# Honda Prelude MOT reliability: pass rate and common failures | RegFlags

The Honda Prelude passes its MOT first time 70% of the time, from 953 MOT tests. See pass rates by year, common failures and typical mileage.

- First-time MOT pass rate: 70%
- MOT tests analysed: 953 (DVSA anonymised MOT data, 2025)
- Most common failure area: Lights & electrics
- Licensed in Great Britain: 1,006 (2026 Q2)

## By year of first use and fuel

| Year | Fuel | MOT tests | First-time pass rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2021 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2020 | Petrol | 3 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2019 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2015 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2009 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 0% |
| 2008 | Petrol | 4 (very few mots) | 75% |
| 2007 | Petrol | 7 (very few mots) | 86% |
| 2006 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2005 | Petrol | 7 (very few mots) | 57% |
| 2004 | Petrol | 5 (very few mots) | 60% |
| 2003 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 0% |
| 2002 | Petrol | 8 (very few mots) | 50% |
| 2001 | Petrol | 7 (very few mots) | 71% |
| 2000 | Petrol | 148 | 71% |
| 1999 | Petrol | 161 | 72% |
| 1998 | Petrol | 166 | 60% |
| 1997 | Petrol | 132 | 71% |
| 1996 | Petrol | 25 (few mots) | 72% |
| 1995 | Petrol | 27 (few mots) | 63% |
| 1994 | Petrol | 27 (few mots) | 78% |
| 1993 | Petrol | 29 (few mots) | 72% |
| 1992 | Petrol | 40 (few mots) | 78% |
| 1991 | Petrol | 45 (few mots) | 76% |
| 1991 | LPG | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1990 | Petrol | 40 (few mots) | 73% |
| 1989 | Petrol | 33 (few mots) | 73% |
| 1988 | Petrol | 10 (very few mots) | 60% |
| 1987 | Petrol | 7 (very few mots) | 57% |
| 1986 | Petrol | 6 (very few mots) | 50% |
| 1985 | Petrol | 4 (very few mots) | 75% |
| 1984 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1983 | Petrol | 2 (very few mots) | 50% |
| 1982 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1981 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |

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