Ford KA Recorded MOT Outcomes

31.5%
historical failure rate from 820,115 tests
4.6 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 7.1% 16,611 Lamps & Electrics
3-5 years 12.5% 115,550 Lamps & Electrics
6-10 years 26.0% 318,624 Suspension
11-15 years 41.4% 300,154 Suspension
15+ years 51.5% 69,176 Suspension

Recorded Component-Category Rates

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

Component categoryRecorded rate
Suspension7.7%
Lamps & Electrics5.9%
Brakes3.9%
Tyres3.0%
Visibility3.0%
Body & Chassis2.4%
Steering0.6%

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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