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Does the Honda CR-Z fail the MOT on road wheels more than it should?

The Honda CR-Z records 0.34 road wheels failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.52 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) (−0.18, 95% interval −0.27 to −0.09). It ranks 395 of 516 models on road wheels (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on road wheels · check a Honda CR-Z by registration

What exactly fails on road wheels?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Honda CR-Z is “A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud”, recorded 62 times in 2019–2024.

Honda CR-Z: most frequent road wheels defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wordingItemsPer 100 tests
A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud620.27

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

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