Ford Fiesta Recorded MOT Outcomes

31.9%
historical failure rate from 6,046,098 tests
5.0 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 11.5% 205,104 Lamps & Electrics
3-5 years 15.8% 1,101,178 Lamps & Electrics
6-10 years 30.3% 2,374,781 Lamps & Electrics
11-15 years 41.7% 1,698,915 Lamps & Electrics
15+ years 45.6% 666,120 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 & Electrics7.6%
Suspension5.8%
Tyres3.6%
Brakes2.8%
Visibility2.4%
Steering1.6%
Body & Chassis1.6%

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

Recorded Model-Group Comparisons

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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