Does the Mazda 2 fail the MOT on road wheels more than it should?
The Mazda 2 records 0.24 road wheels failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.45 expected for a car of the same age mix: about as expected for its class and age (the difference is within its interval or under 0.5 items per 100 tests) (−0.21, 95% interval −0.22 to −0.19). It ranks 419 of 516 models on road wheels (1 = most failures above expected).
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What exactly fails on road wheels?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Mazda 2 is “A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud”, recorded 1,146 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud | 1,146 | 0.16 |
| A wheel badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mounting | 454 | 0.06 |
| A wheel with more than one loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud | 75 | 0.01 |
| A wheel and its fixings not compatible | 33 | 0.00 |
| Any fracture or welding defect on a wheel | 31 | 0.00 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 727,585 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
If a Mazda 2 gets a road wheels advisory, how often does it fail next time?
0.8% of Mazda 2 MOTs with a road wheels advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 5,340 miles later (8,716 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 8,716 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
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