Mazda E MOT reliability

Mazda Es passed their MOT first time 59% of the time across 742 tests in 2025. 145 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

59%

MOTs analysed

742

Still licensed (GB)

145

Body type

–

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 petrol

88 MOTs

These figures come from 88 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

Passed first time 61%. Typical mileage 105,426 (most between 82,488 and 142,673).

2020: 55% → 2021: 64% → 2022: 54% → 2023: 63% → 2024: 52% → 2025: 61%

Most common failures

Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (12.5%)
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect (6.8%)
Catalyst emissions: carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits (5.7%)
Integral vehicle structure condition: corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced (5.7%)
Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (3.4%)

Where 2015 Es fail

Lights & electrics

20.5%

Suspension & axles

18.2%

Brakes

12.5%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

11.4%

Body, structure & corrosion

8.0%

Steering

3.4%

Visibility & wipers

3.4%

Wheels & tyres

2.3%

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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.