and build year are tied together (age = test year − build year), so the test-year level is taken as observed, not estimated.

Other pages for this model