Honda Accord 2008: MOT failure rate for its age

36.1% of 21,488 MOT tests of the Honda Accord first registered in 2008 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 96.6 (95% CI 94.5–98.8; 100 = normal for this model at that age): close to other build years of the same model at the same age (within 5 points of normal).

Honda Accord built in 2008 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	36.1	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	21488
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 94.5–98.8)	96.6	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	21488
Rank among this model's 18 build years	8	of 18	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	21488
Tested in 2024	2850	tests	median 128,063 miles	2024	2850

Built 2008 against Honda Accord normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 11: 33.9% vs 33.2%; age 12: 34.5% vs 35%; age 13: 36.8% vs 37.4%; age 14: 36.6% vs 38.6%; age 15: 38.1% vs 40.7%; age 16: 38% vs 41.8%. Axis from 0% to 50%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2008 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 2008 Honda Accord fail at each age?

Cars built in 2008 were tested at ages 11 to 16 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 2008: 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)
11	4,341	33.9	32.5–35.4	33.2	102.1
12	3,866	34.5	33–36	35	98.7
13	3,760	36.8	35.3–38.4	37.4	98.6
14	3,499	36.6	35–38.2	38.6	94.7
15	3,172	38.1	36.4–39.8	40.7	93.6
16	2,850	38	36.2–39.8	41.8	90.9

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 21,488 (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 2008 Honda Accord?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2008 is lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 36.5 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 2008 were tested at ages 11 to 16.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Honda Accord built 2008 against the Honda Accord in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2008, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	36.5	43.8	7,852
Suspension	22.1	27.4	4,759
Brakes	17.9	19.6	3,854
Tyres	9.8	9.9	2,097
Visibility	9.5	11.2	2,040

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 21,488 (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 2008 compare with the years around it?

Among the 18 published build years of the Honda Accord, 2008 ranks 8 (1 = fails least for its age). 2007: index 102.3. 2009: index 90.7.

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 2008 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/2008/

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.

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