Honda JAZZ - 2020
60.0 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2020 is 91.3 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Honda JAZZ, model year 2020.
Sample size: 10,913 cars, 21,202 tests and 12,725 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: 10,913 cars
The 2020 Honda Jazz demonstrates a significantly lower overall defect rate, with 60 defects per 100 vehicles compared to the average of 90 defects per 100, marking a 33.2% improvement. Notably, it excels in categories such as brakes, steering, lights and electrics, body/structure, and equipment, all showing considerably fewer defects than the average car. Mileage-related trends indicate that the defect rate increases with mileage, yet the Jazz remains more reliable across all mileage segments compared to its peers. Overall, this model stands out for its robust performance, particularly in safety and structural integrity.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 10,913 cars
Categories
Brakes
▲ 66.9% better
16.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 50.8 / 100 tests
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
Steering
▲ 93.3% better
0.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 1.5 / 100 tests
- EPS MIL indicating a system malfunction
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
Visibility
▼ 11.3% worse
15.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 14.1 / 100 tests
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Wiper blade: defective
- 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: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▲ 68.8% better
3.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 11.2 / 100 tests
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- Product on the lens or light source which obviously reduces light intensity or changes emitted colour to other than white or yellow
- A direction indicator: lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
- A lens defective: which has no effect on emitted light
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 15.6% better
82.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 97.5 / 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 lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
Body/Structure
▲ 79.2% better
0.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 2.4 / 100 tests
- Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
- A door will not open using the relevant control or close properly
- A main load-bearing structural member: fractured or deformed such that structural rigidity is significantly reduced
- A body panel or body component: damaged or corroded and likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted, or insecure
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
Equipment
▲ 60.0% better
0.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 1.5 / 100 tests
- A seat belt:
- A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
- A seat belt:
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
Other
▲ 86.5% better
0.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 3.7 / 100 tests
- Any part of the noise suppression system: insecure
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- 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)
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,985
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,988
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 903
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 769
Wiper blade: defective
MINOR
Occurrences: 546
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 492
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
PRS
Occurrences: 432
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 269
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 248
The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
PRS
Occurrences: 209
Serious faults (Top 10)
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 269
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 248
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 201
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 95
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 85
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 77
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 23
Tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously not working
FAIL
Occurrences: 23
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
FAIL
Occurrences: 20
Excessive fluctuation in brake effort through each wheel revolution
FAIL
Occurrences: 16