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Honda Integra — MOT statistics 2024

The Honda Integra failed 15.53% of 1,307 first MOT attempts in 2024 ("first-time", excluding retests). Adjusted for the age of the fleet, its initial-failure ratio is 42.7 (100 = expected for its age profile). This car fails its MOT about 57% less often than expected for its age. Small sample — treat with care.

MOT risk index 42.7, 95% CI 37.5–48.3 (100 = national average) 100 42.7 0 200
Index
42.7
100 = age-normal
Raw fail rate
15.53%
n = 1,307
Dangerous /100
5
national ≈11
Rank
75 of 761
lower index = better

Age-adjusted peer: Jaguar F-Type (index 43.0) — the two published results are 0.3 index points apart.

Honda Integra common problems: what actually fails the MOT

Suspension is well below the reference at 11.2 per 100 tests, against 26.6 per 100 tests across UK vehicles of the same ages.

higher bar = fails more oftenrate per 100 tests

Honda Integra common problems: what actually fails the MOT — 2024 UK MOT data

family vs national — matched to UK vehicles of the same ages — top component groups, per 100 tests. Legend: This family · National avg. Combined labels: family / national average. A gap here reflects how these vehicles are driven, used and maintained as well as how they were built — an MOT defect is a test outcome, not a breakdown.

Component-group comparison table

Each ratio carries a 95% interval. With 6 groups compared here, roughly one apparent difference in twenty is chance alone.

GroupThis familyCases behind itUK, same agesFamily / national
Lamps & electrical18.91,59332.30.59×0.56–0.61
Suspension11.294526.60.42×0.40–0.45
Brakes11.294420.80.54×0.50–0.57
Emissions & leaks9.68088.11.18×1.10–1.27
Visibility5.849211.50.50×0.46–0.55
Body & structure5.042113.20.38×0.34–0.42
Named defects — items per 100 initial tests, this family vs UK national average; this model measured on 8,431 tests, 2019-2024, national column 2024
What failedper 100 tests (this family)per 100 tests (UK average)ratio family / UKWhat to check
Emissions levels exceed default limitsEmissions levels exceed default limits3.170.476.80×Watch for smoke on a cold start — emissions failures are costly
Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover…Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated2.750.763.63×Ask the seller about: Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover damaged or det
Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or…Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer1.970.533.72×Ask the seller about: Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range s
Headlamp reflector or lens slightly defectiveHeadlamp reflector or lens slightly defective2.371.092.17×Try every light and switch — lamps are a top failure
Suspension joint dust cover severely deterioratedA suspension joint dust cover severely deteriorated2.991.901.57×Listen for knocks over bumps — worn joints show up on the test
Strength or continuity of the load bearing…The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any sub-frame, spring or suspension component mounting (a 'prescribed area') is significantly reduced or inadequately repaired2.181.121.95×Look underneath for rust or cracks around subframe and suspension mountings
Aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down…The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements3.562.571.39×Try every light and switch — lamps are a top failure
Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirementParking brake efficiency below minimum requirement1.861.241.50×Feel for brake judder and pulling on the test drive
Windscreen or window damaged or seriously…Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured but not adversely affecting driver's view2.122.360.90×Check wipers, washers and windscreen chips in the driver's view
Suspension pin, bush or joint excessively wornA suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn2.604.870.53×Listen for knocks over bumps — worn joints show up on the test

Named defects ranked by how much more often they appear than the national average — not by raw rate.

Honda Integra MOT advisories: what gets flagged

Suspension is highest at 28.4 per 100 tests; Non-component advisories are lowest at 3.8 per 100 tests — the gap is 24.6 per 100 tests.

higher bar = flagged more oftenadvisory items per 100 initial tests

Honda Integra MOT advisories: what gets flagged — 2024 UK MOT data
Advisory rates table
GroupAdvisories per 100
Suspension28.4
Brakes21.1
Tyres19.3
Body & structure6.5
Emissions & leaks4
Non-component advisories3.8

Advisories are wear the tester noted but didn't fail — what will need money soon.

If a car like this fails, does it fail again?

A failure rate does not say whether a failure is a one-off or the start of something. This follows the same vehicles into their next ordinary MOT a year later — retests after a repair are excluded, because they follow a failure by definition. 2019-2024.

After this year's testFails next yearVehicles followed
It failed23.1%510
It passed14.9%4,030

A failed test raises next year's chance of failing again by 8.2 percentage points. The failure most likely to come back is body, chassis, structure — 23.0% of those vehicles fail again next year. Some of this is the vehicle and some is the owner: a car that was let go once tends to be let go again. One caveat: a car that fails may be sold or scrapped rather than tested again, so these figures describe the vehicles that came back.

Adjusted for how much these are actually driven

The headline index adjusts for the fleet's age. Wear, though, follows mileage: a three-year-old taxi and a three-year-old garage queen sit in the same age band. These two rows compare every car with vehicles of the same age, and then with vehicles of the same age and the same annual mileage, 2019-2024, on 8,162 tests. Both stand on the six-year corpus so they are measured on identical data — compare them with each other, not with the headline index above, which is measured on 2024 alone.

Standardised forIndexReading
Age only52.9fails less often than expected
Age and annual mileage50.5fails less often than vehicles driven as much
Share doing under 3,000 miles a year7.4%a normal spread of use

Mileage changes little here (-2.4 points): this fleet is driven about as much as the vehicles it is compared with. One limit to keep in mind: mileage is partly a result of how often a car breaks down — one that spends weeks in the workshop covers fewer miles — so the mileage-matched figure can understate a real weakness. Tests with no usable odometer reading are left out of it.

How the Honda Integra compares with cars of its own age and size

Not against the whole fleet — against cars of the same size class tested at the same age, 2019-2024.

AgeHonda IntegraSame class, same ageDifferenceTests
5 years16.95%15.06%+1.89 pp177
6 years16.83%17.34%-0.5 pp202
7 years19.35%20.15%-0.79 pp217
8 years13.33%23.21%-9.88 pp180
13 years24%38.89%-14.89 pp225
14 years21.2%40.84%-19.64 pp401
15 years19.96%42.31%-22.35 pp516
16 years20.78%43.14%-22.36 pp587
17 years21.7%43.53%-21.83 pp659
18 years18.3%43.65%-25.35 pp743
19 years21.79%43.22%-21.42 pp624
20 years22.68%42.45%-19.77 pp463

Raw first-time failure rates within each age, so fleet age cannot flatter either side. A positive difference means this model fails more often than its own class at that age.

How does the Honda Integra perform as it gets older?

The Integra at age 17 is well below the reference at 14.0%, against 43.1% for all vehicles of the same age.

higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points

How does the Honda Integra perform as it gets older? — 2024 UK MOT data

Chart axes: car age, years · failure-rate scale 0–47%.

Takeaway: solid line: this family; dashed: all cars.

Data table
AgeHonda IntegraAll vehiclesGap
1714.0%43.1%-29.1 pp
2017.4%41.0%-23.7 pp

Is a Honda Integra ULEZ compliant?

The share of classifiable 2024 Honda Integra MOT tests likely ULEZ compliant by first-registration date is 56.2%.

Based on 1,065 classifiable initial MOT tests. This describes the tested fleet, not a specific car. MOT data do not record Euro class, so likely compliance is inferred from fuel and first-registration date. For the only authoritative answer, check the registration with TfL's official ULEZ checker.

higher = larger share likely compliantinferred from fuel and first-registration date; not a recorded Euro class

Age-band estimate from classifiable initial MOT tests
Vehicle age at testLikely ULEZ-compliant shareTests
Under 3 yearsSuppressed — sample below publication threshold
Check a registration with TfL
n = 1
3–5 yearsSuppressed — sample below publication threshold
Check a registration with TfL
n = 45
6–7 yearsSuppressed — sample below publication threshold
Check a registration with TfL
n = 64
8 yearsSuppressed — sample below publication threshold
Check a registration with TfL
n = 55
9 yearsSuppressed — sample below publication threshold
Check a registration with TfL
n = 57
10–14 yearsSuppressed — sample below publication threshold
Check a registration with TfL
n = 111
15–17 yearsSuppressed — sample below publication threshold
Check a registration with TfL
n = 198
18 yearsSuppressed — sample below publication threshold
Check a registration with TfL
n = 67
19 yearsSuppressed — sample below publication threshold
Check a registration with TfL
n = 70
20+ yearsSuppressed — sample below publication threshold
Check a registration with TfL
n = 397

How dangerous are Honda Integra MOT failures?

Dangerous defects are well below the reference at 5.1 per 100 tests, against 11.2 per 100 tests nationally.

higher bar = fails more oftenrate per 100 tests

How dangerous are Honda Integra MOT failures? — 2024 UK MOT data
Severity table
SeverityThis family /100National /100Family / national
Minor15.0814.221.06×
Major52.2152.750.99×
Dangerous5.1211.150.46×

Chart values: Minor 15.1 · Major 52.2 · Dangerous 5.1.

Per 100 tests on this family. National average: Minor 14.2 · Major 52.8 · Dangerous 11.2 per 100.

Does the month of a Honda Integra MOT matter?

Jan is highest at 24.3%; Jun is lowest at 16.1% — the gap is 8.3 percentage points.

higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points

Does the month of a Honda Integra MOT matter? — 2024 UK MOT data

Chart scale: 15%–33%.

bars: Honda Integra · dashed: all class-4 cars

Month-by-month table
MonthHonda IntegraAll vehiclesGap
Jan24.3%31.12%-6.8 pp
Feb23.72%29.99%-6.3 pp
Mar19.85%28.26%-8.4 pp
Apr19.74%29.78%-10.0 pp
May19.84%28.79%-8.9 pp
Jun16.05%28.15%-12.1 pp
Jul19.45%29.33%-9.9 pp
Aug19.83%29.2%-9.4 pp
Sep20.66%28.19%-7.5 pp
Oct21.05%30.34%-9.3 pp
Nov23.3%30.58%-7.3 pp
Dec23.21%29.33%-6.1 pp

Takeaway: the spread between best and worst month is 8.3 percentage points — noticeable seasonality. Seasonality partly reflects registration-date clustering, not weather.

Before reading the shape: most of it is not about cars. Britain changes its registration plates twice a year, and 18.9% of these cars were first registered in March with another17.1% in September — 36% in two months against the 17% an even spread would give. An MOT falls due three years after first registration, so the buying calendar becomes the testing calendar. That shapes how many cars are tested each month — not how often they fail: the busiest months here are not the worst ones, so read the failure line on its own and the volume behind it separately.

Honda Integra average mileage by age

At age 20+, the middle half of Integras runs from 75,898 miles to 122,220 miles, against 96,744 miles as the median.

further right = more milesmedian is the typical car; band is p25–p75

Does high mileage mean more Honda Integra MOT failures at the same age?

Within the same age group, split by odometer (2024 MOTs), so this separates wear from age: at ages 15+, 17.9% of those with 40,000–70,000 miles failed first time versus 18.1% of those with over 140,000 miles.No clear mileage gap inside this age group, among cars still being tested.

Does high mileage mean more Honda Integra MOT failures at the same age? — 2024 UK MOT data
Honda Integra: first-time failure by mileage within each age group (2024)
AgeOdometer% failing95% intervalTests
6–970-100k miles13.9%7.7–23.7%72 (rough estimate)
6–9100-140k miles14.9%8.3–25.3%67 (rough estimate)
15+40-70k miles17.9%11.5–26.8%95 (rough estimate)
15+70-100k miles14.4%10.4–19.5%229 (rough estimate)
15+100-140k miles13.7%10–18.5%248 (rough estimate)
15+140k+ miles18.1%12.6–25.4%138 (rough estimate)

line: median · band: middle half of the fleet (p25–p75)

Mileage by age (p25 / median / p75)
Agep25Medianp75Tests
1782,777111,642142,218107
20+75,89896,744122,220397

A typical 20+-year-old Integra has ~96,744 miles on the clock. Much more — ask why; much less — check for gaps in the MOT history.

Where in Britain the Honda Integra fails its MOT most

Aberdeen area is highest at 37.8%; Bradford area is lowest at 7.0% — the gap is 30.8 percentage points.

higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points

Toughest areas% failingvs model overall
Aberdeen (AB)37.82%+17.2 pp
York (YO)33.64%+13.0 pp
Brighton (BN)31.68%+11.1 pp
Portsmouth (PO)29.76%+9.2 pp
Edinburgh (EH)28%+7.4 pp
Easiest areas% failingvs model overall
Bradford (BD)7.02%-13.6 pp
Manchester (M)8.57%-12.0 pp
Glasgow (G)9.89%-10.7 pp
Birmingham (B)11.37%-9.2 pp
Derby (DE)11.81%-8.8 pp

Every dot is a postcode area — size = how many were tested there, colour = share failing. These figures are not age-adjusted: coastal and rural areas often run older fleets and salted roads, so higher raw fail rates do not automatically mean a worse local stock of this model.

Map labels: Scotland · N. England · Wales · London · S. West.

Honda Integra survival: which cars are still on the road

By age 19 is close to the reference at 100.0%, against 100.0% at the ages 4–6 reference level.

higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points

Honda Integra survival: which cars are still on the road — 2024 UK MOT data

Chart axes: car age, years · survival vs ages 4–6 · scale 0–105%.

Survival vs fail rate by age
AgeTestsSurvival vs ages 4–6Fail %
39355.8%22.58%
412172.6%17.36%
5177100%16.95%
6202100%16.83%
7217100%19.35%
8180100%13.33%
913480.4%14.93%
109355.8%16.13%
119154.6%19.78%
1210764.2%18.69%
13225100%24%
14401100%21.2%
15516100%19.96%
16587100%20.78%
17659100%21.7%
18743100%18.3%
19624100%21.79%

By age 19, at least as many cars of this family present for MOT as at ages 4–6 (reference n≈167): the older fleet has not thinned out here, so there is no survivor selection to allow for.

How many miles does a Honda Integra last?

100,000+ miles is highest at 55.5%; 150,000+ miles is lowest at 14.0% — the gap is 41.6 percentage points.

higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points

OdometerTests ≥ thresholdShare of sample
100,000+ miles4,67255.54%
150,000+ miles1,17413.96%

Of 8,412 tests of this family with a usable odometer in 2024, 55.5% had reached 100k miles, 14.0% had reached 150k miles. This is a cross-section of cars still presenting for MOT, not a full birth cohort.

How many years is a Honda Integra likely to last?

Bought at age 10 is highest at 15.2 years; Bought at age 15 is lowest at 4.5 years — the gap is 10.7 years.

bigger number = longer remaining lifeyears on the observed survival curve

Age nowTypical mileage (p50)Expected years left
5—at least 13.1
8—at least 10.1
10—at least 15.2
12—at least 11.4
15—at least 4.5

estimateEstimate only — not a warranty: a typical 10-year-old example of this family has at least 15.2 expected years of further MOT-present life. The curve is observed only until age 19, so the true figure is likely higher.

Honda Integra faults that come together

Identification + Emissions & leaks stand out at 9.55×, against 1.00× if the faults were independent.

above 1.0× = more than expectedbelow 1.0× = less

Group AGroup BTogetherLift
Identification of the vehicleNoise, emissions and leaks479.55× (rough estimate)
Noise, emissions and leaksSeat belts and supplementary restraint systems448.38× (rough estimate)
BrakesIdentification of the vehicle346.28× (rough estimate)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentSeat belts and supplementary restraint systems596.07× (rough estimate)
BrakesNoise, emissions and leaks1645.92× (rough estimate)
BrakesSeat belts and supplementary restraint systems345.89× (rough estimate)
Identification of the vehicleLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment525.71× (rough estimate)
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systemsSuspension385.7× (rough estimate)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentTyres835.54× (rough estimate)
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systemsVisibility255.18× (rough estimate)
Body, chassis, structureNoise, emissions and leaks885.01× (rough estimate)
Noise, emissions and leaksTyres404.94× (rough estimate)
BrakesTyres434.83× (rough estimate)
Body, chassis, structureBrakes934.82× (rough estimate)
Body, chassis, structureTyres274.79× (rough estimate)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentNoise, emissions and leaks2204.72× (rough estimate)
BrakesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment2414.7× (rough estimate)
BrakesSuspension1644.65× (rough estimate)
SteeringSuspension924.31× (rough estimate)
SuspensionTyres444.28× (rough estimate)
Body, chassis, structureSteering494.19× (rough estimate)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentSuspension2333.93× (rough estimate)
Noise, emissions and leaksSuspension1243.87× (rough estimate)
Body, chassis, structureLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment1223.76× (rough estimate)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentVisibility1603.73× (rough estimate)
Identification of the vehicleSuspension233.68× (rough estimate)
BrakesVisibility933.65× (rough estimate)
Body, chassis, structureSuspension813.63× (rough estimate)
TyresVisibility263.49× (rough estimate)
Noise, emissions and leaksVisibility803.45× (rough estimate)
SuspensionVisibility983.33× (rough estimate)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentSteering953.06× (rough estimate)
Noise, emissions and leaksSteering513.04× (rough estimate)
BrakesSteering563.03× (rough estimate)
Body, chassis, structureVisibility462.85× (rough estimate)
SteeringVisibility332.14× (rough estimate)
Body, chassis, structureIdentification of the vehicle19too few (rough estimate)
Body, chassis, structureSeat belts and supplementary restraint systems18too few (rough estimate)
Identification of the vehicleVisibility18too few (rough estimate)
SteeringTyres18too few (rough estimate)
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systemsSteering16too few (rough estimate)
Identification of the vehicleSteering14too few (rough estimate)
Identification of the vehicleSeat belts and supplementary restraint systems13too few (rough estimate)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentRoad Wheels13too few (rough estimate)
Identification of the vehicleTyres13too few (rough estimate)
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systemsTyres13too few (rough estimate)
Noise, emissions and leaksRoad Wheels8too few (rough estimate)
BrakesRoad Wheels6too few (rough estimate)
Body, chassis, structureRoad Wheels5too few (rough estimate)
Road WheelsVisibility5too few (rough estimate)

Defects in «Identification of the vehicle» and «Noise, emissions and leaks» appear together 9.55× more often than chance (47 co-occurrences in the same test; 66 pairs compared).

Lift = how many times more often both groups appear on the same test than if independent. A pair is listed from 5 tests with both faults; the lift is shown from 20, and called above chance only when its 95% interval excludes 1 (see rough estimates).

Is low mileage better for a Honda Integra?

Cars driven under 5,000 miles a year is close to the reference at 16.7%, against 16.3% for cars driven 8,000–12,000 miles a year.

higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points

BandFail %Tests
<5k miles/year16.67%42
8–12k miles/year16.34%153
Gap (low − normal)+0.33 pp—
By fuel and age

Petrol

AgeLow-use fail %nNormal fail %nGap pp
1416.674216.34153+0.33 pp

At matched ages 5–14, cars averaging under 5k miles/year fail at 16.7% vs 16.3% for 8–12k miles/year — 0.3 pp similar (n_low=42, n_normal=153). Gap is within half a percentage point.

Which Honda Integra engine is best?

petrol 1.5–1.8 is highest at 106.4; petrol 1.8–2.0 is lowest at 93.2 — the gap is 13.2 points.

below 100 is betterabove 100 is worse100 = normal for this model at that age

Engine bands against this model's own failure rate at the same ages
FuelCapacityvs own age normRaw fail %Tests
petrol1.8–2.0 litre93.218.6%4,114 (rough estimate)
petrol1.5–1.8 litre106.422.59%3,851 (rough estimate)

Splitting this model by fuel alone hides the thing that actually differs. Within the same badge, the petrol 1.5–1.8 runs at 106.4 against this model's own age norm while the petrol 1.8–2.0 runs at 93.2 — a spread of 13.2 points between two cars that share a name.

Read this one with more care than the rest of the page. Age is held constant, but who buys which engine is not: the largest capacity in a range is often a performance or executive variant that is garaged, cherished and lightly driven, while the smallest is frequently a fleet or entry car worked hard from new. The gap below is real in the test records; how much of it is the engine and how much is the owner, this data cannot separate. Bands under 100 tests are not shown; bands under 5,000 tests are rough estimates.

Honda Integra MOT repair costs

The MOT-failure repair budget per test runs from £82.62 to £156.98, against £54.85 for the test itself.

bigger number = costs morepounds per test, MOT-failing faults only

MOT repairs, budget
£83–157
per test, repairs only
The test itself
£54.85
statutory cap, unchanged since 2010
How the figure is built: chance of failing × typical price of that repair
ComponentFails per 100 testsTypical repairIts priceContribution
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment18.9 (nat. 18.09)Battery replacement (standard 12V lead-acid)£140£26.46
Suspension11.2 (nat. 15.36)Suspension coil spring (single corner)£180£20.16
Noise, emissions and leaks9.6 (nat. 3.67)Exhaust rear silencer£200£19.20
Brakes11.2 (nat. 11.25)Front brake pads (parts + labour, typical hatchback)£150£16.80

Multiply how often each component fails on this model by what that repair usually costs, and you get the amount an owner should expect to budget per test for MOT-failing faults only — roughly £83 to £157, on top of the test fee itself. It is a budgeting figure, not a quote: the spread between a set of pads and a set of discs is most of the range.

Prices are modal quotes from a hand-kept catalogue of published UK garage guides — we do not scrape the booking sites, their terms forbid it, so this list is short and updated by hand with a source and date against each line. Each line prices one typical repair in that group, not a full remedy, and only groups our catalogue actually covers are counted. The contrast worth noticing is the second card: the legal maximum for the test has been £54.85 since 2010, while the repairs it uncovers have followed inflation the whole time.

For scale from a different direction: Warrantywise, which sees used-car warranty claims rather than test failures, puts the average claim at £2,052 across the ten highest-claim models it ranks and £539 for Honda, the lowest-claim make in its index (Warrantywise index 2026, 1.6 million claims, cars aged 3–15). Those sit an order of magnitude above the figures in this table, and the gap is the point: a warranty claim is a gearbox or an engine, which almost never fails an MOT, while the faults that do fail one are corrosion, lamps and tyres, which no warranty pays for. The two numbers answer different questions and neither replaces the other.

Honda Integra rust problems: where they corrode

Age-standardised corrosion susceptibility is well below the reference at 0.95×, against 1.00× for the national age-standardised rate.

above 1.0× = rusts more than averagebelow 1.0× = rusts less

How it rusts
0.95×
0.73% of tests record a corrosion defect vs 0.77% typical — age-standardised
Salt Belt exposure
65th
percentile among the models published here, from its tests across 0 postcode areas

This Honda Integra fails on corrosion at about the average rate once age is held constant, and its owners live in areas that are about typical for the models we publish.

Corrosion is the one failure mode that is as much about geography as about the car. We keep the two apart on purpose: a model can look rusty simply because it is popular in Scotland, and a model can look clean simply because it is bought in Surrey. Blending them into a single score would hide which of the two is doing the work.

Exposure is this model's tests weighted by an area corrosion index built from frost days, salt load and distance to the coast — the composite validated at r = 0.42 against corrosion defects we actually record. It is published as a rank, not a raw score, because every mainstream model skews towards low-corrosion areas for the simple reason that most of Britain's cars are in the south. Susceptibility is standardised to the national age profile, so an old fleet does not get labelled a rusty model.

Does a Honda Integra advisory become a failure?

Suspension is highest at 11.0%; Tyres are lowest at 3.8% — the gap is 7.2 percentage points.

higher = more likelypercentage is the observed transition probability

chance the same component fails at the next MOT, given an advisory now

Honda Integra chance the same component fails at the next MOT, given an advisory now — 2024 UK MOT data
Honda Integra, advisory → failure conversion by component group, chained tests 2019–2024. Chart labels and rates: Suspension 11% · Brakes 10.6% · Tyres 3.8%.
Advisory today → failure at the next test, with how long you have
ComponentFails next timeTypical lead timeMiles of warningAdvisories tracked
Suspension11.0%12.2 months2,166918
Brakes10.6%12.6 months2,230786
Tyres3.8%12.2 months2,708663

This is the question an advisory note actually raises, and it needs six years of test history to answer. We followed the same vehicles from one MOT to the next across 2019–2024 and measured how often a component that was merely advised came back as a genuine failure at the next test.

Read it as a budgeting horizon, not a prophecy: the most likely component above turns into a failure for about 11 in 100 cars, and the median gap is 12.2 months and roughly 2,166 miles. The rest were repaired, sold, scrapped, or simply held. Rows with fewer than 500 tracked advisories are not shown.

What will fail next on a Honda Integra?

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment after a failure at age 6-8 are highest at 20.0%; Identification of the vehicle after a passed at age 3-5 is lowest at 2.7% — the gap is 17.4 percentage points.

higher = more likelypercentage is the observed transition probability

Probability of each component failing at the next test, by age and last result
AgeLast testMost likely next failuresCars tracked
<3passedLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 9.2%76 (rough estimate)
3-5passedLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 6.2% · Identification of the vehicle 2.6% · Visibility 2.6%226 (rough estimate)
3-5advisoryVisibility 12.1% · Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 10.3%58 (rough estimate)
3-5failureBrakes 13.2% · Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 13.2% · Noise, emissions and leaks 8.8%68 (rough estimate)
6-8passedSuspension 3.7% · Brakes 3.3% · Steering 2.9%246 (rough estimate)
6-8advisoryNoise, emissions and leaks 8.3% · Suspension 8.3% · Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 6.9%72 (rough estimate)
6-8failureLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 20.0% · Noise, emissions and leaks 12.9% · Brakes 8.6%70 (rough estimate)
9-11passedSuspension 5.2% · Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 4.3% · Visibility 4.3%115 (rough estimate)
9-11advisoryLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 11.4%44 (rough estimate)
12-14passedLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 6.3% · Visibility 4.5% · Noise, emissions and leaks 4.0%425 (rough estimate)
12-14advisoryLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 9.8% · Suspension 7.8% · Visibility 6.7%193 (rough estimate)
12-14failureLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 13.9% · Suspension 13.3% · Noise, emissions and leaks 10.2%166 (rough estimate)
15-19passedLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 6.5% · Suspension 4.1% · Brakes 2.9%1,408
15-19advisoryLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 12.1% · Suspension 11.1% · Visibility 7.2%514
15-19failureLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 17.2% · Brakes 10.3% · Suspension 10.1%536
20+passedLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 6.4% · Suspension 5.3% · Brakes 4.7%1,079
20+advisoryLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 11.4% · Suspension 8.9% · Brakes 7.9%429 (rough estimate)
20+failureLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 14.5% · Brakes 10.6% · Suspension 9.7%463 (rough estimate)

The same chains, cut differently: given a car's age and how its last test went, which component most often causes trouble at the following one.

The pattern that repeats across every family: a failure at one test roughly doubles the chance of a failure on the same component at the next one, and an advisory sits about half-way between a clean pass and a failure. Age bands in years; probabilities are per car, not per defect item.

Honda Integra ownership: what six years of MOTs show

The ten-day re-test pass rate is highest at 62.3%; The later re-test pass rate is lowest at 10.1% — the gap is 52.2 percentage points.

higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points

Fixed same day
27.53%
of failures re-tested
Fails /10k miles
0.587
miles actually driven
Clean streaks
55.48%
3+ tests, nothing noted
Odometer anomaly
19.231%
reading went backwards

Failing is usually a same-week event, not a disaster. Of 1,006 failures followed through to their re-test, 27.53% were repaired and passed the same day and 62.33% within ten days; the median gap is 2 days. 2,975 defect items were cleared in the process.

Per mile driven, not per year. Dividing failures by the miles that actually went onto the odometers between consecutive tests gives 0.587 failures per 10,000 miles, on a median of 1,492 miles a year across 1,787 chains. This is the number to compare between models — an annual rate quietly rewards cars that barely leave the drive.

Two populations hide inside one model. 55.48% of these cars strung together three or more tests with nothing recorded at all, while 15.14% carried the same advisory three times or more — the same fault, noted, ignored, noted again. When you buy used you are buying one of those two histories, and the MOT record shows which.

Odometer anomalies: 19.231% of 1,820 chains show a reading lower than the previous test, with a median drop of 50,961 miles. We call this an anomaly and not fraud on purpose — instrument swaps, imports, unit mix-ups and keying errors all land in the same bucket. Obvious typos (drops under 100 miles or over 90% of the reading) are already excluded.

Honda Integra safety recalls and how to check yours

DVSA recall campaigns stand out at 1.

bigger number = more recorded casescompare like-for-like scope, not sample size alone

Most recent safety recall campaigns for the Honda Integra
ReferenceLaunchedVehiclesConcern
R/2020/06123/10/202042,435THE ABSORPTION OF MOISTURE INTO THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG PROPELLANT COULD LEAD TO SLOW DEPLOYM

DVSA lists 1 safety recall campaigns for the Honda Integra, covering roughly 42,435 vehicles in total. A recall is the manufacturer fixing a fault for free, so an open recall on your car costs nothing to clear.

Counter-intuitive, and measured on our own data: across the 25 families published here, more recalls go with a lower MOT Risk Index (r = −0.52). Heavily recalled models are not worse cars in the test bay — an active manufacturer removes the fault before it becomes an MOT failure.

Check whether a specific car has an outstanding recall — free, by registration — at DVSA's recall service. Source: DVSA vehicle safety recalls (check-vehicle-recalls.service.gov.uk), OGL.

Honda Integra MOT: quick answers

Honda Integra MOT Risk Index is well below the reference at 42.7, against 100 for a car with the same age profile.

below 100 is betterabove 100 is worse100 = normal for this model at that age

What is the Honda Integra first-time MOT pass rate?
84.47% of first attempts passed in 2024 (1,307 tests). This is the first-time figure: retests after repair are excluded. Basis: first-time, excluding retests.
Why does this number differ from other sites?
Other sites often report a pass rate that includes retests or counts all attempts. Our 15.53% figure is the first-time initial failure rate, using 1,307 primary tests as the denominator (first-time, excluding retests). The age-adjusted MOT initial-failure ratio 42.7 is shown separately because raw rates compare fleet age as well as cars.

Compare the Honda Integra with other cars

Nissan 370Z is highest at 43.1; BMW M6 is lowest at 42.2 — the gap is 0.9 points.

below 100 is betterabove 100 is worse100 = normal for this model at that age

Same brand

All Honda MOT statisticsHonda S2000 MOT statsHonda Fit MOT stats

Similar risk

Jaguar F-Type (index 43.0)Nissan 370Z (index 43.1)BMW M6 (index 42.2)

Same size class

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By area

Honda Integra MOT failure rate by postcode area

By failure group

Honda Integra body, chassis and structure failuresHonda Integra brakes failuresHonda Integra vehicle identification failuresHonda Integra lamps, reflectors and electrics failuresHonda Integra noise, emissions and leaks failuresHonda Integra seat belts and airbags failuresHonda Integra steering failuresHonda Integra suspension failuresHonda Integra tyres failuresHonda Integra visibility failures


Data details & how to cite

Scope: class-4 vehicles (cars), initial tests only, outcomes pass / fail / fixed-on-the-spot at the station (PRS counts towards the failure rate — the defect was present at arrival). Index = observed initial failures ÷ failures expected for this fleet's exact age profile, ×100; margin of error is a 95% confidence interval. Covers ALL generations together — a 3-year-old and a 15-year-old are very different cars; a generation split is on the roadmap. Dataset release dataset_release_id=dvsa-2024-v2, frozen baseline; headline claim_id=family-stats:honda-integra:dvsa-2024-v2. Full method: methodology.

Cite: MOT Risk Index (2026). Honda Integra MOT statistics 2024 (data release dvsa-2024-v2; downloadable dataset motriskindex-families-2024-v5, doi:10.5281/zenodo.22975051). https://motriskindex.co.uk/cars/honda-integra/ · Published 2026-07-30.