Honda GL1500 MOT reliability

Honda GL1500s passed their MOT first time 85% of the time across 46 tests in 2025.

These figures come from 46 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

First-time pass rate

85%

MOTs analysed

46

Still licensed (GB)

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Body type

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Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age. Years with very few MOTs can show extreme pass rates, even 0% or 100%, so give more weight to years with more tests.

In detail:

First registered

2000 petrol

10 MOTs

These figures come from only 10 MOT tests. With so few cars, a single pass or fail changes the percentages a lot, so treat them as a rough guide rather than a true average.

Passed first time 90%. Typical mileage 63,369 (most between 60,012 and 73,255).

2021: 67% → 2022: 75% → 2023: 90% → 2024: 92% → 2025: 90%

Most common failures

Stop lamp: not working (10.0%)

Where 2000 GL1500s fail

Lights & electrics

10.0%

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Based on 2025 initial MOT tests in DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset (cars and light vans). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Model details: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB.