Pass rate
64.1%
Below average — 9.2 pts behind the 73.3% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 192 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £39–£106
2001 Mazda Premacy MOT pass rate
- 2001
- typical 91,982 mi
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Most common fault
Suspension
32.7% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Part only £35–£75 for Suspension pin or bush excessively worn. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2017 84.9% pass
- Avoid 2004 64.0% pass
Across the 7 years on record, a spread of 20.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 51.4%
- Typical mileage
- 92k mi
The 2001 Mazda Premacy MOT pass rate is 64.1% of its MOT tests — 9.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 32.7% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.6× the national share
Suspension accounts for 32.7% of everything recorded on the 2001 Mazda Premacy, against 21.0% nationally — 11.7 points above. Ask for the front and rear suspension to be checked on a ramp before you buy — worn bushes and broken springs are cheap to look at and expensive to discover at test time.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 73.3%; this one manages 64.1% — 9.2 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Based on a small sample. 192 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 2001 Mazda Premacy compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.3%, so this figure is 9.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 51.4%. The median 2001 Mazda Premacy in this dataset had covered 91,982 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 65.3% of the time, April–September 62.2%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated", noted on 11.46% of tests.
- 192 recorded tests behind this page.
- 64.1% overall pass rate, 51.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Mazda Premacy, the average is 69.3% — best year 2017 (84.9%), worst 2004 (64.0%).
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
- 192
- Typical mileage (median)
- 91,982 mi
- Make and model
- Mazda Premacy
- 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 Premacy MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 49% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Premacy
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 66 | 54.5% |
| South East | 47 | 78.7% |
| East of England | 23 | 60.9% |
| East Midlands | 19 | 52.6% |
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 2001 Premacy
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 2001 Premacy
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 11.5% 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 10.4% 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 9.9% 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.
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 2001 Premacy through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £39–£106 — and 45% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £39–£106
- Cheapest common item: anti-lock braking system warning lamp…
- £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
- 45%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 192 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 Premacy, side by side
7 model years on record, from 2000 to 2017. Across them the pass rate runs from 64.0% to 84.9% — a spread of 20.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 75.7% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2001 64.1%ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2002 68.8% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2003 64.0% component mounting prescribed…
- 2004 64.0% component mounting prescribed…
- 2012 81.3% position lamp not working
- 2017 84.9% 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 2001 Mazda Premacy 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 2001 cars with a similar record
- Volkswagen Beetle 67.8%
- Citroen Xsara 68.1%
- MINI Mini 68.2%
- Ford Fiesta 69.0%
- Vauxhall Corsa 69.1%
- Honda Accord 69.5%
Closest pass rates among 2001 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 2001 Mazda Premacy 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 761 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 | 254 | 32.70% | 20.98% | +11.72 |
| Brakes | 153 | 19.70% | 20.89% | −1.19 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 108 | 13.90% | 12.21% | +1.69 |
| Tyres | 77 | 9.90% | 19.76% | −9.86 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 58 | 7.50% | 5.57% | +1.93 |
| Visibility | 28 | 3.60% | 4.97% | −1.37 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 23 | 3.00% | 5.52% | −2.52 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 23 | 3.00% | 1.76% | +1.24 |
| Non-component advisories | 19 | 2.40% | 4.18% | −1.78 |
| Steering | 18 | 2.30% | 2.57% | −0.27 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 11.5% | £18–45 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 10.4% | £180–450 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 9.9% | £5–25 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 6.3% | £5–20 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 5.7% | £18–45 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault Brakes | Major | 5.2% | £3–15 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.2% | £30–80 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.7% | £5–25 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 4.7% | £8–22 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 4.2% | £40–150 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 23.4% | £45–95 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 16.1% | £80–180 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Advisory | 14.6% | £180–450 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 14.6% | £40–150 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 11.5% | £45–110 |
| Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 11.5% | £180–450 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 5 | 60.0% | 17,522 mi |
| 30-60k | 36 | 77.8% | 46,839 mi |
| 60-90k | 52 | 57.7% | 74,986 mi |
| 90-120k | 55 | 65.5% | 104,532 mi |
| 120k+ | 44 | 59.1% | 149,645 mi |
Source: 192 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.
2001 Premacy MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2001 Mazda Premacy?
64.1% of the 192 2001 Mazda Premacy tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.3% for cars first used in 2001. First-attempt pass rate: 51.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2001 Mazda Premacy?
The three most recorded items are ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (11.46%), component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (10.42%), headlamp lens slightly defective (9.90%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2001 Mazda Premacy MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 60.0% of the time, falling to 59.1% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2001 Mazda Premacy in this dataset had covered 91,982 mi.
Does the season affect the 2001 Mazda Premacy MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 65.3% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 62.2%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.