Does the Mazda CX-5 fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Mazda CX-5 records 5.34 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 5.40 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) (−0.06, 95% interval −0.15 to +0.02). It ranks 326 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 CX-5 is “a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm”, recorded 8,369 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm | 8,369 | 2.80 |
| Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn | 1,415 | 0.47 |
| Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded | 1,322 | 0.44 |
| Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake | 951 | 0.32 |
| Brake disc or drum excessively weakened, insecure or fractured | 596 | 0.20 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 298,443 (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 CX-5 gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?
6.7% of Mazda CX-5 MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 7,027 miles later (44,376 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 44,376 (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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