15+-Year Mazda Rx-8 Recorded MOT Outcomes

34.0%
historical failure rate from 7,584 tests in this age band
7.1 percentage points above 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 & Electrics6.2%
Brakes4.5%
Body & Chassis2.5%
Tyres2.2%
Visibility1.6%
Steering0.9%

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
11-15 years 30.4% 6,776 Suspension
15+ years 34.0% 7,584 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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