Pass rate
78.0%
Around average — 5.1 pts ahead of the 72.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 291 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £37–£95
2002 Mazda Eunos MOT pass rate
- 2002
- typical 108,298 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
21.3% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2002 78.0% pass · this year
- Avoid 2001 70.8% pass
Across the 8 years on record, a spread of 7.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 73.8%
- Typical mileage
- 108k mi
The 2002 Mazda Eunos MOT pass rate is 78.0% of its MOT tests — 5.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 21.3% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Mazda Eunos does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Emissions & leaks: 2.8× the national share
Emissions & leaks make up 15.7% of everything recorded on the 2002 Mazda Eunos, against 5.5% nationally — 10.2 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 21.3%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. A smoky diesel or a leaking joint fails on emissions more often than on wear, so ask for a recent emissions printout.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 72.9% and this one manages 78.0% — 5.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 15% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
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 2002 Mazda Eunos compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.9%, so this figure is 5.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 73.8%. The median 2002 Mazda Eunos in this dataset had covered 108,298 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 74.4% of the time, April–September 79.5%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated", noted on 9.28% of tests.
- 291 recorded tests behind this page.
- 78.0% overall pass rate, 73.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Mazda Eunos, the average is 74.9% — best year 2002 (78.0%), worst 2001 (70.8%).
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
- 291
- Typical mileage (median)
- 108,298 mi
- Make and model
- Mazda Eunos
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Ball Joint
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Eunos MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 66% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Eunos
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 82 | 69.5% |
| North West | 41 | 78.0% |
| East of England | 40 | 72.5% |
| South West | 31 | 71.0% |
| Yorkshire | 24 | 87.5% |
| East Midlands | 18 | 94.4% |
| West Midlands | 17 | 88.2% |
| Wales | 15 | 86.7% |
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 2002 Eunos
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 2002 Eunos
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 suspension joints 9.3% 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.
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Check corrosion 2.4% 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 2.4% 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.
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 2002 Eunos through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £37–£95 — and 15% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £37–£95
- 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
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 15%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 291 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 Eunos, side by side
8 model years on record, from 2000 to 2007. Across them the pass rate runs from 70.8% to 78.0% — a spread of 7.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 73.4% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2001 70.8% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2002 78.0%ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2003 74.3% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2004 75.2% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2005 75.0% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2006 76.6% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2007 76.8% track rod end ball joint dust…
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 2002 Mazda Eunos 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 2002 cars with a similar record
- Land Rover Range Rover 77.4%
- BMW 3 Series 77.2%
- BMW 530 77.2%
- Lexus IS200 77.2%
- MG Tf 77.1%
- Mercedes-Benz Clk 77.1%
Closest pass rates among 2002 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 2002 Mazda Eunos 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 704 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 | 152 | 21.30% | 20.98% | +0.32 |
| Brakes | 152 | 21.30% | 20.89% | +0.41 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 112 | 15.70% | 5.52% | +10.18 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 89 | 12.50% | 12.21% | +0.29 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 51 | 7.20% | 5.57% | +1.63 |
| Tyres | 50 | 7.00% | 19.76% | −12.76 |
| Steering | 35 | 4.90% | 2.57% | +2.33 |
| Visibility | 25 | 3.50% | 4.97% | −1.47 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 21 | 2.90% | 0.82% | +2.08 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 17 | 2.40% | 1.76% | +0.64 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 9.3% | £18–45 |
| Prescribed areas prescribed area strength or continuity significantly reduced Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 3.4% | £40–120 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 3.1% | £45–110 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 2.8% | £18–45 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 2.4% | £180–450 |
| Parking brake performance inoperative on one side Brakes | Major | 2.4% | £60–150 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.4% | £3–15 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.4% | £5–20 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 2.4% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.1% | £30–80 |
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 | 26.1% | £200–700 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 15.1% | £80–180 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 6.9% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 6.5% | £45–95 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 6.2% | £25–65 |
| Suspension arm corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 6.2% | £35–85 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 1 | 100.0% | 22,224 mi |
| 30-60k | 11 | 90.9% | 52,860 mi |
| 60-90k | 60 | 85.0% | 74,740 mi |
| 90-120k | 114 | 76.3% | 103,282 mi |
| 120k+ | 105 | 74.3% | 153,459 mi |
Source: 291 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.
2002 Eunos MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2002 Mazda Eunos?
78.0% of the 291 2002 Mazda Eunos tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.9% for cars first used in 2002. First-attempt pass rate: 73.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2002 Mazda Eunos?
The three most recorded items are ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (9.28%), prescribed areas prescribed area strength or continuity significantly reduced (3.44%), rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements (3.09%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2002 Mazda Eunos MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 74.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2002 Mazda Eunos in this dataset had covered 108,298 mi.
Does the season affect the 2002 Mazda Eunos MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 74.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 79.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.