2011 Honda Jazz 1.2L Petrol · OV61 DAU

A Honda Jazz of this vintage with an average annual mileage of around 5,800 miles is a notably low-use example for a fifteen-year-old car, and the eight-year MOT record available reflects that restrained activity. Seven tests are recorded between 2020 and 2026, with six passes and a single failure on 15 June 2023 alongside an immediately retested pass on the same date. The most recent assessment on 15 June 2026 recorded a clean pass with no advisories, and the three tests prior to that were also advisory-free. The defining mechanical story is therefore one of intermittent, mostly cosmetic tyre issues and a single lamp-related stop on the 2023 retest, rather than any structural or wear-driven deterioration typical of higher-mileage examples. The mileage profile across the recorded tests is steady and modest. The vehicle has covered 87,004 miles over fifteen years, equating to that low annual figure, and there are no dramatic jumps or gaps between tests that would imply sporadic long-distance use or extended standing periods. Each annual test falls within roughly a fortnight of the prior year, suggesting regular, light usage consistent with a second household car or short urban commuting. Mechanically, this kind of profile tends to preserve internal components such as the engine, transmission and clutch, but it does mean that consumables like brake discs, tyres and suspension bushes can suffer from underuse, surface corrosion of discs being a common consequence of low-mileage city driving. The advisories that have appeared across the record cluster on the tyres and, to a lesser extent, the braking system. In 2022 and again in 2023, cuts to the front tyres were noted but not deemed deep enough to reach the ply or cords, while the nearside front tyre was also flagged as worn close to the legal limit and on its edge in 2023, the same test where an offside rear tyre was deemed dangerously failed due to structural separation. A nearside rear brake disc was recorded as worn, pitted or scored in 2022, though not seriously weakened. None of these issues have reappeared in the three tests since, but a prospective buyer should still carry out a close physical inspection of all four tyres for sidewall bulges, uneven shoulder wear, and any perishing of the rubber, given the recurring edge-wear pattern on the front pair. On a test drive, light pedal application should produce a firm, even response without judder through the pedal, which would suggest the pitted rear disc has worsened. Regarding the suspension and steering, no advisories have ever been raised on coil springs, wishbones, anti-roll bar links, bushes or steering components, and there is no record of any corrosion-related items being flagged on the subframe, brake pipes or structural areas. On inspection, the Jazz should be driven over broken road surfaces and speed humps with the windows down to listen for any clonking from the front suspension, which can develop as the original rubber bushes harden on a low-mileage car. Steering should remain centred and free of vibration or pulling under braking, and the handbrake should hold the car on a moderate incline without excessive lever travel. The lighting faults recorded on the 2023 failure, a non-functioning nearside front position lamp and an inoperative rear registration plate lamp, are inexpensive items to verify visually before purchase, but they are not indicators of any deeper electrical fault and have not recurred. Overall, the recorded evidence supports a roadworthy example, with the only specific areas warranting hands-on attention being tyre condition and a feel-based check of the rear brake discs for any worsening of the pitting noted in 2022.