2012 Honda Jazz 1.3L Petrol · J13 HBW

The 2012 Honda Jazz presents as roadworthy with a stable maintenance trend. The most recent test on 5 November 2025 at 27,889 miles returned a pass with no defects recorded, continuing an unbroken sequence of clean MOT outcomes across the available history. Annual tests from 2021 through 2025 show a consistently low mileage profile for a fourteen-year-old vehicle. The car recorded 11,219 miles in November 2021, rose to 12,559 by November 2022, 13,589 in November 2023, 19,409 in November 2024, and 27,889 in November 2025. That equates to roughly 1,992 miles per year on average. The jump of nearly 6,000 miles between the 2023 and 2024 tests is the only notable acceleration; otherwise the record is sparse but clean, with no advisories or failures logged at any stage. A buyer should still commission a physical inspection despite the unblemished MOT trail. Low-use vehicles such as this often sit unused for extended periods, which allows corrosion to develop on structural members, subframes, and brake lines even when the tester finds nothing to report. Standing time also degrades rubber suspension bushes, track-rod gaiters, and tyre sidewalls through weathering rather than abrasion. Check the brake discs for surface pitting from moisture, and confirm the handbrake mechanism is free rather than seized after long idle spells. Inspect the exhaust system and underbody for early rust, and verify the cambelt or chain interval against Honda's schedule given the age if service records are absent. The MOT data implies careful, light use by prior keepers, but it does not substitute for a hands-on assessment of consumables and hidden structure.