MOT reliability data, sourced from DVSA
Ford MOT pass rate & reliability
Ford is the highest-volume brand tested in the UK, with 3.9 million MOT tests in 2025 alone. Here's what that huge dataset actually shows.
MOT reliability data, sourced from DVSA
Ford is the highest-volume brand tested in the UK, with 3.9 million MOT tests in 2025 alone. Here's what that huge dataset actually shows.
68.7%
Ford MOT pass rate
72.4%
UK national average
-3.7pt
vs. national average
#5
UK sales rank, H1 2026
Pass rate by popular model
The Fiesta and Focus together account for around half of all Ford MOT tests.
Source: brand figures from Brumble analysis of DVSA's 2025 MOT test year data; model figures are DS Auto Labs' own analysis of DVSA's 2025 MOT test results (all model variants included, first-time tests). Published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Fiesta based on 1,360,707 tests, the single most-tested model in the UK; Focus on 886,912, Kuga on 312,077.
What this means
Ford's 68.7% pass rate sits below the national average, but the context matters: Ford is the most-tested brand in the UK by a wide margin, and its range skews heavily toward cars that live hard lives, company cars, delivery vehicles, and first cars for young drivers. That ownership profile drags the average down in a way that isn't purely about build quality.
The Fiesta, the single most-tested model of any car in the UK at over 1.3 million tests in 2025 alone, passes at 65.6%, below even Ford's own below-average figure. Larger, newer models like the Kuga, at 79.4%, perform meaningfully better. If you're looking at an older Fiesta or Focus specifically, checking its individual MOT history matters more than usual given how commonly these models show up with issues.
Frequently asked questions
Ford has a 68.7% MOT pass rate based on DVSA's 2025 test year data, below the national average of 72.4%.
Ford's MOT pass rate is below the national average, though this reflects Ford's huge sales volume and heavy use in fleet, delivery, and first-car roles as much as it reflects build quality. Larger, newer Ford models perform notably better than the high-volume Fiesta and Focus.
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