Mazda 6 - 2013
236.3 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2013 is 221.9 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Mazda 6, model year 2013.
Sample size: 4,271 cars, 9,228 tests and 21,804 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 4,271 cars
The 2013 Mazda 6 has a higher overall defect rate than the average car of the same year, with 236 defects per 100 vehicles compared to 219. The model particularly struggles in the brakes, steering, and wheels, where its defect rates exceed the average by significant margins. However, it performs better in categories like visibility, lights and electrics, and body structure, showing lower defect rates than the average. Notably, as mileage increases, defects in this model also rise more steeply compared to the average, indicating potential concerns for higher-mileage vehicles.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 4,271 cars
Categories
Brakes
▼ 31.9% worse
129.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 98.4 / 100 tests
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake hose ferrules: excessively corroded
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
Steering
▼ 20.9% worse
15.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 12.9 / 100 tests
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- 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
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
- A steering ball joint: worn to the extent there is a serious risk of detachment
Visibility
▲ 21.1% better
14.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 18.0 / 100 tests
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Wiper blade: defective
- Obligatory mirror or device: slightly damaged or loose
Lights & Electrics
▲ 50.5% better
24.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 50.1 / 100 tests
- Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
- Product on the lens or light source which obviously reduces light intensity or changes emitted colour to other than white or yellow
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
- Headlamp reflector or lens: slightly defective
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 21.1% worse
265.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 219.6 / 100 tests
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
Body/Structure
▲ 61.0% better
7.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 20.0 / 100 tests
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- Fire risk due to fuel tank shield or exhaust shield missing where fitted as original equipment
- Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- Body, cab or chassis: excessively corroded at mounting points
Equipment
▲ 67.3% better
1.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 5.2 / 100 tests
- ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
- A seat belt:
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
- A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
Other
▲ 35.2% better
12.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 19.6 / 100 tests
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Smoke opacity levels exceed the manufacturer’s specified limit
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Exhaust emits excessive smoke or vapour of any colour to an extent likely to obscure the vision of other road users
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: 2,678
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,347
A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,306
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,384
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,370
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,348
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,286
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 859
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 386
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 298
Serious faults (Top 10)
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 859
Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
FAIL
Occurrences: 213
A suspension joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
FAIL
Occurrences: 210
A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
FAIL
Occurrences: 207
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 204
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 203
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 194
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 158
Parking brake inoperative on one side, or in the case of testing on the road, the vehicle deviates excessively from a straight line
FAIL
Occurrences: 156
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
FAIL
Occurrences: 153