Does the Honda Fit fail the MOT on seat belts and airbags more than it should?

The Honda Fit records 0.38 seat belts and airbags failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 1.08 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−0.70, 95% interval −0.93 to −0.48). It ranks 489 of 627 models on seat belts and airbags (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on seat belts and airbags · check a Honda Fit by registration

No single seat belts and airbags defect wording reaches 30 items on the Honda Fit; the failures are spread across several.