3-5-Year Mazda 2 Recorded MOT Outcomes

11.8%
historical failure rate from 96,701 tests in this age band
15.1 percentage points below the dataset-wide reference of 26.9%

Evidence scope: The source groups vehicles into broad age bands. It does not provide a model-year-specific result here, and it does not include an individual vehicle's condition, service history or current defects. This page is descriptive, not predictive or diagnostic.

Recorded Component-Category Rates

These percentages are sample-size-weighted historical rates for this model and age band.

Component categoryRecorded rate
Visibility1.8%
Tyres1.6%
Lamps & Electrics1.1%
Brakes1.1%
Suspension0.6%
Body & Chassis0.1%
Steering0.0%

A category rate does not show that a particular vehicle has a fault in that area.

Other Recorded Age Bands

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

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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