How often does this part fail a real inspection, by car age?

In 2,091,272 New Jersey initial inspections in 2025, 5.1% of cars aged 16+ years failed the lighting test against 0.3% of cars under 3 years, about 17 times as often (record counts, not a sample).

<30.3%

3-40.5%

5-60.6%

7-91.1%

10-122.0%

13-152.9%

16+5.1%

What it shows: 16+ is the largest at 5.1%, followed by <3 at 0.3%; the smallest shown is <3 at 0.3%.

Source: New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, Vehicle Inspection Data · file downloaded 2026-10