Mazda 2 Recorded MOT Outcomes

28.6%
historical failure rate from 530,270 tests
1.6 percentage points above the dataset-wide reference of 26.9%

Evidence scope: This page summarises past outcomes for a make/model group. It does not use the condition, service history or current defects of a particular vehicle, so it is not a pass prediction, diagnosis or buying recommendation.

Recorded Failure Rate by Age Band

Age bandFailure rateTestsHighest recorded component category
0-2 years 6.7% 21,463 Tyres
3-5 years 11.8% 96,701 Visibility
6-10 years 24.7% 191,803 Suspension
11-15 years 41.1% 195,056 Suspension
15+ years 43.6% 25,247 Lamps & Electrics

Recorded Component-Category Rates

Each percentage is a sample-size-weighted historical category rate across the included age and mileage groups.

Component categoryRecorded rate
Suspension6.0%
Lamps & Electrics5.1%
Visibility3.0%
Tyres2.9%
Brakes2.3%
Steering1.7%
Body & Chassis0.8%

These categories describe aggregate records. They do not show that a specific vehicle has a component fault.

Other Mazda Model Groups

Groups With Similar Recorded Rates

Method: Failure and component-category rates are sample-size weighted. Only age/mileage groups with at least 100 tests are included. The checked-in source contains 148,509,908 tests and 39,969,903 failures.

Source: DVSA anonymised MOT tests and results, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.

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