Does the Honda Prelude fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Honda Prelude records 26.93 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 22.70 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+4.23, 95% interval +3.07 to +5.39). It ranks 144 of 712 models on brakes (1 = most failures above expected).
Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on brakes · check a Honda Prelude by registration
What exactly fails on brakes?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Honda Prelude is “Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement”, recorded 410 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 410 | 5.32 |
| Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake | 267 | 3.47 |
| Brakes imbalance across an axle such that the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle. | 227 | 2.95 |
| Service brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 170 | 2.21 |
| Parking brake inoperative on one side | 115 | 1.49 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 7,705 (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 Prelude gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?
19.0% of Honda Prelude MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.1 months and 1,554 miles later (1,371 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 1,371 (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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