Honda Prelude
Registered from 1990 to 2007.
About this model
The Honda Prelude is a sport compact car produced by the Japanese company Honda. It was produced over five generations from 1978 to 2001, and reintroduced in 2025.
From the Wikipedia article Honda Prelude, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 1999 2.2 petrol. 37 of 147 tests failed, 25%.
Better than 59% of 1999 cars. The typical one fails 26%, across 348 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Lights and electrics | 38% | 14 |
| Suspension | 38% | 14 |
| Brakes | 35% | 13 |
| Exhaust and emissions | 30% | 11 |
| Body and structure | 24% | 9 |
| Visibility | 24% | 9 |
The defects inspectors cite
- Emissions levels exceed the manufacturer's specified limits
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Brakes imbalance across an axle such that the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle.
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- An obligatory rear fog lamp missing, or a front or rear fog lamp inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Suspension — 38% of its failures
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- Brakes — 35% of its failures
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
- Exhaust and emissions — 30% of its failures
- Emissions levels exceed the manufacturer's specified limits
- Lights and electrics — 38% of its failures
- An obligatory rear fog lamp missing, or a front or rear fog lamp inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Body and structure — 24% of its failures
- Visibility — 24% of its failures
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen