2019 Ford Kuga: MOT pass rate and common faults
Share of initial MOT tests passed with no repairs. Repairs made at the test centre count as a fail. 95% range 84.0% to 84.7% (±0.4 points).
That is 0.9 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 lights and electrics (1.1×), brakes (1.2×) and windscreen, wipers, mirrors (1.3×), and less common in tyres (0.8×) and suspension (0.3×). Other differences are within the margin of error.
- Lights and electrics4.5 in 100 tests1.1× compared with 4.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2019
- Tyres4.3 in 100 tests0.8× compared with 5.2 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2019
- Brakes3.6 in 100 tests1.2× compared with 3.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2019
- Windscreen, wipers, mirrors3.6 in 100 tests1.3× compared with 2.9 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2019
- Noise, emissions, leaks1.6 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2019
- Suspension0.7 in 100 tests0.3× compared with 2.2 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2019
- Body, chassis, structure0.5 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2019
- Seat belts and airbags0.3 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2019
- Number plates and VIN0.2 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 –.
After an MOT advisory
Tyres
Of 2019 Ford Kuga cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a tyre advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 5.6% failed on tyres, against 3.8% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 5,739 and 20,333 cars.
Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 9.1% of those with a tyre advisory and 9.5% of the others.
Brakes
Of 2019 Ford Kuga cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a brake advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 7.1% failed on brakes, against 2.7% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 4,824 and 21,272 cars.
Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 9.5% of those with a brake advisory and 9.4% of the others.
Not enough 2019 Ford Kuga cars with a suspension advisory to show a figure for this year alone.
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 Kuga, all first-use years togetherHow we worked this outAll models compared, with the dataWhat MOT data can't tell you about any 2019 Ford Kuga
Outstanding finance, write-offs, theft and plate changes aren't in MOT records. For a particular car, you need a history check.
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