# Mazda RX-7 MOT reliability: pass rate and common failures | RegFlags

The Mazda RX-7 passes its MOT first time 86% of the time, from 554 MOT tests. See pass rates by year, common failures and typical mileage.

- First-time MOT pass rate: 86%
- MOT tests analysed: 554 (DVSA anonymised MOT data, 2025)
- Most common failure area: Lights & electrics
- Licensed in Great Britain: 516 (2026 Q2)

## By year of first use and fuel

| Year | Fuel | MOT tests | First-time pass rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2022 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2021 | Petrol | 2 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2020 | Petrol | 3 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2019 | Petrol | 5 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2018 | Petrol | 6 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2017 | Petrol | 8 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2016 | Petrol | 6 (very few mots) | 83% |
| 2015 | Petrol | 7 (very few mots) | 86% |
| 2014 | Petrol | 3 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2013 | Petrol | 2 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2012 | Petrol | 2 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2011 | Petrol | 5 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2010 | Petrol | 3 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2009 | Petrol | 4 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2008 | Petrol | 6 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2007 | Petrol | 24 (few mots) | 96% |
| 2006 | Petrol | 18 (very few mots) | 83% |
| 2005 | Petrol | 27 (few mots) | 85% |
| 2004 | Petrol | 32 (few mots) | 78% |
| 2003 | Petrol | 35 (few mots) | 94% |
| 2002 | Petrol | 17 (very few mots) | 94% |
| 2001 | Petrol | 16 (very few mots) | 88% |
| 2001 | Diesel | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2000 | Petrol | 8 (very few mots) | 75% |
| 1999 | Petrol | 27 (few mots) | 93% |
| 1998 | Petrol | 26 (few mots) | 85% |
| 1997 | Petrol | 13 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1996 | Petrol | 14 (very few mots) | 93% |
| 1995 | Petrol | 29 (few mots) | 93% |
| 1994 | Petrol | 18 (very few mots) | 89% |
| 1993 | Petrol | 34 (few mots) | 91% |
| 1992 | Petrol | 45 (few mots) | 82% |
| 1991 | Petrol | 13 (very few mots) | 92% |
| 1990 | Petrol | 28 (few mots) | 71% |
| 1989 | Petrol | 22 (few mots) | 77% |
| 1988 | Petrol | 4 (very few mots) | 50% |
| 1987 | Petrol | 2 (very few mots) | 0% |
| 1986 | Petrol | 9 (very few mots) | 78% |
| 1985 | Petrol | 15 (very few mots) | 67% |
| 1984 | Petrol | 9 (very few mots) | 78% |
| 1983 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1982 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1981 | Petrol | 2 (very few mots) | 0% |
| 1975 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |

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