2012 Honda CR-V: MOT pass rate and common faults
Share of initial MOT tests passed with no repairs. Repairs made at the test centre count as a fail. 95% range 73.1% to 74.6% (±0.8 points).
That is 10.4 points above the average for all vehicles first used in 2012 (63.5%). These cars were about 13 years old at the test.
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Failure areas compared with all 2012 vehicles
Compared with all vehicles first used in 2012, less common in lights and electrics (0.8×), suspension (0.5×), tyres (0.7×), brakes (0.5×), windscreen, wipers, mirrors (0.7×), steering (0.8×), body, chassis, structure (0.4×) and noise, emissions, leaks (0.2×). Other differences are within the margin of error.
- Lights and electrics12.4 in 100 tests0.8× compared with 15.8 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2012
- Suspension7.8 in 100 tests0.5× compared with 14.4 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2012
- Tyres5.1 in 100 tests0.7× compared with 7.0 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2012
- Brakes4.4 in 100 tests0.5× compared with 8.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2012
- Windscreen, wipers, mirrors3.7 in 100 tests0.7× compared with 4.9 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2012
- Steering2.3 in 100 tests0.8× compared with 2.8 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2012
- Body, chassis, structure1.7 in 100 tests0.4× compared with 4.6 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2012
- Noise, emissions, leaks0.8 in 100 tests0.2× compared with 3.8 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2012
- Wheels0.5 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2012
All vehicles first used in 2012: the 197 models in our data, 1,653,623 tests (96.5% of all 1,714,195 tests on vehicles first used in 2012). Areas with fewer than 50 failures in a model aren't published, so an area is only compared when that leaves the all-vehicles figure at most 10% short; otherwise it shows –.
After an MOT advisory
Tyres
Of 2012 Honda CR-V cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a tyre advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 6.2% failed on tyres, against 3.9% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 1,544 and 5,502 cars.
Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 8.4% of those with a tyre advisory and 8.0% of the others.
Brakes
Of 2012 Honda CR-V cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a brake advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 7.0% failed on brakes, against 3.2% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 1,036 and 6,012 cars.
Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 8.4% of those with a brake advisory and 8.0% of the others.
Suspension
Of 2012 Honda CR-V cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a suspension advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 13.6% failed on suspension, against 5.7% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 1,187 and 5,622 cars.
Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 8.9% of those with a suspension advisory and 7.8% of the others.
Similar cars are the same model, first-use year and mileage band. Areas are the DVSA's top-level groups, so the later fail may not be the fault that was advised. These figures describe what happened to these cars. They don't show what a repair would have changed.
Honda CR-V, all first-use years togetherHow we worked this outAll models compared, with the dataWhat MOT data can't tell you about any 2012 Honda CR-V
Outstanding finance, write-offs, theft and plate changes aren't in MOT records. For a particular car, you need a history check.
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