Does the Honda Fit fail the MOT on body, chassis and structure more than it should?

The Honda Fit records 0.47 body, chassis and structure failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 6.43 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−5.96, 95% interval −6.50 to −5.41). It ranks 565 of 663 models on body, chassis and structure (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on body, chassis and structure · check a Honda Fit by registration

No single body, chassis and structure defect wording reaches 30 items on the Honda Fit; the failures are spread across several.