11-15-Year Mazda Mx-5 Recorded MOT Outcomes

26.4%
historical failure rate from 106,167 tests in this age band
0.5 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
Suspension6.3%
Lamps & Electrics3.5%
Brakes3.5%
Visibility2.2%
Tyres1.6%
Body & Chassis1.0%
Steering0.1%

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 5.7% 9,799 Lamps & Electrics
3-5 years 7.7% 49,589 Brakes
6-10 years 14.0% 75,567 Brakes
11-15 years 26.4% 106,167 Suspension
15+ years 35.1% 183,907 Suspension

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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