# Mazda MX-5 MOT reliability: pass rate and common failures | RegFlags

The Mazda MX-5 passes its MOT first time 75% of the time, from 90,908 MOT tests. See pass rates by year, common failures and typical mileage.

- First-time MOT pass rate: 75%
- MOT tests analysed: 90,908 (DVSA anonymised MOT data, 2025)
- Most common failure area: Suspension & axles
- Licensed in Great Britain: 83,737 (2026 Q2)

## By year of first use and fuel

| Year | Fuel | MOT tests | First-time pass rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2024 | Petrol | 2 (very few mots) | 50% |
| 2023 | Petrol | 37 (few mots) | 92% |
| 2022 | Petrol | 1,362 | 94% |
| 2021 | Petrol | 1,469 | 95% |
| 2020 | Petrol | 1,055 | 92% |
| 2019 | Petrol | 4,010 | 91% |
| 2018 | Petrol | 4,251 | 89% |
| 2017 | Petrol | 4,565 | 89% |
| 2016 | Petrol | 4,091 | 86% |
| 2015 | Petrol | 2,986 | 85% |
| 2014 | Petrol | 2,834 | 80% |
| 2013 | Petrol | 3,096 | 79% |
| 2012 | Petrol | 3,104 | 80% |
| 2011 | Petrol | 3,348 | 76% |
| 2010 | Petrol | 4,589 | 73% |
| 2010 | Diesel | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2009 | Petrol | 4,068 | 71% |
| 2009 | Diesel | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2008 | Petrol | 5,190 | 69% |
| 2007 | Petrol | 7,304 | 70% |
| 2006 | Petrol | 5,855 | 67% |
| 2005 | Petrol | 2,940 | 66% |
| 2005 | Diesel | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2005 | LPG | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2004 | Petrol | 2,742 | 65% |
| 2004 | Diesel | 1 (very few mots) | 0% |
| 2003 | Petrol | 3,525 | 63% |
| 2003 | Diesel | 2 (very few mots) | 50% |
| 2002 | Petrol | 2,785 | 66% |
| 2001 | Petrol | 1,736 | 67% |
| 2000 | Petrol | 2,382 | 63% |
| 2000 | Diesel | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1999 | Petrol | 2,394 | 66% |
| 1999 | Electric | 1 (very few mots) | 0% |
| 1998 | Petrol | 2,301 | 68% |
| 1997 | Petrol | 1,691 | 68% |
| 1997 | Electric | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1996 | Petrol | 1,154 | 66% |
| 1995 | Petrol | 769 | 67% |
| 1995 | Diesel | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1994 | Petrol | 495 | 68% |
| 1993 | Petrol | 568 | 67% |
| 1992 | Petrol | 589 | 63% |
| 1991 | Petrol | 800 | 65% |
| 1990 | Petrol | 746 | 69% |
| 1990 | Diesel | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1989 | Petrol | 59 (few mots) | 63% |
| 1985 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1983 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1971 | Petrol | 2 (very few mots) | 50% |

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