MOT comparison

Honda Jazz Mk3 vs Ford Fiesta Mk7

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

Honda Jazz Mk3 (GK)

513,662

MOT tests compared · built 2015–2020

Passes more often in 11 of 11 mileage bands

Ford Fiesta Mk7

10,042,965

MOT tests compared · built 2008–2017

Passes more often in 0 of 11 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Honda Jazz Mk3 Ford Fiesta Mk7

Under 10,000 miles 95.5% vs 93.8%

63,357 and 212,571 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 93.5% vs 89.7%

144,753 and 911,786 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 90.9% vs 84.3%

122,730 and 1,380,240 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 88.9% vs 78.7%

79,329 and 1,430,492 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 86.8% vs 73.4%

46,755 and 1,319,222 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 85.2% vs 68.5%

26,398 and 1,161,330 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 83.5% vs 64.2%

14,470 and 984,874 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 81.1% vs 60.3%

7,705 and 807,494 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 78.6% vs 57.2%

4,031 and 640,655 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 74.6% vs 54.7%

2,209 and 489,250 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 72.6% vs 52.2%

1,925 and 705,051 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

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
Rear service brake

Fails about 6 times as often as the Ford Fiesta Mk7: 1.0% of MOTs against 0.17%.

In 6 of 11 mileage bands · Braking System

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

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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.