Does the Honda Insight fail the MOT on noise, emissions and leaks more than it should?

The Honda Insight records 0.46 noise, emissions and leaks failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 4.18 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−3.72, 95% interval −3.89 to −3.56). It ranks 635 of 678 models on noise, emissions and leaks (1 = most failures above expected).

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What exactly fails on noise, emissions and leaks?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Honda Insight is “Engine MIL illuminated indicating a malfunction”, recorded 155 times in 2019–2024.

Honda Insight: most frequent noise, emissions and leaks defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
Engine MIL illuminated indicating a malfunction	155	0.26

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 59,456 (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 Insight gets a noise, emissions and leaks advisory, how often does it fail next time?

0.9% of Honda Insight MOTs with a noise, emissions and leaks advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 11.8 months and 7,900 miles later (581 advisories followed).

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 581 (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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Does the Honda Insight fail the MOT on noise, emissions and leaks more than it should?

What exactly fails on noise, emissions and leaks?

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