24.6%fail rate
Mazda 6 MOT pass rate by year
How the Mazda 6's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 2002 to 2022, across the DVSA record.
What is the Mazda 6 MOT pass rate by year?
The MOT pass and failure rate for each Mazda 6 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 6 averages 24.6% failures across all years.
| Year | Pass rate | Failure rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 71.4% | 28.6% | 75,596 |
| 2003 | 71.6% | 28.4% | 175,704 |
| 2004 | 71.4% | 28.6% | 188,857 |
| 2005 | 72.4% | 27.6% | 190,303 |
| 2006 | 74.4% | 25.6% | 172,515 |
| 2007 | 73.5% | 26.5% | 178,554 |
| 2008 | 71.4% | 28.6% | 164,328 |
| 2009 | 75.8% | 24.2% | 138,477 |
| 2010 | 76.4% | 23.6% | 135,442 |
| 2011 | 76.5% | 23.5% | 87,148 |
| 2012 | 77.8% | 22.2% | 50,445 |
| 2013 | 81.0% | 19.0% | 61,542 |
| 2014 | 81.6% | 18.4% | 79,258 |
| 2015 | 82.9% | 17.1% | 72,325 |
| 2016 | 83.6% | 16.4% | 64,338 |
| 2017 | 85.7% | 14.3% | 38,296 |
| 2018 | 87.4% | 12.6% | 21,372 |
| 2019 | 89.5% | 10.5% | 23,622 |
| 2020 | 90.4% | 9.6% | 4,214 |
| 2021 | 91.3% | 8.7% | 1,997 |
| 2022 | 91.6% | 8.4% | 1,302 |
Does age change how often a Mazda 6 fails?
Older Mazda 6s fail more often, as expected. The 2002 cars fail 28.6% of tests against 8.4% for the 2022. Across every year the model averages 24.6%. The 2002 is the weakest year at 28.6%, and the 2022 the strongest at 8.4%.
More on the Mazda 6
The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.
| See also |
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| Mazda 6: 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