Honda JAZZ - 2017
90.7 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2017 is 137.4 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Honda JAZZ, model year 2017.
Sample size: 18,147 cars, 35,379 tests and 32,088 recorded faults.
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Less faults compared to the average car of same model year
Quick summary
Total: 18,147 cars
The 2017 Honda Jazz has an overall defect rate of 91 per 100 vehicles, which is significantly lower than the yearly average of 134 per 100, making it 32% less likely to have defects than the average car of the same year. Notably, the Jazz excels in categories such as Steering, Lights & Electrics, and Body/Structure, with defect rates much lower than the average for these areas. However, higher mileage vehicles tend to show increased defect rates, particularly from 93,000 miles and onwards, suggesting potential wear and tear over time. Overall, the Honda Jazz stands out for its reliability compared to its peers, particularly in critical safety and structural categories.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 18,147 cars
Categories
Brakes
▲ 16.0% better
60.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 72.5 / 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
▲ 96.4% better
0.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 5.6 / 100 tests
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Free play in the steering, measured at the rim of the steering wheel is: excessive
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
Visibility
▲ 6.9% better
13.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 14.5 / 100 tests
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Wiper blade: defective
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▲ 73.5% better
5.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 20.4 / 100 tests
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
- 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
- Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 31.2% better
98.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 143.1 / 100 tests
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
- A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
Body/Structure
▲ 85.7% better
1.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 7.0 / 100 tests
- A main load-bearing structural member: fractured or deformed such that structural rigidity is significantly reduced
- A body panel or body component: likely to become detached
- Bumper: insecure or with damage likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted
- Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
- Bumper: insecure or with damage likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted
Equipment
▲ 70.4% better
0.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 2.7 / 100 tests
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
- A seat belt:
- A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
Other
▲ 86.7% better
1.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 9.0 / 100 tests
- Any part of the noise suppression system: insecure
- Any part of the noise suppression system: insecure
- Any part of the noise suppression system: insecure
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
Fault rate by mileage segment
Model
Year average
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.
Most common faults (Top 10)
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 8,774
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 4,994
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 4,754
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,745
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,126
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 864
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 826
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 757
Wiper blade: defective
MINOR
Occurrences: 661
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 616
Serious faults (Top 10)
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 757
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 616
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 477
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 414
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 282
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
FAIL
Occurrences: 279
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 174
Tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously not working
FAIL
Occurrences: 108
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. Or in the case of testing on the road, the vehicle deviates excessively from a straight lin
FAIL
Occurrences: 99
Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
FAIL
Occurrences: 97