Does the Mazda 5 fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Mazda 5 records 16.27 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 15.84 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) (+0.43, 95% interval +0.17 to +0.69). It ranks 294 of 712 models on brakes (1 = most failures above expected).
Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on brakes · check a Mazda 5 by registration
What exactly fails on brakes?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Mazda 5 is “a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm”, recorded 4,448 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm | 4,448 | 4.85 |
| Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 1,396 | 1.52 |
| Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn | 846 | 0.92 |
| Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake | 833 | 0.91 |
| Excessive fluctuation in brake effort through each wheel revolution. | 795 | 0.87 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 91,686 (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 5 gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?
14.4% of Mazda 5 MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 5,926 miles later (17,317 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 17,317 (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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