Used car guide · 2018–2023

Honda CR-V Mk5: best and worst years, and what goes wrong

How every year of the Honda CR-V Mk5 did at its MOT in 2025 compared with other cars the same age, the weak spots that keep coming up, and what to check before you buy one. From 33,465 MOT tests.

2019best year: 91% pass first time, 7 points above all 2019 cars
2022weakest year: 93% pass first time, 4 points above all 2022 cars

Year by year

First-time MOT pass rate for each year of the Honda CR-V Mk5, against all cars registered the same year. Older cars fail more, so the comparison with cars the same age is what matters.

70%85%100%2018: 88% pass first time (all 2018 cars: 81%) 88% 2018*2019: 91% pass first time (all 2019 cars: 84%) 91% 20192020: 92% pass first time (all 2020 cars: 86%) 92% 20202021: 92% pass first time (all 2021 cars: 87%) 92% 20212022: 93% pass first time (all 2022 cars: 89%) 93% 2022
This model, first-time pass rate All cars registered that year · * changeover year: some cars are the previous or next generation
YearPass first timeAll cars that yearStands outMOT tests
2018*88%81% +7Brake lights 6.7× usual9,252
201991%84% +7Nothing unusual8,298
202092%86% +6Nothing unusual5,499
202192%87% +5Nothing unusual5,384
202293%89% +4Nothing unusual5,032

Where this comes from: the DVSA's anonymised results for every MOT test in Great Britain in 2025, counting each car's main test of the year (not retests). A weak spot needs at least 30 cars flagged and must stay 1.5× the usual rate even at the cautious end of a 95% confidence range. Generation years are approximate: cars registered in a changeover year (*) can be either generation. How we score

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