Honda Jazz 2012: MOT failure rate for its age

18.8% of 120,294 MOT tests of the Honda Jazz 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 95.6 (95% CI 94.3–96.8; 100 = normal for this model at that age): close to other build years of the same model at the same age (within 5 points of normal).

Honda Jazz built in 2012 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	18.8	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	120294
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 94.3–96.8)	95.6	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	120294
Rank among this model's 19 build years	6	of 19	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	120294
Tested in 2024	21476	tests	median 60,110 miles	2024	21476

Built 2012 against Honda Jazz normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 7: 15.7% vs 14%; age 8: 16.2% vs 15%; age 9: 16.8% vs 17.4%; age 10: 19.2% vs 19.4%; age 11: 20.4% vs 23.3%; age 12: 23.5% vs 27%. Axis from 0% to 30%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2012 Honda Jazz by registration · All Honda Jazz 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 Jazz 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 Jazz 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	14,663	15.7	15.1–16.3	14	111.5
8	20,846	16.2	15.7–16.7	15	108.5
9	20,959	16.8	16.3–17.3	17.4	96.3
10	21,001	19.2	18.6–19.7	19.4	98.8
11	21,349	20.4	19.9–21	23.3	87.8
12	21,476	23.5	22.9–24	27	86.8

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 120,294 (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 Jazz?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2012 is lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 7.4 items per 100 first tests, against 18.1 across all build years of the Honda Jazz. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2012 were tested at ages 7 to 12.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Honda Jazz built 2012 against the Honda Jazz 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	7.4	18.1	8,843
Visibility	6.8	7.9	8,222
Brakes	6.6	14.2	7,938
Suspension	6.2	10.8	7,483
Tyres	5.5	6.2	6,640

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 120,294 (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 19 published build years of the Honda Jazz, 2012 ranks 6 (1 = fails least for its age). 2011: index 90.9. 2013: index 97.8.

Honda Jazz build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2002	100.2	98.4–102.0	no different	26,665
2003	96.7	95.5–98.0	better	51,975
2004	99.0	98.0–100.1	no different	86,570
2005	103.1	102.2–104.0	worse	117,267
2006	103.2	102.4–104.1	worse	137,322
2007	108.7	107.7–109.6	worse	137,127
2008	112.4	111.4–113.4	worse	133,947
2009	93.2	92.3–94.1	better	147,944
2010	97.2	96.2–98.3	better	133,858
2011	90.9	89.7–92.0	better	119,100
2012	95.6	94.3–96.8	better	120,294
2013	97.8	96.4–99.1	better	116,086
2014	100.8	99.2–102.3	no different	117,558
2015	96.4	94.7–98.1	better	106,538
2016	92.5	90.7–94.3	better	110,952
2017	94.5	92.4–96.5	better	94,069
2018	98.3	95.9–100.6	no different	81,221
2019	95.0	91.9–98.1	better	50,508
2020	107.9	99.8–116.0	no different	9,873

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 1,898,874 (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 Jazz 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-jazz/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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