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2019 Ford Fiesta: MOT pass rate and common faults

78,063 initial MOT tests in 2025 on cars first used in 2019 · DVSA data · For guidance only · How we count

84.7%passed first time

Share of initial MOT tests passed with no repairs. Repairs made at the test centre count as a fail. 95% range 84.5% to 85.0% (±0.3 points).

That is 1.2 points above the average for all vehicles first used in 2019 (83.5%). These cars were about 6 years old at the test.

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Failure areas compared with all 2019 vehicles

Compared with all vehicles first used in 2019, failures are more common in tyres (1.1×) and lights and electrics (1.2×), and less common in brakes (0.9×), windscreen, wipers, mirrors (0.8×) and suspension (0.3×). Other differences are within the margin of error.

Failed tests with a fault in each area, per 100 tests. The right-hand column shows how many times as often as all vehicles first used in 2019.

  1. Tyres5.6 in 100 tests1.1× compared with 5.2 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2019
  2. Lights and electrics5.1 in 100 tests1.2× compared with 4.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2019
  3. Brakes2.8 in 100 tests0.9× compared with 3.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2019
  4. Windscreen, wipers, mirrors2.4 in 100 tests0.8× compared with 2.9 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2019
  5. Seat belts and airbags0.9 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2019
  6. Noise, emissions, leaks0.8 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2019
  7. Suspension0.6 in 100 tests0.3× compared with 2.2 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2019
  8. Body, chassis, structure0.3 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2019
  9. Steering0.2 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2019
  10. Wheels0.2 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2019
  11. Number plates and VIN0.1 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2019

All vehicles first used in 2019: the 248 models in our data, 2,411,315 tests (97.7% of all 2,466,996 tests on vehicles first used in 2019). Areas with fewer than 50 failures in a model aren't published, so an area is only compared when that leaves the all-vehicles figure at most 10% short; otherwise it shows –.

Typical mileage at test37,400

Median odometer reading at the 2025 MOT test, in miles. Half had more and half had less.

After an MOT advisory

2019 Ford Fiesta cars that passed their 2024 MOT first time with an advisory, and what their next MOT found, against similar cars that passed with nothing noted in that area. Only cars first used in 2019.

Tyres

Of 2019 Ford Fiesta cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a tyre advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 7.5% failed on tyres, against 4.5% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 13,611 and 40,167 cars.

  • With a tyre advisory7.5%
  • Similar cars, nothing noted4.5%

Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 7.7% of those with a tyre advisory and 7.4% of the others.

Brakes

Of 2019 Ford Fiesta cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a brake advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 6.8% failed on brakes, against 2.2% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 7,187 and 46,596 cars.

  • With a brake advisory6.8%
  • Similar cars, nothing noted2.2%

Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 9.0% of those with a brake advisory and 7.2% of the others.

Suspension

Of 2019 Ford Fiesta cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a suspension advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 5.1% failed on suspension, against 0.5% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 1,026 and 52,747 cars.

  • With a suspension advisory5.1%
  • Similar cars, nothing noted0.5%

Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 8.5% of those with a suspension advisory and 7.4% of the others.

Similar cars are the same model, first-use year and mileage band. Areas are the DVSA's top-level groups, so the later fail may not be the fault that was advised. These figures describe what happened to these cars. They don't show what a repair would have changed.

Ford Fiesta, all first-use years togetherHow we worked this outAll models compared, with the data

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