Does the Honda CR-Z fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Honda CR-Z records 12.73 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 12.32 expected for a car of the same age mix: about as expected for its class and age (the difference is within its interval or under 0.5 items per 100 tests) (+0.41, 95% interval −0.04 to +0.87). It ranks 295 of 712 models on brakes (1 = most failures above expected).
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What exactly fails on brakes?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Honda CR-Z is “a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm”, recorded 647 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm | 647 | 2.77 |
| Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake | 586 | 2.51 |
| Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 421 | 1.80 |
| Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn | 263 | 1.13 |
| Brakes imbalance across an axle such that the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle. | 210 | 0.90 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 23,372 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
If a Honda CR-Z gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?
11.2% of Honda CR-Z MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 5,598 miles later (4,395 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 4,395 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
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