Ford C-Max Recorded MOT Outcomes

28.2%
historical failure rate from 495,487 tests
1.3 percentage points above the dataset-wide reference of 26.9%

Evidence scope: This page summarises past outcomes for a make/model group. It does not use the condition, service history or current defects of a particular vehicle, so it is not a pass prediction, diagnosis or buying recommendation.

Recorded Failure Rate by Age Band

Age bandFailure rateTestsHighest recorded component category
0-2 years 14.2% 6,171 Visibility
3-5 years 13.8% 66,536 Tyres
6-10 years 22.9% 236,092 Lamps & Electrics
11-15 years 39.7% 170,962 Lamps & Electrics
15+ years 48.8% 15,726 Lamps & Electrics

Recorded Component-Category Rates

Each percentage is a sample-size-weighted historical category rate across the included age and mileage groups.

Component categoryRecorded rate
Lamps & Electrics5.7%
Tyres3.8%
Suspension3.6%
Brakes2.9%
Visibility2.3%
Body & Chassis1.7%
Steering1.0%

These categories describe aggregate records. They do not show that a specific vehicle has a component fault.

Other Ford Model Groups

Groups With Similar Recorded Rates

Method: Failure and component-category rates are sample-size weighted. Only age/mileage groups with at least 100 tests are included. The checked-in source contains 148,509,908 tests and 39,969,903 failures.

Source: DVSA anonymised MOT tests and results, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.

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