22.4%fail rate
Mazda 3 MOT pass rate by year
How the Mazda 3's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 2003 to 2023, across the DVSA record.
What is the Mazda 3 MOT pass rate by year?
The MOT pass and failure rate for each Mazda 3 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 3 averages 22.4% failures across all years.
| Year | Pass rate | Failure rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 73.6% | 26.4% | 2,897 |
| 2004 | 73.9% | 26.1% | 139,929 |
| 2005 | 74.0% | 26.0% | 236,071 |
| 2006 | 74.6% | 25.4% | 215,837 |
| 2007 | 74.6% | 25.4% | 207,196 |
| 2008 | 73.7% | 26.3% | 189,964 |
| 2009 | 76.1% | 23.9% | 180,949 |
| 2010 | 77.5% | 22.5% | 167,347 |
| 2011 | 77.7% | 22.3% | 95,875 |
| 2012 | 80.3% | 19.7% | 75,864 |
| 2013 | 82.0% | 18.0% | 68,423 |
| 2014 | 81.8% | 18.2% | 100,579 |
| 2015 | 82.0% | 18.0% | 125,871 |
| 2016 | 81.9% | 18.1% | 99,733 |
| 2017 | 83.6% | 16.4% | 67,972 |
| 2018 | 87.0% | 13.0% | 46,958 |
| 2019 | 90.1% | 9.9% | 22,815 |
| 2020 | 89.4% | 10.6% | 17,631 |
| 2021 | 89.7% | 10.3% | 12,628 |
| 2022 | 92.0% | 8.0% | 5,102 |
| 2023 | 93.0% | 7.0% | 1,505 |
Does age change how often a Mazda 3 fails?
Older Mazda 3s fail more often, as expected. The 2003 cars fail 26.4% of tests against 7.0% for the 2023. Across every year the model averages 22.4%. The 2003 is the weakest year at 26.4%, and the 2023 the strongest at 7.0%.
More on the Mazda 3
The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.
| See also |
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| Mazda 3: 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