Pass rate
66.7%
Below average — 7.1 pts behind the 73.8% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 54 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £23–£66
2000 Mazda MPV MOT pass rate
- 2000
- typical 101,982 mi
Only 54 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
20.5% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2014 73.6% pass
- Avoid 2008 59.7% pass
Across the 14 years on record, a spread of 13.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 58.5%
- Typical mileage
- 102k mi
The 2000 Mazda MPV MOT pass rate is 66.7% of its MOT tests — 7.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 20.5% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Emissions & leaks: 2.0× the national share
Emissions & leaks make up 10.8% of everything recorded on the 2000 Mazda Mpv, against 5.5% nationally — 5.3 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 20.5%, 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.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 73.8%; this one manages 66.7% — 7.1 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Based on a small sample. 54 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 2000 Mazda MPV compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.8%, so this figure is 7.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 58.5%. The median 2000 Mazda MPV in this dataset had covered 101,982 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated", noted on 9.26% of tests.
- 54 recorded tests behind this page.
- 66.7% overall pass rate, 58.5% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Mazda MPV, the average is 66.7% — best year 2014 (73.6%), worst 2008 (59.7%).
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
- 54
- Typical mileage (median)
- 101,982 mi
- Make and model
- Mazda MPV
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
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 MPV MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 55% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the MPV
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 22 | 68.2% |
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 2000 MPV
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 2000 MPV
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 the lights 7.4% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
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 battery 5.6% of tests
“battery(ies) insecure”
Check the battery is secure and its terminals are clean and tight — a loose battery is a fail on its own, and a weak one shows up as slow cranking on a cold morning.
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 2000 MPV through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £23–£66 — and 39% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £23–£66
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 39%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 54 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 MPV, side by side
14 model years on record, from 2000 to 2014. Across them the pass rate runs from 59.7% to 73.6% — a spread of 13.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 66.7%ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2001 67.9% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2003 67.6% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2004 72.6% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2005 62.2% component mounting prescribed…
- 2006 65.9% component mounting prescribed…
- 2007 72.6% component mounting prescribed…
- 2008 59.7% component mounting prescribed…
- 2009 65.0% component mounting prescribed…
- 2010 65.9% component mounting prescribed…
- 2011 68.3% component mounting prescribed…
- 2012 68.1% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2013 66.1% component mounting prescribed…
- 2014 73.6% headlamp lens slightly defective
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 2000 Mazda MPV 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 2000 cars with a similar record
- Volkswagen Beetle 66.9%
- Peugeot 206 67.8%
- Ford Fiesta 68.3%
- Honda Cr-V 68.7%
- Renault Clio 69.0%
- Ford Focus 69.3%
Closest pass rates among 2000 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 2000 Mazda MPV 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 184 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 | 38 | 20.50% | 20.98% | −0.48 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 31 | 16.80% | 12.21% | +4.59 |
| Tyres | 30 | 16.20% | 19.76% | −3.56 |
| Brakes | 26 | 14.10% | 20.89% | −6.79 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 20 | 10.80% | 5.57% | +5.23 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 20 | 10.80% | 5.52% | +5.28 |
| Visibility | 8 | 4.30% | 4.97% | −0.67 |
| Steering | 5 | 2.70% | 2.57% | +0.13 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 5 | 2.70% | 1.76% | +0.94 |
| Non-component advisories | 1 | 0.50% | 4.18% | −3.68 |
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 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 7.4% | £5–20 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 5.6% | £18–45 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 5.6% | £60–140 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 5.6% | £60–250 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 5.6% | £45–95 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 5.6% | £18–45 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.6% | £3–15 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.6% | £3–12 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 5.6% | £8–22 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 25.9% | £45–95 |
| Integral vehicle structure condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 14.8% | £180–450 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 13.0% | £45–110 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 11.1% | £40–150 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 11.1% | £80–180 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 11.1% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 3 | 66.7% | 54,034 mi |
| 60-90k | 18 | 66.7% | 76,636 mi |
| 90-120k | 11 | 72.7% | 100,738 mi |
| 120k+ | 22 | 63.6% | 182,344 mi |
Source: 54 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.
2000 MPV MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2000 Mazda MPV?
66.7% of the 54 2000 Mazda MPV tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.8% for cars first used in 2000. First-attempt pass rate: 58.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2000 Mazda MPV?
The three most recorded items are ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (9.26%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (7.41%), ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.56%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2000 Mazda MPV MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 66.7% of the time, falling to 63.6% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2000 Mazda MPV in this dataset had covered 101,982 mi.