Mazda Bongo Friendee, Buying guide and MOT record
In 2025, the Mazda Bongo Friendee passed 55.4% of 9,496 initial MOT tests, 16.9 points below the 72.3% UK average.
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Mazda Bongo Friendee at the MOT
55.4% of 9,496 initial tests passed in 2025, ranking the Bongo Friendee 534th of 575 models. Mazda Bongo Friendees aged 3 to 5 years passed 72.9% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 54.8%.
First-time pass rate, 2025
Share of initial tests passed, retests excluded.
Pass rate by age at test
Mazda Bongo Friendee tests in 2025.
Where Bongo Friendees fail
Share of all failure items recorded on Mazda Bongo Friendee tests in 2025.
The items testers recorded most often were component mounting prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (11.2%), rear fog lamp not working (4.1%) and wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (4.1%).
The MOT page lists every common Bongo Friendee MOT failure. For one car's own results and advisories, run a free MOT history check.
What to look at on a viewing
The Bongo Friendee's most common failure areas, and what a tester checks in each.
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Suspension
Listen for knocks over bumps, check the car sits level, and look for leaking shock absorbers and split rubber gaiters.26.6% of Bongo Friendee failure items
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Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Walk round with every light on: headlights, brake lights, indicators, fog lights and the number plate lamp. Check no warning lights stay on after starting.25.3% of Bongo Friendee failure items
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Body, chassis, structure
Look underneath and along the sills for corrosion, and check for damaged or poorly repaired panels.15.3% of Bongo Friendee failure items
Bongo Friendee engine sizes
2.5 litre engines made up 67% of Mazda Bongo Friendee MOT tests in 2025, followed by 2.0 litre at 31%.
Engine size at MOT, 2025
Share of 9,219 initial MOT tests in 2025.
Other Mazda models
The most-tested Mazda models in 2025, against the Bongo Friendee's 55.4% MOT pass rate.
Mazda Bongo Friendee FAQs
Is the Mazda Bongo Friendee reliable?
MOT data does not measure reliability. It records whether a car met the roadworthiness standard on the day of its test. What it does show is a 55.4% first-time pass rate for the Mazda Bongo Friendee across 9,496 tests in 2025, below the 72.3% average for all cars.
What should I check before buying a used Mazda Bongo Friendee?
On the car itself, start with the areas it most often fails on: suspension, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and body, chassis, structure. Then check the individual car's own records. Outstanding finance, insurance write-offs and police stolen markers are not part of the MOT record, so they take a history check.
How do I check a Mazda Bongo Friendee's history?
Enter the registration of the specific car. A Carpeep car history check reports outstanding finance, write-off category, stolen markers, mileage history, previous keepers, MOT and tax status, import and export markers and scrapped status in one £15 report.
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Across the 1,389 vehicles of every make Carpeep has checked since November 2025, 19% had outstanding finance recorded and 13% an insurance write-off. More on the Mazda history check. To confirm a car's identity, see the Mazda VIN check.
- Outstanding finance
- Write-off records
- Stolen markers
- Mileage history
- Previous keepers
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025 (class 4 initial tests, retests excluded), which also gives the engine sizes. Government data is used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability. History-check findings are anonymous counts from reports bought on Carpeep, each vehicle counted once, and are published only where at least 100 vehicles returned an answer.