Honda Jazz: which years to avoid

Based on 327,754 real MOT tests from DVSA records. Each year is compared against every other car first registered the same year — otherwise the numbers would only tell you that older cars fail more, which you knew.

The short answer

No model year stands out as one to avoid. Every year sits within 15% of the failure rate for cars of the same age. The 2020 is the strongest, failing 68% less often than average.

Found a Honda Jazz you like?

Averages tell you what to expect. Its registration tells you what actually happened — every MOT, every advisory, and whether the mileage adds up.

Every Jazz model year

Shaded rows are the years that differ most from other cars of the same age — worse, better.

MOT failure rate by registration year for the Honda Jazz
Registered	MOT tests	Fail rate	vs same-age cars
2002	3,155	36.7%	about average
2003	6,899	34.0%	about average
2004	12,214	34.3%	about average
2005	17,175	36.1%	about average
2006	20,956	34.6%	about average
2007	21,542	33.9%	about average
2008	21,611	32.5%	about average
2009	24,432	23.4%	30% better
2010	22,246	20.8%	36% better
2011	19,988	16.3%	46% better
2012	21,349	14.8%	47% better
2013	20,655	13.0%	49% better
2014	19,501	11.1%	51% better
2015	17,695	9.2%	53% better
2016	18,396	7.5%	56% better
2017	17,989	6.6%	54% better
2018	20,233	5.7%	53% better
2019	16,760	4.1%	60% better
2020	4,958	3.0%	68% better

How this is worked out

Every MOT test recorded by DVSA in 2023 on a Honda Jazz, grouped by the year the car was first registered. Retests are excluded, so a car that failed and was fixed still counts as a failure. Each year's rate is then divided by the rate for all cars first registered that year — so 120 means 20% more failures than its contemporaries, not 20% more than a brand new car.

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