MOT comparison

Toyota Auris Mk1 vs Honda Civic Mk8

How the Toyota Auris Mk1 (2006–2012) and the Honda Civic Mk8 (Space-age) (2005–2011) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Toyota Auris Mk1

1,073,800

MOT tests compared · built 2006–2012

Passes more often in 11 of 15 mileage bands

Honda Civic Mk8 (Space-age)

2,274,149

MOT tests compared · built 2005–2011

Passes more often in 0 of 15 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Toyota Auris Mk1 Honda Civic Mk8

Under 10,000 miles 92.3% vs 91.5%

14,371 and 14,178 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 91.3% vs 90.4%

64,473 and 82,014 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 88.0% vs 86.8%

105,900 and 158,977 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 83.6% vs 83.1%

117,995 and 191,482 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 79.8% vs 79.1%

118,002 and 200,661 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 76.0% vs 74.3%

113,139 and 203,072 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 71.8% vs 69.9%

104,699 and 201,560 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 68.1% vs 65.2%

95,094 and 196,702 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 65.4% vs 61.9%

81,903 and 186,265 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 62.7% vs 58.6%

67,990 and 171,310 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 59.5% vs 55.9%

110,218 and 334,229 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 56.4% vs 53.3%

49,839 and 195,118 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 55.0% vs 51.7%

19,259 and 89,710 MOTs

175,000–200,000 miles 56.5% vs 50.2%

7,001 and 33,936 MOTs

200,000–250,000 miles 59.3% vs 48.7%

3,917 and 14,935 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

Toyota Auris Mk1 fails more often on

Rear position lamp

Fails about 4 times as often as the Honda Civic Mk8: 3.5% of MOTs against 1.1%.

In 12 of 15 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Parking brake

Fails about twice as often as the Honda Civic Mk8: 4.0% of MOTs against 1.9%.

In 11 of 15 mileage bands · Braking System
Rear brake pipe

Fails over 20 times as often as the Honda Civic Mk8: 2.1% of MOTs against 0.03%.

In 11 of 15 mileage bands · Braking System

Honda Civic Mk8 fails more often on

Side repeater

Fails about 3 times as often as the Toyota Auris Mk1: 1.9% of MOTs against 0.61%.

In 15 of 15 mileage bands
Front ball joint

Fails about twice as often as the Toyota Auris Mk1: 4.4% of MOTs against 2.2%.

In 12 of 15 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.