Honda ACCORD - 2011
219.7 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2011 is 274.4 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Honda ACCORD, model year 2011.
Sample size: 1,310 cars, 2,866 tests and 6,298 recorded faults.
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Less faults compared to the average car of same model year
Less faults compared to the average car of same model year
Quick summary
Total: 1,310 cars
The 2011 Honda Accord shows a lower overall defect rate compared to the average car of the same year, with 220 defects per 100 vehicles, which is 19% better than the average of 271 defects. It performs particularly well in categories such as steering, body and structure, and equipment, where it has significantly fewer defects than the average. Mileage data reveals that as the vehicle ages, defect rates generally increase, but the Accord maintains a consistent performance, especially in the higher mileage brackets. Overall, this model demonstrates reliability and fewer specific issues compared to its peers.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 1,310 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▲ 15.0% better
93.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 109.9 / 100 tests
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
Steering
▲ 42.4% better
9.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 15.8 / 100 tests
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
- Excessive roughness in operation of steering
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
Visibility
▼ 2.8% worse
21.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 21.2 / 100 tests
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Obligatory mirror or device: slightly damaged or loose
- Wiper blade: defective
Lights & Electrics
▼ 14.2% worse
78.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 68.9 / 100 tests
- Product on the lens or light source which obviously reduces light intensity or changes emitted colour to other than white or yellow
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
- Beam image obviously incorrect
- Headlamp reflector or lens: slightly defective
- Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 18.1% better
218.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 266.4 / 100 tests
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
Body/Structure
▲ 64.9% better
11.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 31.3 / 100 tests
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- A main load-bearing structural member: fractured or deformed such that structural rigidity is significantly reduced
Equipment
▲ 86.5% better
1.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 7.4 / 100 tests
- is significantly reduced or The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any seat belt anchorage (a ’prescribed area’): inadequately repaired
- ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
- is significantly reduced or The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any seat belt anchorage (a ’prescribed area’): inadequately repaired
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
Other
▲ 77.0% better
6.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 27.8 / 100 tests
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Any part of the noise suppression system: insecure
- Smoke opacity levels exceed the manufacturer’s specified limit
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
Fault rate by mileage segment
Model
Year average
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.
Most common faults (Top 10)
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 973
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 754
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 391
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 275
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 275
A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 262
Product on the lens or light source which obviously reduces light intensity or changes emitted colour to other than white or yellow
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 187
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 183
Headlamp reflector or lens: slightly defective
MINOR
Occurrences: 179
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 130
Serious faults (Top 10)
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 183
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 90
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 88
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 81
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 78
Beam image obviously incorrect
FAIL
Occurrences: 70
A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
FAIL
Occurrences: 58
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
FAIL
Occurrences: 43
Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
FAIL
Occurrences: 35
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 35