Does the Mazda BT-50 fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Mazda BT-50 records 28.00 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 28.37 expected for a lcv 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) (−0.37, 95% interval −1.66 to +0.93). It ranks 345 of 712 models on brakes (1 = most failures above expected).
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What exactly fails on brakes?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Mazda BT-50 is “Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded”, recorded 742 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded | 742 | 11.40 |
| Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake | 130 | 2.00 |
| a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm | 104 | 1.60 |
| Load sensing valve seized or inoperative and ABS functioning | 96 | 1.48 |
| Brakes imbalance across an axle such that the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle. | 78 | 1.20 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 6,506 (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 BT-50 gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?
17.7% of Mazda BT-50 MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.1 months and 5,298 miles later (1,699 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 1,699 (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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