Does the Mazda RX-7 fail the MOT on seat belts and airbags more than it should?

The Mazda RX-7 records 1.34 seat belts and airbags failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 3.28 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−1.94, 95% interval −2.52 to −1.35). It ranks 597 of 627 models on seat belts and airbags (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on seat belts and airbags · check a Mazda RX-7 by registration

No single seat belts and airbags defect wording reaches 30 items on the Mazda RX-7; the failures are spread across several.