Does the Mazda CX-7 fail the MOT on vehicle identification more than it should?

The Mazda CX-7 records 0.35 vehicle identification failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.44 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) (−0.09, 95% interval −0.21 to +0.03). It ranks 445 of 636 models on vehicle identification (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on vehicle identification · check a Mazda CX-7 by registration

No single vehicle identification defect wording reaches 30 items on the Mazda CX-7; the failures are spread across several.