MOT statistics

Mazda MOT pass rates

Mazda cars went through 534,114 MOTs in 2025, and 27.3% arrived with at least one defect. That's 0.5 percentage points better than the national average. Here's how each model did.

Mazda models, ranked

Initial fail rate: failed outright, or passed only after a defect was fixed during the visit. Lower is better.

Model	Tests	Initial fail rate
Mazda2	127,526	30.3%
Mazda3	104,881	31.2%
MX-5	90,903	25.1%
CX-5	72,744	19.5%
Mazda6	56,489	30.8%
CX-3	25,301	16.5%
CX-30	20,888	8.7%

Models with fewer than 12,000 tests in the year are folded into the make's total rather than shown with their own unreliable number.

What Mazdas get pulled up on

Defects recorded at 2025 tests, by inspection category.

Category	Defects recorded
Suspension	88,503
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	78,159
Brakes	54,256
Tyres	36,541
Visibility	28,307
Noise, emissions and leaks	21,409
Body, chassis, structure	17,776
Steering	11,984

Using these numbers when you buy

A make-level average hides as much as it shows. The same badge covers a city car driven gently to the shops and a hard-worked family diesel, so click through to the model you're considering and read its rate by age, which is where the real story lives.

Then check the actual car. Averages can't see a skipped service or a winter of warning lights, but the car's own record can. Run the plate through our free MOT check for the current position, or the £5.00 report for every test, the mileage trail and the registered spec.