Mazda 5 MOT reliability

Mazda 5s passed their MOT first time 53% of the time across 8,764 tests in 2025. 6,838 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

53%

MOTs analysed

8,764

Still licensed (GB)

6,838

Body type

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Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age. Years with very few MOTs can show extreme pass rates, even 0% or 100%, so give more weight to years with more tests.

In detail:

First registered

2015 diesel

447 MOTs

Passed first time 64%. Typical mileage 84,500 (most between 67,326 and 104,732).

2016: 100% → 2017: 80% → 2018: 80% → 2019: 79% → 2020: 77% → 2021: 70% → 2022: 67% → 2023: 69% → 2024: 64% → 2025: 64%

Most common failures

Ball joint excessively worn (8.1%)
Position lamp: not working (5.6%)
Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn (5.4%)
Condition: has ply or cords exposed (3.4%)
Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (3.4%)

2015 petrol

227 MOTs

Passed first time 70%. Typical mileage 74,619 (most between 55,961 and 91,880).

2017: 67% → 2018: 83% → 2019: 78% → 2020: 80% → 2021: 82% → 2022: 72% → 2023: 73% → 2024: 72% → 2025: 70%

Most common failures

Exhaust system: has a major leak of exhaust gases (4.0%)
Ball joint excessively worn (3.5%)
Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn (3.1%)
Shock absorbers: has a serious fluid leak (3.1%)
Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick (2.6%)

Where 2015 5s fail

Suspension & axles

16.1%

Wheels & tyres

13.6%

Lights & electrics

11.2%

Brakes

5.1%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

4.3%

Visibility & wipers

4.3%

Body, structure & corrosion

1.8%

Steering

0.9%

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Based on 2025 initial MOT tests in DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset (cars and light vans). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Model details: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB.