Pass rate
75.0%
Around average — 0.3 pts ahead of the 74.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 60 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £38–£107
2010 Mazda Bt-50 MOT pass rate
- 2010
- typical 118,348 mi
Only 60 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
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Most common fault
Suspension
20.1% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2009 77.5% pass
- Avoid 2006 71.5% pass
Across the 5 years on record, a spread of 6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 68.1%
- Typical mileage
- 118k mi
The 2010 Mazda Bt-50 MOT pass rate is 75.0% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 20.1% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.6× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 19.6% of everything recorded on the 2010 Mazda Bt-50, against 12.2% nationally — 7.4 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 20.1%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
- Based on a small sample. 60 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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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How does the 2010 Mazda Bt-50 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 74.7%, so this figure is 0.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 68.1%. The median 2010 Mazda Bt-50 in this dataset had covered 118,348 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 73.3% of the time, April–September 76.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 8.33% of tests.
- 60 recorded tests behind this page.
- 75.0% overall pass rate, 68.1% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Mazda Bt-50, the average is 75.3% — best year 2009 (77.5%), worst 2006 (71.5%).
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
- 60
- Typical mileage (median)
- 118,348 mi
- Make and model
- Mazda Bt-50
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Windscreen
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Bt-50 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 58% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the Mazda Bt-50 is most common
Across all Bt-50 model years on record (2006–2010): 1,171 Mazda Bt-50 cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 3,060 tests. Ashford (TN) has the most, with 40 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.
| # | Postcode area | Cars | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashford (TN) | 40 | 73.3% |
| 2 | Exeter (EX) | 33 | 68.8% |
| 3 | Swansea (SA) | 32 | 69.3% |
| 4 | Ipswich (IP) | 30 | 78.2% |
| 5 | Portsmouth (PO) | 30 | 84.8% |
| 6 | Norwich (NR) | 28 | 74.7% |
| 7 | Peterborough (PE) | 28 | 77.0% |
| 8 | Guildford (GU) | 27 | 75.4% |
| 9 | Sheffield (S) | 25 | 69.1% |
| 10 | Crawley (RH) | 25 | 79.1% |
| 11 | Chelmsford (CM) | 23 | 75.4% |
| 12 | Lincoln (LN) | 22 | 65.3% |
| 13 | Leicester (LE) | 21 | 75.8% |
| 14 | Gloucester (GL) | 21 | 70.2% |
| 15 | Shrewsbury (SY) | 21 | 82.4% |
| 16 | Brighton (BN) | 21 | 80.0% |
| 17 | Bradford (BD) | 20 | 80.0% |
| 18 | Coventry (CV) | 19 | 70.7% |
| 19 | Reading (RG) | 19 | 87.5% |
| 20 | Wrexham (LL) | 18 | 70.2% |
The twenty areas with the most Mazda Bt-50 cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →
Regional pass rates for the Bt-50
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| East of England | 20 | 70.0% |
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 2010 Bt-50
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 2010 Bt-50
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 the windscreen 8.3% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
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Check the lights 6.7% of tests
“headlamp lens slightly defective”
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 5.0% 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 2010 Bt-50 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £38–£107 — and 36% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £38–£107
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 36%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 60 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 Bt-50, side by side
5 model years on record, from 2006 to 2010. Across them the pass rate runs from 71.5% to 77.5% — a spread of 6 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2006 71.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 75.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2008 73.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2009 77.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 75.0%windscreen damaged but not…
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 2010 Mazda Bt-50 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 2010 cars with a similar record
- Ford Kuga 75.0%
- Mitsubishi Colt 75.0%
- Volkswagen Eos 75.0%
- Nissan Cube 75.0%
- Ford Focus 74.9%
- Ford Mondeo 74.9%
Closest pass rates among 2010 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 2010 Mazda Bt-50 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 213 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 | 43 | 20.10% | 20.98% | −0.88 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 42 | 19.60% | 12.21% | +7.39 |
| Brakes | 33 | 15.40% | 20.89% | −5.49 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 23 | 10.70% | 5.57% | +5.13 |
| Steering | 21 | 9.80% | 2.57% | +7.23 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 20 | 9.30% | 5.52% | +3.78 |
| Tyres | 17 | 7.90% | 19.76% | −11.86 |
| Visibility | 8 | 3.70% | 4.97% | −1.27 |
| Non-component advisories | 4 | 1.90% | 4.18% | −2.28 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 2 | 0.90% | 1.76% | −0.86 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 8.3% | £80–200 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 6.7% | £5–25 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 6.7% | £5–25 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 5.0% | £18–45 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 5.0% | £80–250 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 5.0% | £80–250 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.0% | £3–12 |
| Ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 3.3% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 3.3% | £18–45 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.3% | £60–140 |
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 | 21.7% | £200–700 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 16.7% | £80–180 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 16.7% | £45–95 |
| Wheel bearings has excessive play Suspension | Advisory | 13.3% | £20–55 |
| Drag link end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Advisory | 11.7% | £18–45 |
| Shock absorbers damaged to the extent that it does not function Suspension | Advisory | 8.3% | £30–75 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60-90k | 9 | 66.7% | 83,665 mi |
| 90-120k | 21 | 81.0% | 100,639 mi |
| 120k+ | 30 | 73.3% | 148,489 mi |
Source: 60 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.
2010 Bt-50 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2010 Mazda Bt-50?
75.0% of the 60 2010 Mazda Bt-50 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 74.7% for cars first used in 2010. First-attempt pass rate: 68.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2010 Mazda Bt-50?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (8.33%), headlamp lens slightly defective (6.67%), position lamp not working (6.67%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2010 Mazda Bt-50 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 66.7% of the time, falling to 73.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2010 Mazda Bt-50 in this dataset had covered 118,348 mi.
Does the season affect the 2010 Mazda Bt-50 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 73.3% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 76.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.