Honda Legend
Registered from 1993 to 2015.
About this model
The Honda Legend is a series of V6-engined executive cars that was produced by Honda between 1985 and 2021, and served as its flagship vehicle. The Legend has also been sold under the Acura Legend, RL and RLX nameplates — the successive flagship vehicles of Honda's luxury Acura division in North America from 1986 until 2020.
From the Wikipedia article Honda Legend, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2007 3.5 petrol. 22 of 127 tests failed, 17%.
Better than 90% of 2007 cars. The typical one fails 27%, across 935 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 41% | 9 |
| Brakes | 36% | 8 |
| Lights and electrics | 36% | 8 |
| Tyres and wheels | 27% | 6 |
| Exhaust and emissions | 14% | 3 |
| Visibility | 14% | 3 |
The defects inspectors cite
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm
- A tyre cords visible or damaged
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
- A suspension component fractured or likely to fail
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Suspension — 41% of its failures
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- A suspension component fractured or likely to fail
- A suspension component missing, likely to become detached or directional stability impaired
- Brakes — 36% of its failures
- A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
- Tyres and wheels — 27% of its failures
- A tyre cords visible or damaged
- A tyre seriously damaged
- Exhaust and emissions — 14% of its failures
- Lights and electrics — 36% of its failures
- A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Visibility — 14% of its failures
Recalls
Filed by the manufacturer with a regulator. A recall is repaired free of charge, whoever owns the car now.
A12/0474/16
Abnormal deployment pressure may lead to rupture of the driver's air bag inflator case. In this event, metal fragments could be propelled into the passenger compartment, potentially causing injury to a vehicle occupant.
Recall of the product from end users