Model Reports 4 min read Updated 18 Oct 2026

Honda CR-V 2015: reliability & common MOT faults

In 2025, 83 in every 100 first MOTs on a 2015 Honda CR-V were passes. Most common reason for a fail: Tyre condition (rear).

Summary

The 2015 Honda CR-V follows the pattern of the model years either side.

At a glance

How 13,859 first tests went in 2025.

Passed first time
83 in every 100
Did not pass first time
17 in every 1002,386 failed first-attempt tests
The typical car
10 yearsabout 78,296 miles
First tests counted
13,859

What failed most often

  1. Tyre condition (rear)8 in every 100 failed tests
  2. Tyre tread depth (front)8 in every 100 failed tests
  3. Brake pads (front)6 in every 100 failed tests

How we count this. Data: UK MOT open data, 2025. Only Class 4 cars on their first MOT of the year are counted. A car that fails and is fixed at the test station still counts as a fail in the first-attempt rate. These are raw results, not adjusted for age, mileage, or peer mix. The MOT does not test engine or gearbox internals.

Note:

These are patterns across 2015 Honda CR-V vehicles in 2025, not a prediction that any one car will have them. Faults are grouped by part of the car. They come from MOT defect codes, not manufacturer bulletins, recalls or a diagnosis of any one car.

Brakes

One fault: brake pedal, 7.0 times as often as on similar cars.

Figures below are measured across the 2,371 of 2,386 failed first attempts (99.4%) that recorded an odometer reading in 2025. Mileage is needed to compare like with like.

We only list faults with at least 20 failures and a rate of about 2.0 times that of similar cars, which keeps one-off results out of the list.

Brake pedal

Failed on 58 first tests7.0 times as often as similar carsLikely evidence

What it means

A brake pedal rubber worn smooth is not a defect, and nor is a worn design pattern on an aftermarket rubber. A pedal with no rubber is rejected if its grooves or raised grip sections are worn smooth, unless the vehicle was made without them. Insufficient reserve travel is Major, but a vehicle is failed for it only if the pedal or lever is touching the floor or handlebar.

Also noted as an advisory

Testers also noted it as an advisory, worn but not yet failing, on 81 first tests, 10 times as often as on similar cars.

Data: UK MOT open data, 2025. Compared with cars of the same age and mileage. Advisories count notes recorded on failed first tests only.

Lamps and electrical

One fault: rear fog light, 2.5 times as often as on similar cars.

Rear fog light

Failed on 60 first tests2.5 times as often as similar carsPossible evidence

What it means

A missing obligatory rear fog lamp, one that is not working, or one that does not emit a steady red light is graded Major. A rear fog lamp adversely affected by the operation of any other lamp is Major too. The manual allows it to go out when main beam is switched on or when dipped beam headlamps are switched off.

Data: UK MOT open data, 2025. Compared with cars of the same age and mileage.

Advisories

Other things testers noted as worn or close to failing, more often than on similar cars.

An advisory is a note from the tester about something that has not failed yet. It is an early warning, not a fail. Advisories for the faults above are shown with those faults.

Anti-roll bar linkage ball joints (rear)

Noted on 48 first tests13 times as often as similar carsLikely evidence

Brake light (rear)

Noted on 78 first tests8.7 times as often as similar carsElevated evidence

Suspension arm (front)

Noted on 52 first tests4.7 times as often as similar carsElevated evidence

Data: UK MOT open data, 2025. Counts cover advisories recorded on failed first tests only, compared with cars of the same age and mileage.

MOT pass rates

How first tests ended, and how the pass rates are counted.

Passed first time
83in every 100
Passed on the first test.
Fixed at the station
3in every 100
Failed, then fixed at the test station the same day.
Failed
14in every 100
Did not pass, and were not fixed at the test station.

First-attempt pass 82.8% of 13,859 first tests (2025): only cars that passed first time count. Official-style pass 86.4%: cars fixed at the test station also count as a pass. The 3 fixed and the 14 not fixed make the 17 in every 100 that did not pass first time.

Petrol and diesel

First testsTypical mileagePassed first time, as testedPassed first time, same mileage
Diesel9,14485,836 miles8283
Petrol4,71464,552 miles8482

Figures are in every 100 first tests. Cars with more miles usually fail more often, so the same-mileage figure gives every fuel the mileage mix of all the cars in this year.

Same model, other years

Passed first time in every 100, all tested in 2025.

40608010020002005201020152020Older carsNewer cars
4060801002000201020152020Older cars

Newer cars are younger, so look for a jump rather than the climb. A year earlier (2024), when these cars were a year younger, 85 in every 100 passed first time.

YearPassed first timeFirst tests
199952 in every 100343
200052 in every 100531
200155 in every 100891
200249 in every 1002,508
200350 in every 1003,782
200449 in every 1004,876
200553 in every 1006,998
200654 in every 1007,920
200757 in every 10011,743
200860 in every 1008,890
200964 in every 1008,492
201069 in every 1009,230
201171 in every 1009,222
201274 in every 10011,907
201380 in every 10013,543
201482 in every 10014,223
2015 This car83 in every 10013,859
201685 in every 10013,724
201786 in every 10011,531
201888 in every 1008,968
201991 in every 1008,055
202092 in every 1005,389
202192 in every 1005,635
202293 in every 1005,014

If you are buying one

What this year's MOT record means for the decision in front of you.

Mileage matters most on a 2015 CR-V.

Of 2015 CR-V vehicles with under 55,000 miles, 88 in every 100 passed their 2025 MOT first time. With 104,000 miles or more, 75 in every 100 did.

Under 55,0002,777 tests
88
55,000–71,0002,803 tests
86
71,000–86,000 Typical car2,709 tests
84
86,000–104,0002,755 tests
82
104,000 and over2,787 tests
75

Petrol or diesel?

Typical mileagePassed first time,
as tested		Passed first time,
same mileage
Diesel85,836 miles8283
Petrol64,552 miles8582

Figures are in every 100 first tests. Petrol cars look better on the raw figures only because diesel cars have done more miles (typically 85,836 against 64,552). At the same mileage there is no clear difference between the two.

What to check at your mileage

How often each fault turned up on a failed first test, by the car's mileage. Read it as: what is likely to need looking at on a car like the one in front of you.

Under 55,00071,000–86,000104,000 and over
Tyre condition (rear)0.91.22.0
Tyre tread depth (front)0.31.12.3
Brake pads (front)0.81.21.0
Windscreen wipers (front)1.10.60.8
Track rod end (front)0.20.71.8

Faults per 100 first tests, by the car's mileage at the test.

When a car fails

56in every 100

of failed cars had one item to fix.

16in every 100

of failed cars had three or more items to fix.

5in every 100

of all first tests had a defect the tester marked dangerous (unsafe to drive away).

Every figure here is a first-attempt MOT rate from DVSA open data for this model line, for cars of this model year tested in 2025. Each mileage band holds a fifth of the tests. MOTs do not test engine or gearbox internals, so this is a pre-purchase checklist, not a full reliability score.

FAQs

Short answers about how to read this model-year guide.

The 2015 Honda CR-V follows the pattern of the model years either side. Its main cause of failure was Tyre condition (rear), about 8 in every 100 failed tests. In 2025, 82.8% of 13,859 first MOTs on the 2015 Honda CR-V passed first time (PRS: items fixed at the station the same day, counted as a fail). The official-style rate including PRS is 86.4%. Among 2,386 failed first-attempt MOT tests (test year 2025), Brake pedal appears more often than on similar cars (2.4% of those tests; 58 observed failures; about 7.0× more often than similar cars). There is no single reliability score here; this is a pre-purchase checklist built from DVSA open data, not a guarantee for any individual car.
Ranked by how often they were actually recorded, the items that most often failed a 2015 Honda CR-V at the first attempt were Tyre condition (rear) (7.6%), Tyre tread depth (front) (7.5%) and Brake pads (front) (5.8%), each as a share of the year's failed first attempts. That is what goes wrong most often on the car. The common faults table shows a different measure: faults that are unusual compared with similar cars.
Among failed first-attempt tests we highlight patterns that appear more often than on similar cars. Top example: Brake pedal (2.4% of those tests; 58 observed failures; about 7.0× more often than similar cars). These are statistical signals, not a diagnosis of any individual car.
Brake pedal shows up more often than on similar cars (2.4% of those tests; 58 observed failures; about 7.0× more often than similar cars). That does not prove a design fault. Age, mileage, and how the car was used still matter. Treat it as a pre-purchase checkpoint, not a manufacturer service bulletin.
Common MOT problem areas for the 2015 Honda CR-V include Brake pedal, Rear fog light. These are the faults that stand out compared with similar cars, not a complete list of what can go wrong on any individual car.
Advisories flag issues noted at the test and are not a fail rate. We show advisory patterns that appear more often than on similar cars among failed first-attempt tests, separate from common failure rows. Use them as early-warning checks, not as a pass/fail score.
This page highlights MOT failure patterns for the 2015 Honda CR-V (registration year) using UK DVSA open data for the selected test year. Patterns are compared with cars of a similar age and mileage. It is a buyer checklist from MOT defect statistics, not a full service history or manufacturer service-bulletin list.
No. MOT tests do not cover engine internals, gearboxes, or many electronic modules. Patterns here come from MOT defect statistics only and should not be read as engine or gearbox reliability scores.

About this data

How this page is built and what it can (and can't) say.

These figures come from UK MOT open data for this model year. We surface common failure patterns against similar cars, not a full reliability score, and not a pass/fail verdict on any individual vehicle.

2024 2025

What we include

UK Class 4 cars only. Normal MOT tests (not retests); first test per vehicle per calendar year; results pass, PRS, or fail.

Same-day repairs

PRS means the car failed items that were fixed at the test station and then passed the same day. We count PRS as a first-attempt fail in headline rates so same-day repairs do not hide problems.

How we compare

We compare this model year with other Class 4 cars of similar age and mileage in the same test year. This model family is left out of the peer group so the car is not measured against itself.

What this does not cover

  • MOTs do not cover engine internals, gearboxes, or many electronics; this is not a full reliability score.
  • Common faults come from MOT defect stats, not manufacturer TSBs or recalls.
  • Age and mileage matching reduces, but does not remove, differences in how cars were used and maintained.
  • If the data for a car is too thin to say anything useful, we say so rather than guess.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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