Honda Insight 2012: MOT failure rate for its age

24.3% of 9,622 MOT tests of the Honda Insight first registered in 2012 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 97.3 (95% CI 93.4–101.3; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2012 build year is no different from other years of the same model at the same age.

Honda Insight built in 2012 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	24.3	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	9622
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 93.4–101.3)	97.3	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	9622
Rank among this model's 6 build years	3	of 6	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	9622
Tested in 2024	1247	tests	median 112,072 miles	2024	1247

Built 2012 against Honda Insight normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 7: 23.4% vs 25%; age 8: 21.4% vs 23.1%; age 9: 23% vs 23.8%; age 10: 22.6% vs 24%; age 11: 27% vs 26.3%; age 12: 30.4% vs 28.5%. Axis from 0% to 40%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2012 Honda Insight by registration · All Honda Insight 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 2012 Honda Insight fail at each age?

Cars built in 2012 were tested at ages 7 to 12 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 Insight built 2012: 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)
7	2,070	23.4	21.7–25.3	25	93.7
8	1,657	21.4	19.5–23.5	23.1	92.6
9	1,789	23	21.1–25	23.8	96.9
10	1,568	22.6	20.6–24.8	24	94.3
11	1,291	27	24.6–29.4	26.3	102.5
12	1,247	30.4	27.9–33	28.5	106.5

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 9,622 (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 2012 Honda Insight?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2012 is lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 14.7 items per 100 first tests, against 20.9 across all build years of the Honda Insight. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2012 were tested at ages 7 to 12.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Honda Insight built 2012 against the Honda Insight in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2012, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	14.7	20.9	1,414
Suspension	5.9	8.8	572
Brakes	5.9	8.3	566
Tyres	5.8	6.8	555
Visibility	5.2	6.9	498

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 9,622 (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 2012 compare with the years around it?

Among the 6 published build years of the Honda Insight, 2012 ranks 3 (1 = fails least for its age). 2011: index 100.2. 2013: index 94.3.

Honda Insight build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2009	101.2	98.0–104.4	no different	12,795
2010	100.9	98.1–103.7	no different	18,057
2011	100.2	96.8–103.7	no different	12,180
2012	97.3	93.4–101.3	no different	9,622
2013	94.3	87.4–101.2	no different (rough estimate)	3,313
2014	93.9	83.6–104.2	no different (rough estimate)	1,538

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 57,505 (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 Insight 2012 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-insight/2012/

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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