21.3%fail rate
Mazda 2 MOT pass rate by year
How the Mazda 2's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 2003 to 2023, across the DVSA record.
What is the Mazda 2 MOT pass rate by year?
The MOT pass and failure rate for each Mazda 2 model year, from the DVSA record. Only years with at least 1,000 tests are shown, so each figure is a real average rather than a handful of cars. The Mazda 2 averages 21.3% failures across all years.
| Year | Pass rate | Failure rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 76.2% | 23.8% | 37,906 |
| 2004 | 76.5% | 23.5% | 71,484 |
| 2005 | 76.4% | 23.6% | 63,998 |
| 2006 | 76.5% | 23.5% | 60,813 |
| 2007 | 76.4% | 23.6% | 87,214 |
| 2008 | 74.3% | 25.7% | 214,464 |
| 2009 | 75.1% | 24.9% | 276,817 |
| 2010 | 75.7% | 24.3% | 244,313 |
| 2011 | 77.1% | 22.9% | 182,830 |
| 2012 | 78.7% | 21.3% | 135,869 |
| 2013 | 79.5% | 20.5% | 117,230 |
| 2014 | 81.6% | 18.4% | 101,283 |
| 2015 | 82.9% | 17.1% | 103,833 |
| 2016 | 84.6% | 15.4% | 91,803 |
| 2017 | 87.9% | 12.1% | 60,381 |
| 2018 | 89.3% | 10.7% | 52,202 |
| 2019 | 90.6% | 9.4% | 44,070 |
| 2020 | 91.5% | 8.5% | 16,682 |
| 2021 | 91.4% | 8.6% | 11,346 |
| 2022 | 92.6% | 7.4% | 6,842 |
| 2023 | 91.6% | 8.4% | 2,150 |
Does age change how often a Mazda 2 fails?
Older Mazda 2s fail more often, as expected. The 2003 cars fail 23.8% of tests against 8.4% for the 2023. Across every year the model averages 21.3%. The 2008 is the weakest year at 25.7%, and the 2022 the strongest at 7.4%.
More on the Mazda 2
The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.
| See also |
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| Mazda 2: common MOT failures and the parts that fix them |
| All Mazda models compared by MOT failure rate |
| MOT failure rates across Britain |
Sources: DVSA MOT History API: MOT test results and defect data ยท DVSA MOT testing data for Great Britain