Mazda Bongo MOT pass rate, common failures and mileage
In 2023, 59.6% of 10,913 MOT tests on the Mazda Bongo ended in a pass, 16.9 points below the 76.5% average for all cars. Comparing like for like at ages 3 to 10, it passed 64.5% against 82.0%.
Pass rate and mileage by age
Each row covers the Mazda Bongo MOT tests at that age. Mileage shows the median and the middle half of odometer readings, from the 25th to the 75th percentile.
| Age | Pass rate | Mileage |
|---|---|---|
| 5226 tests | 66.8% | 93,000 · 75k to 119k |
| 6349 tests | 65.3% | 103,000 · 79k to 137k |
| 7477 tests | 63.3% | 105,000 · 83k to 143k |
| 8528 tests | 61.9% | 115,000 · 91k to 151k |
| 9486 tests | 57.4% | 117,000 · 95k to 155k |
| 10417 tests | 60.7% | 135,000 · 101k to 167k |
| 11400 tests | 54.0% | 135,000 · 107k to 177k |
| 12547 tests | 55.2% | 143,000 · 107k to 181k |
| 13541 tests | 53.2% | 135,000 · 107k to 171k |
| 14550 tests | 53.6% | 143,000 · 115k to 183k |
| 15821 tests | 54.2% | 147,000 · 117k to 187k |
| 16844 tests | 52.8% | 143,000 · 115k to 183k |
| 17882 tests | 57.5% | 131,000 · 99k to 175k |
| 18729 tests | 58.7% | 133,000 · 97k to 173k |
| 19468 tests | 65.2% | 119,000 · 83k to 151k |
| 20384 tests | 68.5% | 95,000 · 69k to 137k |
| 21353 tests | 71.4% | 91,000 · 67k to 125k |
| 22324 tests | 66.7% | 93,000 · 69k to 127k |
| 23271 tests | 70.1% | 99,000 · 71k to 137k |
Most common MOT failures and advisories
How often each item came up, per 100 MOT tests on the Mazda Bongo. Advisories are things the tester noted that did not fail the car, often wear that will need attention soon. Follow an item to see what it means and how serious it is.
Failures
Advisories and minor defects
What to check on a used Bongo
The parts that come up most often in Mazda Bongo MOTs, and how to look at them on a viewing.
- Oil leaksLook under the engine and gearbox, and at the ground where the car was parked, for fresh oil.
- Brake discs and padsAsk when the discs and pads were last replaced, and look through the wheel for a raised lip on the edge of the disc.
- Rust underneathLook underneath at the sills, sub-frames and suspension mountings for heavy rust, not just surface marks.
- TyresCheck the tread across the full width of every tyre, including the inner edge, and look for cuts and bulges in the sidewalls.
- LightsWalk round with every light on, and ask someone to press the brake pedal so you can see both brake lights.
Check a specific Bongo
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Other Mazda models
Overall MOT pass rate in 2023. Compare all Mazda models or see every make.
How these figures are made. We counted every initial MOT test (not retests) of cars and light vans in Great Britain in 2023 from the DVSA anonymised MOT dataset, 33,842,940 tests in all. Pass rate is the share of initial tests that ended in a pass, counting faults fixed during the test. Age is whole years from first registration to the test, so a car having its first MOT a few weeks early counts as 2.
Like-for-like pass rates average each model's pass rate at ages 3 to 10 with the same age mix for every model, so a model is not flattered by a young fleet or penalised by an old one. Models are grouped by the first word of the DVSA model name, and names that cover several models are left out.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. RegTail's analysis of the DVSA anonymised MOT dataset, 2023 tests.