Ford Focus MOT pass rate, common failures and mileage
In 2023, 74.4% of 1,011,250 MOT tests on the Ford Focus ended in a pass, 2.1 points below the 76.5% average for all cars. Comparing like for like at ages 3 to 10, it passed 82.9% against 82.0%, ranking 68th of 148 models.
Pass rate and mileage by age
Each row covers the Ford Focus MOT tests at that age. Mileage shows the median and the middle half of odometer readings, from the 25th to the 75th percentile.
| Age | Pass rate | Mileage |
|---|---|---|
| 230,004 tests | 90.7% | 21,000 · 15k to 31k |
| 349,248 tests | 89.1% | 27,000 · 19k to 39k |
| 449,749 tests | 87.7% | 35,000 · 25k to 47k |
| 553,451 tests | 87.8% | 43,000 · 31k to 57k |
| 664,362 tests | 86.9% | 51,000 · 37k to 67k |
| 769,380 tests | 85.1% | 61,000 · 45k to 79k |
| 876,802 tests | 79.7% | 67,000 · 51k to 87k |
| 974,434 tests | 73.2% | 77,000 · 57k to 97k |
| 1073,486 tests | 70.8% | 83,000 · 63k to 105k |
| 1167,417 tests | 69.9% | 89,000 · 69k to 113k |
| 1261,691 tests | 67.3% | 95,000 · 73k to 119k |
| 1363,961 tests | 67.1% | 97,000 · 75k to 121k |
| 1456,907 tests | 65.3% | 103,000 · 79k to 125k |
| 1554,912 tests | 65.3% | 103,000 · 81k to 127k |
| 1648,289 tests | 65.1% | 105,000 · 83k to 127k |
| 1737,363 tests | 63.5% | 105,000 · 83k to 127k |
| 1827,915 tests | 60.7% | 105,000 · 81k to 129k |
| 1919,557 tests | 60.3% | 101,000 · 75k to 127k |
| 2013,736 tests | 60.5% | 97,000 · 69k to 125k |
| 219,877 tests | 60.6% | 99,000 · 75k to 127k |
| 225,294 tests | 59.3% | 101,000 · 75k to 127k |
| 232,383 tests | 58.3% | 101,000 · 77k to 131k |
| 24950 tests | 59.4% | 105,000 · 77k to 135k |
Most common MOT failures and advisories
How often each item came up, per 100 MOT tests on the Ford Focus. Advisories are things the tester noted that did not fail the car, often wear that will need attention soon. Follow an item to see what it means and how serious it is.
Failures
Advisories and minor defects
What to check on a used Focus
The parts that come up most often in Ford Focus MOTs, and how to look at them on a viewing.
- TyresCheck the tread across the full width of every tyre, including the inner edge, and look for cuts and bulges in the sidewalls.
- Brake discs and padsAsk when the discs and pads were last replaced, and look through the wheel for a raised lip on the edge of the disc.
- Coil springsCompare the gap between each tyre and its wheel arch. A corner sitting lower than the others can mean a broken spring.
- Oil leaksLook under the engine and gearbox, and at the ground where the car was parked, for fresh oil.
- Number platesCheck the plates are clean, legal and match the registration on the V5C logbook.
Check a specific Focus
Fleet averages only go so far. Enter the registration to see that car's own MOT history, mileage record and current condition, free.
Questions
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Other Ford models
Overall MOT pass rate in 2023. Compare all Ford models or see every make.
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.