MOT comparison

Honda Jazz Mk3 vs Skoda Fabia Mk3

How the Honda Jazz Mk3 (GK) (2015–2020) and the Skoda Fabia Mk3 (2014–2021) 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

Skoda Fabia Mk3

674,138

MOT tests compared · built 2014–2021

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 Skoda Fabia Mk3

Under 10,000 miles 95.5% vs 93.1%

63,357 and 28,604 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 93.5% vs 89.6%

144,753 and 106,402 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 90.9% vs 86.4%

122,730 and 139,198 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 88.9% vs 83.7%

79,329 and 121,340 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 86.8% vs 80.4%

46,755 and 92,859 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 85.2% vs 77.2%

26,398 and 66,170 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 83.5% vs 74.5%

14,470 and 45,670 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 81.1% vs 72.9%

7,705 and 30,038 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 78.6% vs 70.2%

4,031 and 19,125 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 74.6% vs 69.4%

2,209 and 11,879 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 72.6% vs 67.6%

1,925 and 12,853 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 about twice as often as the Skoda Fabia Mk3: 1.9% of MOTs against 0.81%.

In 9 of 11 mileage bands · Braking System

Skoda Fabia Mk3 fails more often on

Engine management light

Fails over 20 times as often as the Honda Jazz Mk3: 0.66% of MOTs against 0.02%.

In 11 of 11 mileage bands · Dashboard Warning Lights
Front suspension arm

Fails about 9 times as often as the Honda Jazz Mk3: 2.3% of MOTs against 0.33%.

In 9 of 11 mileage bands · Suspension & Joints

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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.