Used car guide · 2000–2013

Mazda MPV common problems and MOT failures

What goes wrong on a used Mazda MPV, year by year: known faults from UK buying guides, the parts flagged at MOT more than on other cars (from 1,048 MOTs done during 2023–2025), and what to check before you buy one.

1,048MOTs done in 2023–2025, all years of this model

146on the UK register

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Most years have their own guide. The year is when the car was first registered (it’s on the logbook, or check the reg below).

2013 2012 2011 2010 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2000

What usually goes wrong with a Mazda MPV?

We haven’t found widely reported faults for the Mazda MPV in the UK buying guides we use yet. That doesn’t mean it has none, so check the car carefully and look at the MOT weak spots below.

Mazda MPV MOT pass rate by year

Older cars fail more, so compare each year with all cars registered the same year.

Year	Pass first time	All cars that year	MOT tests
2013	50%	67% -17	106 (small sample)
2012	55%	64% -9	113 (small sample)
2011	54%	62% -8	131 (small sample)
2010	48%	60% -12	126 (small sample)
2008	42%	57% -15	160 (small sample)
2007	60%	57% +3	132 (small sample)
2006	56%	56% +0	150 (small sample)
2005	50%	57% -7	130 (small sample)

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Where this comes from: MOT figures are the DVSA’s anonymised results for every MOT test done in Great Britain during 2023–2025, grouped by the year each car was first registered. How many are on the road is from the Department for Transport’s vehicle licensing statistics. Known faults are from UK buying guides, in our own words, with links. How we score