2008 Ford Mondeo: 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 54.2% to 56.1% (±1.0 points).
That is 2.0 points below the average for all vehicles first used in 2008 (57.2%). These cars were about 17 years old at the test.
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Failure areas compared with all 2008 vehicles
Compared with all vehicles first used in 2008, failures are more common in suspension (1.2×), tyres (1.4×) and noise, emissions, leaks (1.2×), and less common in brakes (0.9×), body, chassis, structure (0.8×) and windscreen, wipers, mirrors (0.8×). Other differences are within the margin of error.
- Suspension21.0 in 100 tests1.2× compared with 18.0 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2008
- Lights and electrics20.9 in 100 tests1.0× compared with 20.9 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2008
- Tyres10.6 in 100 tests1.4× compared with 7.3 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2008
- Brakes10.2 in 100 tests0.9× compared with 11.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2008
- Noise, emissions, leaks8.0 in 100 tests1.2× compared with 6.6 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2008
- Body, chassis, structure6.4 in 100 tests0.8× compared with 8.0 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2008
- Windscreen, wipers, mirrors5.7 in 100 tests0.8× compared with 6.8 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2008
- Steering3.1 in 100 tests0.9× compared with 3.3 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2008
- Seat belts and airbags1.4 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2008
- Wheels0.7 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2008
- Number plates and VIN0.5 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2008
All vehicles first used in 2008: the 156 models in our data, 940,642 tests (93.2% of all 1,009,594 tests on vehicles first used in 2008). 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 2008 Ford Mondeo cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a tyre advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 10.3% failed on tyres, against 7.4% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 1,299 and 3,449 cars.
Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 28.7% of those with a tyre advisory and 23.6% of the others.
Brakes
Of 2008 Ford Mondeo cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a brake advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 11.6% failed on brakes, against 7.0% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 1,102 and 3,649 cars.
Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 29.7% of those with a brake advisory and 23.5% of the others.
Suspension
Of 2008 Ford Mondeo cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a suspension advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 22.8% failed on suspension, against 15.6% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 1,815 and 2,828 cars.
Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 28.8% of those with a suspension advisory and 22.4% 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 Mondeo, all first-use years togetherHow we worked this outAll models compared, with the dataWhat MOT data can't tell you about any 2008 Ford Mondeo
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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