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Honda vs Mazda

Honda or Mazda — what we actually found

Side by side from 582 Hondas and 225 Mazdas buyers asked us to inspect before purchase. The average car we check scores 61/100.

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Head to head
HondaMazda
Cars inspected582225
Average condition57/10063/100
In good shape (60+/100)49%59%
Holds up to (avg dips below decent)~116k mi~115k mi
Repainted or replaced panel80%76%
Structural repair found8%5%
Fault codes recently cleared30%24%

Green = the better number of the pair. Condition reflects the mix of cars that came to us — age, price, model — so treat small gaps as a tie.

How they score
Honda
Excellent 18% Good 31% Mediocre 25% Poor 26%
Mazda
Excellent 28% Good 31% Mediocre 24% Poor 17%
How long do they stay good?
Good cars by mileage
▬ Honda▬ Mazda▬ all cars
0 25 50 75 100 Honda, 0–20k mi: 90%, drawn from the nearby bands (15 cars in this band)Honda, 20–40k mi: 85% in good shape (26 cars)Honda, 40–60k mi: 79% in good shape (53 cars)Honda, 60–80k mi: 73% in good shape (74 cars)Honda, 80–100k mi: 61% in good shape (79 cars)Honda, 100–120k mi: 46% in good shape (90 cars)Honda, 120–140k mi: 42% in good shape (76 cars)Honda, 140–160k mi: 23% in good shape (80 cars)Honda, 160–180k mi: 26% in good shape (35 cars)Honda, 180–200k mi: 11% in good shape (27 cars)Honda, 200–220k mi: 5%, drawn from the nearby bands (9 cars in this band) Mazda, 0–20k mi: 88%, drawn from the nearby bands (18 cars in this band)Mazda, 20–40k mi: 80% in good shape (20 cars)Mazda, 40–60k mi: 83% in good shape (36 cars)Mazda, 60–80k mi: 63% in good shape (30 cars)Mazda, 80–100k mi: 50% in good shape (36 cars)Mazda, 100–120k mi: 40% in good shape (30 cars)Mazda, 120–140k mi: 32% in good shape (22 cars)Mazda, 140–160k mi: 29%, drawn from the nearby bands (15 cars in this band)Mazda, 160–180k mi: 35%, drawn from the nearby bands (7 cars in this band)Mazda, 180–200k mi: 23%, drawn from the nearby bands (6 cars in this band) 40k 80k 120k 160k 200k mileage when we inspected it
Good cars by age
▬ Honda▬ Mazda▬ all cars
0 25 50 75 100 Honda, 1 years old: 92%, drawn from the nearby bands (7 cars this age)Honda, 2 years old: 93%, drawn from the nearby bands (12 cars this age)Honda, 3 years old: 92% in good shape (25 cars)Honda, 4 years old: 81% in good shape (26 cars)Honda, 5 years old: 75% in good shape (32 cars)Honda, 6 years old: 70% in good shape (43 cars)Honda, 7 years old: 65% in good shape (48 cars)Honda, 8 years old: 57% in good shape (37 cars)Honda, 9 years old: 51% in good shape (37 cars)Honda, 10 years old: 45% in good shape (55 cars)Honda, 11 years old: 59% in good shape (39 cars)Honda, 12 years old: 38% in good shape (40 cars)Honda, 13 years old: 29% in good shape (41 cars)Honda, 14 years old: 32% in good shape (25 cars)Honda, 15 years old: 14% in good shape (28 cars)Honda, 16 years old: 15% in good shape (27 cars) Mazda, 1 years old: 95%, drawn from the nearby bands (11 cars this age)Mazda, 2 years old: 97%, drawn from the nearby bands (11 cars this age)Mazda, 3 years old: 92%, drawn from the nearby bands (16 cars this age)Mazda, 4 years old: 85%, drawn from the nearby bands (15 cars this age)Mazda, 5 years old: 79%, drawn from the nearby bands (14 cars this age)Mazda, 6 years old: 72%, drawn from the nearby bands (15 cars this age)Mazda, 7 years old: 63%, drawn from the nearby bands (17 cars this age)Mazda, 8 years old: 57%, drawn from the nearby bands (19 cars this age)Mazda, 9 years old: 43% in good shape (28 cars)Mazda, 10 years old: 48%, drawn from the nearby bands (16 cars this age)Mazda, 11 years old: 50%, drawn from the nearby bands (12 cars this age)Mazda, 12 years old: 38% in good shape (13 cars)Mazda, 13 years old: 28%, drawn from the nearby bands (7 cars this age)Mazda, 14 years old: 39%, drawn from the nearby bands (10 cars this age) 2y 4y 6y 8y 10y 12y 14y 16y vehicle age when we inspected it

Share in good shape (scoring 60+/100) by mileage and by age when we inspected them (each dot ≥5 cars; a band under 20 cars follows the nearby bands, so a run above the all-cars line stays above it, and a band of 20 or more uses the rate we measured; where a band has too few cars, the line follows the trend between the bands on either side; rolled-back odometers excluded from the mileage curve). Dashed grey = all cars we check.

Most common faults
Honda
Fuel trim out of range · Engine
61%
Oil leaks · Engine
53%
Tires condition & wear · Brakes and tires
41%
Active error codes · Electronic equipment
31%
Cracked or torn suspension bushings · Suspension
28%
Mazda
Oil leaks · Engine
65%
Fuel trim out of range · Engine
34%
Tires condition & wear · Brakes and tires
33%
Worn suspension joints · Suspension
18%
Belts · Engine
14%
Trajectory by generation
Honda ▬ Consistent across generations 40% 60% 80% 2012–14: 60% in good shape (age-adjusted; 53 cars, raw 57%) 60 2015–17: 63% in good shape (age-adjusted; 115 cars, raw 60%) 63 2018–20: 60% in good shape (age-adjusted; 60 cars, raw 65%) 60 2009–11 2012–14 2015–17 2018–20 2021+
Mazda ↘↗ Dipped in the mid-2010s — the newest generation recovered 40% 60% 80% 2012–14: 64% in good shape (age-adjusted; 23 cars, raw 61%) 64 2015–17: 53% in good shape (age-adjusted; 43 cars, raw 47%) 53 2018–20: 65% in good shape (age-adjusted; 34 cars, raw 71%) 65 2009–11 2012–14 2015–17 2018–20 2021+

Share in good shape when inspected at the same age (5–10 years, age-adjusted), by model-year generation; dashed = all-brand average. All brands →

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Based on 807 inspections · updated Oct 22, 2026