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MOT statistics · 2023 tests

Ford MOT pass rates by model

Across 4,485,485 MOT tests on 14 Ford models in 2023, 74.2% passed, 2.3 points below the 76.5% average for all cars. Comparing models at the same ages, the Kuga does best at 84.7%.

Ford models

Overall pass rate across all ages, and like-for-like at ages 3 to 10, where the model has enough tests at each age (n/a where it does not). The line marks the all-car average.

ModelTestsPass rateAges
3 to 10
Fiesta1,448,658
73.5%
80.6%
Focus1,011,250
74.4%
82.9%
Transit951,359
71.0%
74.8%
Kuga274,385
84.0%
84.7%
Mondeo216,645
72.4%
82.9%
Ka191,357
73.6%
84.2%
Ranger106,269
76.0%
76.8%
Ecosport98,459
87.0%
n/a
Galaxy66,373
70.3%
79.1%
Fusion58,809
69.2%
n/a
Puma30,068
91.8%
n/a
Mustang11,854
85.2%
85.2%
Escort11,057
78.5%
n/a
Edge8,942
87.6%
n/a

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Questions

What is the MOT pass rate for Ford cars?
In 2023, 74.2% of 4,485,485 initial MOT tests on the 14 Ford models we cover ended in a pass, against 76.5% for all cars and light vans.
Which Ford model has the most MOT tests?
The Ford Fiesta, with 1,448,658 tests in 2023 and a pass rate of 73.5%.
Which Ford model has the best MOT pass rate?
Comparing models at ages 3 to 10 with the same age mix, the Ford Kuga had the highest pass rate of the 8 Ford models with enough tests, at 84.7%.

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How these figures are made. We counted every initial MOT test (not retests) of cars and light vans in Great Britain in 2023 from the DVSA anonymised MOT dataset, 33,842,940 tests in all. Pass rate is the share of initial tests that ended in a pass, counting faults fixed during the test. Age is whole years from first registration to the test, so a car having its first MOT a few weeks early counts as 2.

Like-for-like pass rates average each model's pass rate at ages 3 to 10 with the same age mix for every model, so a model is not flattered by a young fleet or penalised by an old one. Models are grouped by the first word of the DVSA model name, and names that cover several models are left out.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. RegTail's analysis of the DVSA anonymised MOT dataset, 2023 tests.