Mazda CX-3 - 2017
118.4 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 CX-3, model year 2017.
Sample size: 5,007 cars, 10,413 tests and 12,331 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: 5,007 cars
The 2017 Mazda CX-3 demonstrates a lower overall defect rate compared to the average car of the same year, with 118 defects per 100 vehicles versus the average of 134 defects. This model excels in categories such as steering, lights and electrics, and body structure, all of which show significantly fewer defects than average. Mileage trends indicate that defect rates increase with distance driven, particularly in the highest mileage bracket, but the CX-3 remains competitive across all mileage segments compared to its peers. Overall, the CX-3 shows strong reliability, especially in areas where it outperforms typical standards.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 5,007 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▼ 15.2% worse
83.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 72.5 / 100 tests
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
Steering
▲ 85.7% better
0.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 5.6 / 100 tests
- Excessive wear or play in a universal joint or a flexible coupling excessively deteriorated
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Steering linkage retaining or locking device missing or ineffective
- Free play in the steering, measured at the rim of the steering wheel is: excessive
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
Visibility
▼ 13.1% worse
16.4 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
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Wiper blade: defective
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▲ 59.8% better
8.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 20.4 / 100 tests
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- A direction indicator: lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- 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
- Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 15.0% better
121.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 143.1 / 100 tests
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A suspension joint dust cover: severely deteriorated
- A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
Body/Structure
▲ 81.4% better
1.3 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 body panel or body component: damaged or corroded and likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted, or insecure
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- Bumper: insecure or with damage likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted
Equipment
▲ 0.0% better
2.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 2.7 / 100 tests
- Seat belt retractor not functioning as intended
- Seat belt not functioning as intended or of an incorrect type
- A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
- ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
Other
▲ 74.4% better
2.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 9.0 / 100 tests
- 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
- Smoke opacity levels exceed the manufacturer’s specified limit
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
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: 2,460
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,979
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,367
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 991
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 869
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 423
A suspension joint dust cover: severely deteriorated
MINOR
Occurrences: 278
A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 237
Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
MINOR
Occurrences: 236
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 215
Serious faults (Top 10)
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 183
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 173
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 155
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 154
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 130
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 107
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
FAIL
Occurrences: 81
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 67
Seat belt retractor not functioning as intended
FAIL
Occurrences: 61
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
FAIL
Occurrences: 47