Common Honda Cbf 125 M B MOT failures
Based on 13,196 Honda Cbf 125 M B tests on record carrying an official DVSA defect code, so every category below is counted from real failures rather than estimated.
Real DVSA defect codes
Every category comes from the official MOT Inspection Manual section code DVSA attaches to each defect, not guessed from keywords.
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Where MOT tests find problems: Honda Cbf 125 M B
A test can find problems in more than one category, so the figures above do not sum to 100%. Each percentage is the share of classifiable tests that found at least one defect in that category. Based on 13,196 classifiable tests for Honda Cbf 125 M B.
What Honda Cbf 125 M B failures look like
13,196 Honda Cbf 125 M B tests on record carry the manual reference DVSA attaches to each defect. The most frequent problems were with brakes on 3,112 tests (23.6%), with body, structure and attachments on 3,006 tests (22.8%) and with axles, wheels, tyres and suspension on 2,622 tests (19.9%). A test can fail on more than one thing, and an MOT can be failed on one defect while another is only advised, so these counts do not add up to the number of tests.
Narrowed down from the categories to the individual defects themselves, three come up on more than one test:
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Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot severely deteriorated
MOT inspection manual reference 6.1.7, in body, structure and attachments
Recorded on 2,320 of the 13,196 tests: 511 failures and 1,809 advisories or minors.
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Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge
MOT inspection manual reference 5.2.3, in axles, wheels, tyres and suspension
Recorded on 1,625 of the 13,196 tests: 398 failures and 1,227 advisories or minors.
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Steering column universal joint has slight wear or play
MOT inspection manual reference 2.2.2, in steering
Recorded on 1,268 of the 13,196 tests: 351 failures and 917 advisories or minors.
Where there is enough data to compare: Honda Civic (3,304,167 tests), Honda Jazz (3,298,034 tests), Honda CR-V (2,105,761 tests), Honda Accord (412,263 tests), every Honda model (12,198,152 tests).
Clauses are read from the manual reference at the end of every defect on the cached test records, and a defect shown here has to appear on at least two of them before it is named. The site-wide breakdown explains how that works and compares every make.