Does the Mazda 6 fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?

The Mazda 6 records 19.48 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 11.28 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+8.20, 95% interval +8.07 to +8.33). It ranks 82 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 6 by registration

What exactly fails on brakes?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Mazda 6 is “a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm”, recorded 15,703 times in 2019–2024.

Mazda 6: most frequent brakes defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm	15,703	3.63
Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement	12,972	2.99
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake	9,261	2.14
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded	7,971	1.84
Parking brake inoperative on one side	5,684	1.31

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 433,186 (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 6 gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?

15.7% of Mazda 6 MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 6,228 miles later (86,722 advisories followed).

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 86,722 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

Does the Mazda 6 fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?

What exactly fails on brakes?

If a Mazda 6 gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?

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