Pass rate
66.3%
Below average — 6.2 pts behind the 72.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 2,389 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £68–£173
2006 Mazda Bongo MOT pass rate
- 2006
- 6 trims combined
- typical 140,923 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
25.6% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2021 77.2% pass
- Avoid 2011 64.8% pass
Across the 22 years on record, a spread of 12.4 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 56.2%
- Typical mileage
- 141k mi
The 2006 Mazda Bongo MOT pass rate is 66.3% of its MOT tests — 6.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 25.6% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Mazda Bongo does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 2.4× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 13.5% of everything recorded on the 2006 Mazda Bongo, against 5.6% nationally — 7.9 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 25.6%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. Look underneath for corrosion near the jacking points and suspension mounts; surface rust is normal, flaking metal is not.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 72.5%; this one manages 66.3% — 6.2 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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Every Mazda Bongo first registered in 2006 is combined here — 6 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2006 Mazda Bongo compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.5%, so this figure is 6.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 56.2%. The median 2006 Mazda Bongo in this dataset had covered 140,923 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 88% of tests, with a 65.1% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 64.3% of the time, April–September 67.9%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength", noted on 11.13% of tests.
- 2,389 recorded tests behind this page.
- 66.3% overall pass rate, 56.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Mazda Bongo, the average is 69.0% — best year 2021 (77.2%), worst 2011 (64.8%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 2,389
- Typical mileage (median)
- 140,923 mi
- Make and model
- Mazda Bongo
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Corrosion Welding Repair
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Bongo MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 56% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (88% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Bongo
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 582 | 62.0% |
| South East | 442 | 66.3% |
| North West | 281 | 70.5% |
| West Midlands | 212 | 71.2% |
| East Midlands | 181 | 61.9% |
| Yorkshire | 171 | 68.4% |
| East of England | 167 | 68.9% |
| Wales | 137 | 64.2% |
| Scotland | 132 | 65.2% |
| North East | 60 | 75.0% |
| London | 24 | 79.2% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2006 Bongo
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2006 Bongo
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check corrosion 11.1% of tests
“component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength”
Look under the sills, around the jacking points and where the suspension mounts meet the body. Flaking, holed or crumbly metal fails; a brown stain on sound metal does not.
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Check the lights 5.0% of tests
“rear fog lamp not working”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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Check the suspension joints 4.3% of tests
“ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2006 Bongo through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £68–£173 — and 38% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £68–£173
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp not working
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 38%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 2,389 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the Bongo, side by side
22 model years on record, from 2000 to 2021. Across them the pass rate runs from 64.8% to 77.2% — a spread of 12.4 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 72.9% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2001 72.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2002 74.3% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2003 71.3% component mounting prescribed…
- 2004 70.0% component mounting prescribed…
- 2005 68.2% component mounting prescribed…
- 2006 66.3%component mounting prescribed…
- 2007 65.2% component mounting prescribed…
- 2008 64.9% component mounting prescribed…
- 2009 65.8% component mounting prescribed…
- 2010 65.5% component mounting prescribed…
- 2011 64.8% component mounting prescribed…
- 2012 68.4% component mounting prescribed…
- 2013 69.6% component mounting prescribed…
- 2014 68.8% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2015 71.1% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2016 70.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2017 73.9% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2018 76.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2019 75.5% rear fog lamp not working
- 2020 75.9% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2021 77.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2006 Mazda Bongo with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2006 cars with a similar record
- Chevrolet Matiz 66.0%
- Vauxhall Combo 66.7%
- Ford Ka 66.8%
- Volkswagen Sharan 67.0%
- Volkswagen Beetle 67.3%
- Kia Sportage 67.3%
Closest pass rates among 2006 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2006 Mazda Bongo 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 7,769 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 2,012 | 25.60% | 20.98% | +4.62 |
| Brakes | 1,321 | 16.80% | 20.89% | −4.09 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 1,149 | 14.60% | 12.21% | +2.39 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1,059 | 13.50% | 5.57% | +7.93 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 704 | 9.00% | 5.52% | +3.48 |
| Tyres | 561 | 7.10% | 19.76% | −12.66 |
| Steering | 375 | 4.80% | 2.57% | +2.23 |
| Visibility | 305 | 3.90% | 4.97% | −1.07 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 142 | 1.80% | 0.82% | +0.98 |
| Non-component advisories | 141 | 1.80% | 4.18% | −2.38 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 11.1% | £180–450 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.0% | £3–15 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.5% | £5–20 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 4.3% | £18–45 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 3.9% | £8–22 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.8% | £5–25 |
| Integral vehicle structure condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced Body, chassis, structure | Major | 3.5% | £180–450 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 3.2% | £60–150 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 3.1% | £18–45 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 3.0% | £18–45 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 20.5% | £200–700 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 11.8% | £45–110 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 11.0% | £80–180 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 9.9% | £45–95 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 9.3% | £25–65 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 9.3% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 6 | 83.3% | 15,407 mi |
| 30-60k | 35 | 85.7% | 50,562 mi |
| 60-90k | 235 | 76.2% | 77,935 mi |
| 90-120k | 436 | 68.3% | 105,732 mi |
| 120k+ | 1,673 | 64.0% | 171,526 mi |
Source: 2,389 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2006 Bongo MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2006 Mazda Bongo?
66.3% of the 2,389 2006 Mazda Bongo tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.5% for cars first used in 2006. First-attempt pass rate: 56.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2006 Mazda Bongo?
The three most recorded items are component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (11.13%), rear fog lamp not working (4.98%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.52%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2006 Mazda Bongo MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 83.3% of the time, falling to 64.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2006 Mazda Bongo in this dataset had covered 140,923 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2006 Mazda Bongo?
Diesel: 65.1% pass rate across 2,099 tests. Petrol: 75.2% pass rate across 290 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2006 Mazda Bongo MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 64.3% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 67.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.