Mazda 2 - 2017
115.1 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2017 is 137.4 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Mazda 2, model year 2017.
Sample size: 7,785 cars, 16,008 tests and 18,423 recorded faults.
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Less faults compared to the average car of same model year
Less faults compared to the average car of same model year
Quick summary
Total: 7,785 cars
The 2017 Mazda 2 has an overall defect rate of 115 per 100 vehicles, which is 14% lower than the average for cars of the same year, indicating better reliability. Notably, this model excels in several categories, particularly in steering, where it shows a significantly lower defect rate of 0.5% compared to the average of 5.15%. It also performs well in areas such as lights and electrics, body/structure, and equipment, all with lower defect rates than the average. Mileage-related trends indicate that defect rates tend to increase with higher mileage, but the Mazda 2 remains competitive across all mileage segments.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 7,785 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▲ 4.8% better
69.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 72.5 / 100 tests
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
Steering
▲ 91.1% better
0.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 5.6 / 100 tests
- Excessive wear or play in a universal joint or a flexible coupling excessively deteriorated
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Free play in the steering, measured at the rim of the steering wheel is: excessive
Visibility
▼ 15.2% worse
16.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 14.5 / 100 tests
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Wiper blade: defective
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▲ 49.0% better
10.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 20.4 / 100 tests
- Headlamp reflector or lens: slightly defective
- Product on the lens or light source which obviously reduces light intensity or changes emitted colour to other than white or yellow
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 9.6% better
129.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 143.1 / 100 tests
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A suspension joint dust cover: severely deteriorated
- A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
Body/Structure
▲ 85.7% better
1.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 7.0 / 100 tests
- Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- A main load-bearing structural member: fractured or deformed such that structural rigidity is significantly reduced
- Bumper: insecure or with damage likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted
Equipment
▲ 33.3% better
1.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 2.7 / 100 tests
- Seat belt not functioning as intended or of an incorrect type
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- Seat belt retractor not functioning as intended
- ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
Other
▲ 83.3% better
1.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 9.0 / 100 tests
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Any part of the noise suppression system: insecure
- Emissions test unable to be completed
Fault rate by mileage segment
Model
Year average
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.
Most common faults (Top 10)
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 4,260
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,967
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,875
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,371
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 666
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 477
A suspension joint dust cover: severely deteriorated
MINOR
Occurrences: 430
A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 339
Wiper blade: defective
MINOR
Occurrences: 335
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 328
Serious faults (Top 10)
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 328
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 310
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 285
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
FAIL
Occurrences: 236
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 221
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 181
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 134
A suspension joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
FAIL
Occurrences: 121
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 119
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 75