Mazda CX-5 MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Mazda CX-5 in Great Britain in 2025 — 72,744 tests. Figures cover every CX-5 first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the CX-5 ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
80.5%
8.2 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
72,744
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
5.6%
of CX-5 first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
86,250
middle half: 68,750–103,750 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Mazda CX-5 cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 96,549 Mazda CX-5 cars that were taxed or on SORN: 94,875 taxed and 1,674 on SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification — kept, but declared off the road by the keeper). The MOT figures above count tests; these count cars, across the whole United Kingdom, cars only. Mazda CX-5 vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
94,875
98.3% of the 96,549 CX-5 cars taxed or on SORN; 78 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
1,674
declared off the road by their keepers — 1.7% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed CX-5 cars is still rising: 94,875 at the end of 2025, up 7,897 (9.1%) on the end of 2024, and the highest in the years shown. Cars on SORN went from 46 at the end of 2014 to 1,674 at the end of 2025, up 3539.1%. A car leaves the taxed count when it is scrapped, exported or declared off the road; the year-end counts do not say which.

Taxed CX-5 cars, year by year

Cars of this model taxed and on the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025.

020k40k60k80k100k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed CX-5 cars, year 2014: 15kTaxed CX-5 cars, year 2015: 23kTaxed CX-5 cars, year 2016: 30kTaxed CX-5 cars, year 2017: 37kTaxed CX-5 cars, year 2018: 47kTaxed CX-5 cars, year 2019: 57kTaxed CX-5 cars, year 2020: 61kTaxed CX-5 cars, year 2021: 67kTaxed CX-5 cars, year 2022: 74kTaxed CX-5 cars, year 2023: 82kTaxed CX-5 cars, year 2024: 87kTaxed CX-5 cars, year 2025: 95k95k
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YearTaxed CX-5 cars
201415,407
201522,955
201630,010
201737,127
201846,880
201956,512
202061,230
202166,827
202273,609
202381,539
202486,978
202594,875

CX-5 cars on SORN, year by year

Cars of this model declared off the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025. Its own scale — SORN counts are a fraction of the taxed count.

05001k2k2k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)CX-5 cars on SORN, year 2014: 46CX-5 cars on SORN, year 2015: 32CX-5 cars on SORN, year 2016: 76CX-5 cars on SORN, year 2017: 158CX-5 cars on SORN, year 2018: 165CX-5 cars on SORN, year 2019: 256CX-5 cars on SORN, year 2020: 306CX-5 cars on SORN, year 2021: 310CX-5 cars on SORN, year 2022: 536CX-5 cars on SORN, year 2023: 746CX-5 cars on SORN, year 2024: 1kCX-5 cars on SORN, year 2025: 2k2k
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YearCX-5 cars on SORN
201446
201532
201676
2017158
2018165
2019256
2020306
2021310
2022536
2023746
20241,026
20251,674

Which model years survive

Taxed CX-5 cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 94,875 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. A build year's count depends on how many were sold that year as well as how many have lasted.

Year of manufacture Taxed, end of 2025Share of taxed CX-5 cars
20259,0599.5%
20246,6497.0%
20238,8949.4%
20226,9517.3%
20215,4535.7%
20205,6415.9%
201910,01310.6%
20189,90310.4%
20177,1027.5%
20166,7367.1%
20156,4996.9%
20146,1786.5%
20134,5084.8%
20121,2891.4%

Population source: Department for Transport / DVLA vehicle licensing statistics, table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026; counts of the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, United Kingdom, cars only, excluding cars recorded with no model name. SortedCars groups DVLA's model name CX-5 under this model. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, DVLA or the Department for Transport.

How the CX-5 ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, CX-5 vs all cars, 2025.

Mazda CX-5All cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Mazda CX-5, vehicle age 3: 90.4%Mazda CX-5, vehicle age 4: 88.3%Mazda CX-5, vehicle age 5: 87.9%Mazda CX-5, vehicle age 6: 86.9%Mazda CX-5, vehicle age 7: 84.7%Mazda CX-5, vehicle age 8: 81.4%Mazda CX-5, vehicle age 9: 74.7%Mazda CX-5, vehicle age 10: 71.9%Mazda CX-5, vehicle age 11: 68.4%Mazda CX-5, vehicle age 12: 65.3%Mazda CX-5, vehicle age 13: 62.7%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%Mazda CX-5 62.7%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)CX-5 testsCX-5 pass rateAll cars
37,24790.4%88.5%
45,48388.3%87.2%
55,64687.9%86.0%
610,11986.9%83.5%
710,09984.7%80.9%
87,26281.4%78.2%
96,99774.7%74.9%
106,84071.9%71.9%
116,53468.4%68.6%
124,79665.3%65.8%
131,32962.7%63.5%

Better or worse than the average car?

The CX-5's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the CX-5 beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

CX-5 aheadCX-5 behind
-4-2+0+2+4Age 3: +1.9 points vs the average car3Age 4: +1.1 points vs the average carAge 5: +1.9 points vs the average car5Age 6: +3.4 points vs the average carAge 7: +3.8 points vs the average car7Age 8: +3.2 points vs the average carAge 9: -0.2 points vs the average car9Age 10: +0.0 points vs the average carAge 11: -0.2 points vs the average car11Age 12: -0.5 points vs the average carAge 13: -0.8 points vs the average car13Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3+1.9
4+1.1
5+1.9
6+3.4
7+3.8
8+3.2
9-0.2
10+0.0
11-0.2
12-0.5
13-0.8

The CX-5 fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the CX-5 fleet still in use.

05k10k15k20kAge 3: 7k3Age 4: 5kAge 5: 5k5Age 6: 10kAge 7: 10k7Age 8: 7kAge 9: 6k9Age 10: 6kAge 11: 6k11Age 12: 4kAge 13: 1k13Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
37,247
45,483
55,646
610,119
710,099
87,262
96,997
106,840
116,534
124,796
131,329

What a CX-5 fails on

Where the failure items land when a CX-5 fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Suspension24.6%
Brakes17.8%
Tyres15.0%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment13.7%
Steering10.6%
Visibility9.6%
Noise, emissions and leaks5.5%
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems1.1%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.9% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a CX-5, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Tyres: 34.4% of advisories34.4%Brakes: 34.2% of advisories34.2%Suspension: 19.5% of advisories19.5%Non-component advisories: 7.1% of advisories7.1%Steering: 1.6% of advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaks: 1.2% of advisories
TyresBrakesSuspensionNon-component advisoriesSteeringNoise, emissions and leaks
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres34.4%
Brakes34.2%
Suspension19.5%
Non-component advisories7.1%
Steering1.6%
Noise, emissions and leaks1.2%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid CX-5?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested CX-5 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%Diesel: 76.0% of 38,000 tests76.0%Diesel38,000 testsPetrol: 85.4% of 34,741 tests85.4%Petrol34,741 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Diesel38,00076.0%
Petrol34,74185.4%

What mileage is normal for a CX-5?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) CX-5; the shaded band holds the middle half. A car far outside the band, in either direction, is worth questions the recorded history can answer.

Typical CX-5 (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k35791113Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 23,750 miles (middle half 18,750–33,750)Age 4: typical 31,250 miles (middle half 23,750–41,250)Age 5: typical 36,250 miles (middle half 28,750–48,750)Age 6: typical 46,250 miles (middle half 33,750–58,750)Age 7: typical 56,250 miles (middle half 43,750–71,250)Age 8: typical 66,250 miles (middle half 51,250–83,750)Age 9: typical 76,250 miles (middle half 58,750–93,750)Age 10: typical 86,250 miles (middle half 68,750–103,750)Age 11: typical 91,250 miles (middle half 73,750–111,250)Age 12: typical 98,750 miles (middle half 81,250–118,750)Age 13: typical 101,250 miles (middle half 83,750–118,750)101k mi

Mileage values are midpoints of 2,500-mile bands.

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
318,75023,75033,750
423,75031,25041,250
528,75036,25048,750
633,75046,25058,750
743,75056,25071,250
851,25066,25083,750
958,75076,25093,750
1068,75086,250103,750
1173,75091,250111,250
1281,25098,750118,750
1383,750101,250118,750

What fails at each age

The CX-5'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.

TyresBrakesVisibilityLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentSuspensionSteeringEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres36.6%
3-5 yrsBrakes29.8%
3-5 yrsVisibility18.1%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment7.5%
3-5 yrsSuspension2.7%
3-5 yrsEverything else5.3%
6-9 yrsBrakes25.1%
6-9 yrsSuspension24.3%
6-9 yrsTyres20.5%
6-9 yrsVisibility7.4%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment7.1%
6-9 yrsEverything else15.6%
10-13 yrsSuspension34.9%
10-13 yrsSteering19.1%
10-13 yrsBrakes14.4%
10-13 yrsTyres9.7%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment8.5%
10-13 yrsEverything else13.4%

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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. The taxed and SORN counts on this page are the one exception: they are not computed from MOT records but taken from the Department for Transport's vehicle licensing statistics (DfT/DVLA table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0), which count the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, UK-wide, cars only. They describe a model as a whole, grouped under SortedCars' model names, and say nothing about any one car. “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.