11.1%fail rate
Honda Cb MOT pass rate by year
How the Honda Cb's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1980 to 2023, across the DVSA record.
What is the Honda Cb MOT pass rate by year?
The MOT pass and failure rate for each Honda Cb model year, from the DVSA record. Only years with at least 1,000 tests are shown, so each figure is a real average rather than a handful of cars. The Honda Cb averages 11.1% failures across all years.
| Year | Pass rate | Failure rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 82.1% | 17.9% | 1,031 |
| 1981 | 82.4% | 17.6% | 1,031 |
| 1982 | 79.7% | 20.3% | 1,036 |
| 1983 | 74.4% | 25.6% | 1,232 |
| 1994 | 83.9% | 16.1% | 1,024 |
| 1997 | 80.8% | 19.2% | 1,660 |
| 1998 | 80.5% | 19.5% | 1,631 |
| 1999 | 82.0% | 18.0% | 1,614 |
| 2001 | 84.0% | 16.0% | 1,155 |
| 2002 | 85.2% | 14.8% | 6,768 |
| 2003 | 85.2% | 14.8% | 9,467 |
| 2004 | 84.5% | 15.5% | 4,414 |
| 2005 | 87.0% | 13.0% | 7,246 |
| 2006 | 87.3% | 12.7% | 6,739 |
| 2007 | 87.5% | 12.5% | 9,875 |
| 2008 | 89.0% | 11.0% | 11,987 |
| 2009 | 88.1% | 11.9% | 9,186 |
| 2010 | 89.2% | 10.8% | 7,069 |
| 2011 | 89.0% | 11.0% | 5,287 |
| 2012 | 89.4% | 10.6% | 3,753 |
| 2013 | 89.9% | 10.1% | 10,685 |
| 2014 | 90.7% | 9.3% | 10,673 |
| 2015 | 90.8% | 9.2% | 12,271 |
| 2016 | 91.1% | 8.9% | 11,413 |
| 2017 | 92.5% | 7.5% | 13,873 |
| 2018 | 93.1% | 6.9% | 11,521 |
| 2019 | 92.1% | 7.9% | 12,060 |
| 2020 | 92.8% | 7.2% | 6,738 |
| 2021 | 93.7% | 6.3% | 4,682 |
| 2022 | 93.8% | 6.2% | 2,497 |
| 2023 | 93.8% | 6.2% | 1,452 |
Does age change how often a Honda Cb fails?
Older Honda Cbs fail more often, as expected. The 1980 cars fail 17.9% of tests against 6.2% for the 2023. Across every year the model averages 11.1%. The 1983 is the weakest year at 25.6%, and the 2022 the strongest at 6.2%.
More on the Honda Cb
The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.
| See also |
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| Honda Cb: common MOT failures and the parts that fix them |
| All Honda models compared by MOT failure rate |
| MOT failure rates across Britain |
Sources: DVSA MOT History API: MOT test results and defect data ยท DVSA MOT testing data for Great Britain