Mazda MX-30, Buying guide, MOT record, UK numbers and recalls
6,553 Mazda MX-30s are licensed in the UK. In 2025 they passed 90.4% of initial MOT tests, 18.1 points above the 72.3% UK average.
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Mazda MX-30 at the MOT
90.4% of 2,898 initial tests passed in 2025, ranking the MX-30 33rd of 575 models.
First-time pass rate, 2025
Share of initial tests passed, retests excluded.
Where MX-30s fail
Share of all failure items recorded on Mazda MX-30 tests in 2025.
The items testers recorded most often were tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (17.6%), condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (17.4%) and wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (13.3%).
The MOT page lists every common MX-30 MOT failure. For one car's own results and advisories, run a free MOT history check.
What to look at on a viewing
The MX-30's most common failure areas, and what a tester checks in each.
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Tyres
Check tread depth across the full width of every tyre (the legal minimum is 1.6mm), and look for cuts, bulges and uneven wear.44% of MX-30 failure items
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Visibility
Check the windscreen for chips or cracks in the driver's view, and that the wipers and washers clear it properly.23.7% of MX-30 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.15.2% of MX-30 failure items
Mazda MX-30s in the UK
6,553 were licensed at the end of June 2026. The number licensed has grown 232% since the end of 2021.
- Change since 2021
- +232%from 1,971 licensed
- Typical year of first use
- 2023half of those licensed at the end of 2025 were first used in 2023 or earlier
- First registered in 2025
- 823against 2,042 in 2021
- Declared off the road
- 861.3% of those registered, under SORN
Licensed Mazda MX-30s since 2021
Licensed at each year end and in the latest quarter.
Show the figures
| Date | Licensed |
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| End of 2021 | 1,971 |
| End of 2022 | 2,756 |
| End of 2023 | 3,960 |
| End of 2024 | 5,716 |
| End of 2025 | 6,528 |
| End of June 2026 | 6,553 |
How old they are
Licensed Mazda MX-30s by year of first use.
- Licensed at the end of 2025
- First registered that year
Show the figures
| First used | Licensed, end 2025 | First registered that year |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 803 | 823 |
| 2024 | 1,917 | 1,955 |
| 2023 | 1,152 | 1,221 |
| 2022 | 829 | 897 |
| 2021 | 1,827 | 2,042 |
Mazda MX-30 recalls
2 DVSA safety recalls launched from 1992 to October 2026 name the Mazda MX-30. Each covers vehicles built in a set period, so a recall does not mean every MX-30 is affected.
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May 2023 R/2023/159
Affected vehicles cannot be driven due to an error within the on-board charger which causes the vehicle to wrongly detect it is connected to an EV charge cable
Defect and remedy
- Remedy
- Reprogram the software of the on-board charger.
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Apr 2021 R/2021/154
The front passenger main frontal air bag could split at the seam and may not deploy correctly when activated in a collision
Defect and remedy
- Defect
- The front passenger main frontal airbag could split at the seam and may not deploy correctly when the airbag is activated in a collision.
- Remedy
- Replace the airbag with an improved version
Other Mazda models
The most-tested Mazda models in 2025, against the MX-30's 90.4% MOT pass rate.
Mazda MX-30 FAQs
How many Mazda MX-30s are there in the UK?
6,553 Mazda MX-30s were licensed in the UK at the end of June 2026, with a further 86 declared off the road (SORN), according to DfT vehicle licensing statistics.
Is the Mazda MX-30 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 90.4% first-time pass rate for the Mazda MX-30 across 2,898 tests in 2025, above the 72.3% average for all cars.
Has the Mazda MX-30 had any recalls?
2 DVSA safety recalls launched from 1992 to October 2026 name the Mazda MX-30. The most recent was published in May 2023. A recall applies to vehicles built in a set period, so check a specific car on the GOV.UK vehicle recall checker.
What should I check before buying a used Mazda MX-30?
On the car itself, start with the areas it most often fails on: tyres, visibility and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment. 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 MX-30'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 1,548 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). Licensed, SORN, fuel and registration figures are from the Department for Transport vehicle licensing statistics (VEH0120, VEH0124, VEH0160). Recalls are from the DVSA vehicle recalls data, with recalls launched up to October 2026. 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.