MOT comparison

Skoda Fabia Mk3 vs Honda Jazz Mk3

How the Skoda Fabia Mk3 (2014–2021) 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.

Skoda Fabia Mk3

674,138

MOT tests compared · built 2014–2021

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.

Skoda Fabia Mk3 Honda Jazz Mk3

Under 10,000 miles 93.1% vs 95.5%

28,604 and 63,357 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 89.6% vs 93.5%

106,402 and 144,753 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 86.4% vs 90.9%

139,198 and 122,730 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 83.7% vs 88.9%

121,340 and 79,329 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 80.4% vs 86.8%

92,859 and 46,755 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 77.2% vs 85.2%

66,170 and 26,398 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 74.5% vs 83.5%

45,670 and 14,470 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 72.9% vs 81.1%

30,038 and 7,705 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 70.2% vs 78.6%

19,125 and 4,031 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 69.4% vs 74.6%

11,879 and 2,209 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 67.6% vs 72.6%

12,853 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

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
Shock absorbers

Fails about 7 times as often as the Honda Jazz Mk3: 1.9% of MOTs against 0.37%.

In 8 of 11 mileage bands · Springs & Shocks

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

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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.