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Common Honda Xl125v MOT failures

Based on 9,724 Honda Xl125v tests on record carrying an official DVSA defect code, so every category below is counted from real failures rather than estimated.

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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 Xl125v

Brakes 3,219 tests (33.1%)
Axles, wheels, tyres and suspension 2,753 tests (28.3%)
Body, structure and attachments 1,970 tests (20.3%)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 1,132 tests (11.6%)
Steering 995 tests (10.2%)
Nuisance (emissions and noise) 341 tests (3.5%)

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 9,724 classifiable tests for Honda Xl125v.

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What Honda Xl125v failures look like

9,724 Honda Xl125v tests on record carry the manual reference DVSA attaches to each defect. The most frequent problems were with brakes on 3,219 tests (33.1%), with axles, wheels, tyres and suspension on 2,753 tests (28.3%) and with body, structure and attachments on 1,970 tests (20.3%). 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:

  • Service brake binding but not excessively

    MOT inspection manual reference 1.2.1, in brakes

    Recorded on 1,556 of the 9,724 tests: 478 failures and 1,078 advisories or minors.

  • Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot severely deteriorated

    MOT inspection manual reference 6.1.7, in body, structure and attachments

    Recorded on 1,556 of the 9,724 tests: 380 failures and 1,176 advisories or minors.

  • Shock absorbers has light misting of oil

    MOT inspection manual reference 5.3.2, in axles, wheels, tyres and suspension

    Recorded on 1,198 of the 9,724 tests: 348 failures and 850 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.