Mazda Bongo (import) MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Mazda Bongo (import) in Great Britain in 2025 — 9,767 tests. Figures cover every Bongo (import) first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Bongo (import) ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
55.4%
16.9 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
9,767
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
7.2%
of Bongo (import) first tests; national 7.3%

How the Bongo (import) ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, Bongo (import) vs all cars, 2025.

Mazda Bongo (import)All cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Mazda Bongo (import), vehicle age 20: 57.4%All cars, vehicle age 3: 88.5%All cars, vehicle age 4: 87.2%All cars, vehicle age 5: 86%All cars, vehicle age 6: 83.5%All cars, vehicle age 7: 80.9%All cars, vehicle age 8: 78.2%All cars, vehicle age 9: 74.9%All cars, vehicle age 10: 71.9%All cars, vehicle age 11: 68.6%All cars, vehicle age 12: 65.8%All cars, vehicle age 13: 63.5%All cars, vehicle age 14: 61.2%All cars, vehicle age 15: 59.3%All cars, vehicle age 16: 58.3%All cars, vehicle age 17: 57.2%All cars, vehicle age 18: 57.4%All cars, vehicle age 19: 57%All cars, vehicle age 20: 57.6%All cars 57.6%Mazda Bongo (import) 57.4%
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Age (years)Bongo (import) testsBongo (import) pass rateAll cars
2058957.4%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

The Bongo (import)'s pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the Bongo (import) beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

Bongo (import) behind
-2-1+0+1+2Age 20: -0.2 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
20-0.2

The Bongo (import) fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the Bongo (import) fleet still in use.

0150300450600Age 20: 58920Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
20589

What a Bongo (import) fails on

Where the failure items land when a Bongo (import) fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Suspension26.7%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment25.3%
Body, chassis, structure15.4%
Brakes10.0%
Noise, emissions and leaks6.4%
Visibility6.3%
Steering3.7%
Tyres3.0%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (96.7% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a Bongo (import), 2025 — the faults in the post.

Suspension: 28.8% of advisories28.8%Brakes: 23.4% of advisories23.4%Tyres: 15.3% of advisories15.3%Body, chassis, structure: 12.6% of advisories12.6%Noise, emissions and leaks: 10.2% of advisories10.2%Non-component advisories: 3.0% of advisories
SuspensionBrakesTyresBody, chassis, structureNoise, emissions and leaksNon-component advisories
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CategoryShare of advisories
Suspension28.8%
Brakes23.4%
Tyres15.3%
Body, chassis, structure12.6%
Noise, emissions and leaks10.2%
Non-component advisories3.0%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Bongo (import)?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested Bongo (import) fuel types, 2025, against the all-cars average. Fleet ages differ by fuel — newer fleets help the electrified bars.

50%60%70%80%90%100%all cars 72.3%Petrol: 59.9% of 5,139 tests59.9%Petrol5,139 testsDiesel: 50.4% of 4,536 tests50.4%Diesel4,536 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol5,13959.9%
Diesel4,53650.4%

What fails at each age

The Bongo (import)'s failure mix by age band, 2025 — each band's top categories at their true share of that band's failure items; the pale remainder is everything else. How the mix shifts with age is the point of the chart.

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentSuspensionNoise, emissions and leaksBody, chassis, structureBrakesEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment29.3%
6-9 yrsSuspension24.8%
6-9 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks10.3%
6-9 yrsBody, chassis, structure9.3%
6-9 yrsBrakes9.0%
6-9 yrsEverything else17.3%
10-13 yrsSuspension25.9%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment25.5%
10-13 yrsBody, chassis, structure13.3%
10-13 yrsBrakes12.3%
10-13 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks8.2%
10-13 yrsEverything else14.8%
14+ yrsSuspension28.6%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment22.2%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure17.0%
14+ yrsBrakes10.2%
14+ yrsNoise, emissions and leaks6.2%
14+ yrsEverything else15.8%

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How these figures are computed. Every number on this page is calculated by SortedCars from the DVSA anonymised MOT results dataset (every MOT test in Great Britain — 2025 for single-year figures; trend figures state their span, currently 2023–2025). Where a figure comes from a sample or uses banded values (mileage is banded to 2,500 miles), the page says so beside the figure. Test class 4 only, first tests only — retests are excluded. Class 4 is the car MOT class and also covers car-derived vans, pickups and motorhomes tested to the same standard; where this page says "cars" it means class 4. Pass rate = passes ÷ (passes + failures + pass-after-rectification): a vehicle that failed and was fixed during the visit counts as a fail. Pass rates describe fleets, not individual machines: they reflect how cars were driven, maintained and used as well as how they were built, and beyond recorded mileage none of that is in the data. A well-kept example of a model with a weak average can still pass; a neglected example of a strong one can still fail. No figure is shown for any group with fewer than 500 tests. Alias spellings of a make in the DVSA file are counted under one make name, and all trims and variants of a model are grouped under one model name, using SortedCars' grouping tables. “Dangerous” is DVSA's statutory defect category (in force since May 2018): a defect posing an immediate risk to road safety — driving the vehicle before repair is an offence. What these figures are for. These statistics are general information about groups of vehicles. They are not advice, a valuation or a recommendation to buy, avoid or price any particular vehicle, and no decision about one car should rest on them alone — check the car itself and its own records. We take care over the calculations, but we cannot guarantee they are complete, current or free of error, and we accept no liability for loss arising from reliance on them. This does not limit any liability that cannot lawfully be limited — see our Terms & Conditions. If you believe any figure on this page is inaccurate, contact us. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the DVSA or DVLA. DVSA publishes the raw test records; the statistics on this page are SortedCars' own calculations from them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.