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2014 Honda FIT: common problems and what to check

What gets flagged at MOT on 2014 Honda FITs, from 929 tests in 2025, plus known faults and what to look at before you buy one.

929MOT tests in 2025
89%pass first time (all 2014 cars: 69%)
4,900typical miles a year
7.5×the usual rate for rear fog light

What stands out

Parts flagged at MOT more often on 2014 Honda FITs than on all cars registered in 2014.

  • Rear fog light7.5× usual
    Honda FIT
    4.5% All 2014 cars
    0.6%

    Failed outright at MOT: 4.4%, against 0.5% of all 2014 cars. The rest were advisories or minor defects.

    Rough price £10–£80 our estimate

    At the viewing: Ask a friend to check every light while you work the switches: indicators, brake lights, fog lights and reversing lights.

Better than most

Tread depth: 5.4% here, against 21% of all 2014 cars. Tyre condition: 4.7% here, against 14% of all 2014 cars.

By area

The share of 2014 Honda FIT MOT tests where testers flagged each area, as a fail or an advisory. Rough prices are typical independent-garage costs.

  • Lights and electrics
    9% of testsRough price £10–£80

    At the viewing: Ask a friend to check every light, including brake lights and indicators, while you operate them.

  • Tyres
    9% of testsRough price £70–£150

    At the viewing: Check the tread on all four tyres, including the inside edges, and look for cracks or bulges.

  • Suspension
    8% of testsRough price £120–£400

    At the viewing: Listen for knocks over speed bumps, and look behind each front wheel for a snapped coil spring.

  • Wipers, windscreen and mirrors
    3% of testsRough price £15–£250

    At the viewing: Check for chips in the driver's view, and test the wipers and washers.

  • Brakes
    2% of testsRough price £150–£350

    At the viewing: Look for a lip on the disc edges and feel for judder or pulling when braking firmly from about 40mph.

  • Seats and seatbelts
    1% of testsRough price £80–£250

    At the viewing: Pull each seatbelt sharply. It should lock, and retract cleanly.

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Other years

YearMOT testsMost flagged
2013962Tyres 14%
20121,265Lights and electrics 22%
2011964Lights and electrics 27%

Where this comes from: the DVSA's anonymised results for every MOT test in Great Britain in 2025, counting tests of 2014 Honda FITs registered in 2014. "Flagged" includes advisories, so it isn't the same as a fail rate. How we score