MOT comparison

Ford Fiesta Mk7 vs Honda Jazz Mk3

How the Ford Fiesta Mk7 (2008–2017) and the Honda Jazz Mk3 (GK) (2015–2020) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Ford Fiesta Mk7

10,036,974

MOT tests compared · built 2008–2017

Passes more often in 0 of 11 mileage bands

Honda Jazz Mk3 (GK)

513,662

MOT tests compared · built 2015–2020

Passes more often in 11 of 11 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

Share of MOTs passed first time, at the mileage recorded at the test.

Ford Fiesta Mk7 Honda Jazz Mk3

Under 10,000 miles 93.8% vs 95.5%

212,563 and 63,357 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 89.7% vs 93.5%

911,692 and 144,753 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 84.3% vs 90.9%

1,380,028 and 122,730 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 78.7% vs 88.9%

1,430,112 and 79,329 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 73.4% vs 86.8%

1,318,664 and 46,755 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 68.6% vs 85.2%

1,160,634 and 26,398 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 64.2% vs 83.5%

984,139 and 14,470 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 60.3% vs 81.1%

806,742 and 7,705 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 57.2% vs 78.6%

639,915 and 4,031 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 54.7% vs 74.6%

488,592 and 2,209 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 52.2% vs 72.6%

703,893 and 1,925 MOTs

Parts that fail more often

Only differences that hold across at least half of the mileage bands we could compare, and that are far too large to be chance, are listed. How we decide

Ford Fiesta Mk7 fails more often on

Headlamp

Fails about 3 times as often as the Honda Jazz Mk3: 3.9% of MOTs against 1.3%.

In 11 of 11 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Stop lamp

Fails over 20 times as often as the Honda Jazz Mk3: 3.6% of MOTs against 0.01%.

In 10 of 11 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Front suspension arm

Fails about 13 times as often as the Honda Jazz Mk3: 3.9% of MOTs against 0.37%.

In 8 of 11 mileage bands · Suspension & Joints

Honda Jazz Mk3 fails more often on

Rear brake pad

Fails over 20 times as often as the Ford Fiesta Mk7: 1.9% of MOTs against 0.04%.

In 9 of 11 mileage bands · Braking System
Windscreen wiper

Fails about twice as often as the Ford Fiesta Mk7: 2.2% of MOTs against 1.1%.

In 9 of 11 mileage bands · Driver's View

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These are differences in real MOT results, not engineering verdicts. Owner mix differs between models (some are more often taxis, first cars or rural cars), which is why every figure compares cars at the same mileage. How we compare cars.

MOT records: DVSA MOT history, which contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See this the other way round.