Pass rate
66.1%
Below average — 12.5 pts behind the 78.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 165 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £50–£129
2013 Mazda MPV MOT pass rate
- 2013
- typical 130,735 mi
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Most common fault
Suspension
27.2% 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
- 52.5%
- Typical mileage
- 131k mi
The 2013 Mazda MPV MOT pass rate is 66.1% of its MOT tests — 12.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 27.2% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.5× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 18.5% of everything recorded on the 2013 Mazda Mpv, against 12.2% nationally — 6.3 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 27.2%, 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.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 78.6%; this one manages 66.1% — 12.5 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 56% of the repairs this model fails on cost under £30 in parts. The pass rate matters less than what a bad afternoon at the test centre actually costs you.
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 2013 Mazda MPV compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 78.6%, so this figure is 12.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 52.5%. The median 2013 Mazda MPV in this dataset had covered 130,735 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Petrol — 72% of tests, with a 65.5% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 66.7% of the time, April–September 65.6%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength", noted on 9.70% of tests.
- 165 recorded tests behind this page.
- 66.1% overall pass rate, 52.5% 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
- 165
- Typical mileage (median)
- 130,735 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
Corrosion Welding Repair
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the MPV MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 50% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (72% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the MPV
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 55 | 63.6% |
| South East | 31 | 67.7% |
| North West | 16 | 62.5% |
| Scotland | 15 | 66.7% |
| West Midlands | 15 | 60.0% |
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 2013 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 2013 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 corrosion 9.7% 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 8.5% 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 3.6% 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 2013 MPV through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £50–£129 — and 56% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £50–£129
- 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
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 56%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 165 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 2013 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 2013 cars with a similar record
- Renault Grand Scenic 70.1%
- Renault G Scenic D-Que 70.3%
- Renault Megane 70.6%
- Peugeot 5008 70.7%
- Renault Clio 71.3%
- Citroen DS3 71.3%
Closest pass rates among 2013 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 2013 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 465 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 | 128 | 27.20% | 20.98% | +6.22 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 87 | 18.50% | 12.21% | +6.29 |
| Brakes | 85 | 18.10% | 20.89% | −2.79 |
| Tyres | 41 | 8.70% | 19.76% | −11.06 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 39 | 8.30% | 5.57% | +2.73 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 36 | 7.70% | 5.52% | +2.18 |
| Steering | 20 | 4.30% | 2.57% | +1.73 |
| Visibility | 15 | 3.20% | 4.97% | −1.77 |
| Non-component advisories | 8 | 1.70% | 4.18% | −2.48 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 6 | 1.30% | 0.82% | +0.48 |
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 | 9.7% | £180–450 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 8.5% | £5–25 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.5% | £3–15 |
| Position lamp with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.8% | £5–25 |
| Service brake performance efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 4.2% | £60–150 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 3.6% | £18–45 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.6% | £60–140 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.0% | £5–20 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 3.0% | £8–22 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault Brakes | Major | 2.4% | £3–15 |
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 | 12.1% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 10.3% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 10.3% | £18–45 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Advisory | 9.7% | £180–450 |
| Linkage pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 9.7% | £40–150 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 9.1% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60-90k | 19 | 78.9% | 82,560 mi |
| 90-120k | 55 | 58.2% | 103,065 mi |
| 120k+ | 91 | 68.1% | 171,344 mi |
Source: 165 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.
2013 MPV MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2013 Mazda MPV?
66.1% of the 165 2013 Mazda MPV tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 78.6% for cars first used in 2013. First-attempt pass rate: 52.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2013 Mazda MPV?
The three most recorded items are component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (9.70%), headlamp lens slightly defective (8.48%), rear fog lamp not working (5.45%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2013 Mazda MPV MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 78.9% of the time, falling to 68.1% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2013 Mazda MPV in this dataset had covered 130,735 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2013 Mazda MPV?
Petrol: 65.5% pass rate across 119 tests. Diesel: 65.9% pass rate across 41 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2013 Mazda MPV MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 66.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 65.6%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.