2018 Mazda 2: MOT pass rate and reliability
90.1% of 2018 Mazda 2s pass the MOT first time, measured across 8,119 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 35,407 miles.
How the 2018 compares
- Against all Mazda 2s (73.8%, 118,941 tests): +16.3 points
- Against all 2018 cars (85.9%): +4.2 points
- National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%
Every Mazda 2 model year
Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2018 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Mazda 2:
| Year | Pass rate | Tests | Avg mileage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 68.4% | 373 | 88,759 |
| 2004 | 65% | 852 | 87,303 |
| 2005 | 64.4% | 1,083 | 84,111 |
| 2006 | 66.7% | 1,228 | 81,382 |
| 2007 | 65.3% | 2,656 | 89,196 |
| 2008 | 60% | 7,787 | 96,607 |
| 2009 | 62.1% | 12,110 | 90,583 |
| 2010 | 63.2% | 12,357 | 85,933 |
| 2011 | 66.1% | 10,585 | 77,116 |
| 2012 | 68.8% | 8,858 | 70,839 |
| 2013 | 70.3% | 8,580 | 67,505 |
| 2014 | 73.5% | 8,422 | 60,301 |
| 2015 | 81.8% | 9,946 | 56,741 |
| 2016 | 84.8% | 10,080 | 51,007 |
| 2017 | 88.6% | 7,679 | 42,588 |
| 2018 | 90.1% | 8,119 | 35,407 |
| 2019 | 92.1% | 8,203 | 28,169 |
What this means if you are buying a 2018 2
The 2018 is one of the stronger years for this model, passing 16.3 points more often than the Mazda 2 average. That is a point in its favour, though condition and service history still matter more than the model year. Check the exact car with the free MOT history checker before you buy, and run its VIN and mileage through our free VIN decoder and clocking check.
What an 8-year-old car fails on
A 2018 car is 8 years old now, and age drives the failure mix more than the badge does. Across all cars tested, these are the categories that actually cause failures:
- Lights and electrical: 10.36% of all cars tested
- Suspension: 8.65% of all cars tested
- Tyres: 6.23% of all cars tested
- Brakes: 6.1% of all cars tested
- Visibility: wipers, washers, glass: 4.65% of all cars tested
- Body, chassis and structure: 3.18% of all cars tested
That is below average for a car this age, worth a mileage-consistency check since an unusually low reading is sometimes clocking rather than luck. On a 2018 Mazda 2 the average at test was 35,407 miles, so treat anything far above that as a car that has worked harder than its peers, and anything far below as one worth checking for the faults that come from standing still.
The strongest year for this model is 2019 at 92.1%, and the weakest in our data is 2008 at 60%. That 32.1 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2018 car against a newer one tells you very little.
Nearby model years
- 2015 Mazda 2 - 81.8%
- 2016 Mazda 2 - 84.8%
- 2017 Mazda 2 - 88.6%
- 2019 Mazda 2 - 92.1%