Does the Mazda Eunos fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Mazda Eunos records 23.63 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 22.84 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) (+0.79, 95% interval −0.51 to +2.09). It ranks 275 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 Eunos is “Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement”, recorded 241 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 241 | 4.48 |
| Parking brake inoperative on one side | 152 | 2.82 |
| Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake | 148 | 2.75 |
| Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded | 139 | 2.58 |
| Service brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 89 | 1.65 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 5,383 (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 Eunos gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?
16.9% of Mazda Eunos MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.2 months and 2,198 miles later (976 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 976 (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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