Ford Fiesta: 64% pass.

1,276,924 tests of cars aged 3 and over passed first time 64% of the time in 2025. For cars of the same ages, 68% would be expected: 4 points worse than that.

How it does as it ages.

01 / By age

Source: Anonymised MOT tests and results (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency) Checked 4 Nov 2026, 13:37

Diesel
Age of car	Pass first time	All cars this age	Fixed at the station	Failed	Tests
4 years	86%	86%	4%	10%	843
5 years	84%	84%	4%	12%	2,229
6 years	80%	82%	5%	15%	2,796
7 years	72%	79%	6%	22%	4,096
8 years	62%	76%	9%	29%	9,614
9 years	59%	73%	8%	32%	12,637
10 years	57%	70%	8%	35%	14,454
11 years	54%	67%	8%	38%	16,182
12 years	56%	64%	7%	38%	18,579
13 years	55%	62%	6%	39%	20,434
14 years	54%	60%	7%	39%	19,747
15 years	50%	58%	8%	41%	17,902
16 years	50%	57%	9%	41%	10,804
17 years	52%	57%	8%	39%	4,962
18 years	52%	57%	8%	40%	3,771
19 years	51%	57%	7%	41%	2,372
20 years	52%	57%	7%	40%	1,297

Petrol
Age of car	Pass first time	All cars this age	Fixed at the station	Failed	Tests
3 years	90%	88%	4%	7%	3,854
4 years	87%	86%	3%	9%	13,224
5 years	86%	84%	3%	11%	54,064
6 years	84%	82%	4%	12%	82,002
7 years	79%	79%	5%	16%	80,202
8 years	70%	76%	7%	22%	95,308
9 years	67%	73%	8%	25%	103,547
10 years	64%	70%	8%	28%	105,788
11 years	62%	67%	8%	30%	98,688
12 years	61%	64%	8%	32%	80,395
13 years	58%	62%	8%	33%	66,946
14 years	57%	60%	8%	34%	59,795
15 years	56%	58%	9%	35%	67,241
16 years	54%	57%	9%	37%	54,687
17 years	53%	57%	10%	37%	39,678
18 years	53%	57%	10%	38%	35,080
19 years	53%	57%	9%	38%	24,317
20 years	54%	57%	10%	37%	16,175

Ages with fewer than 30 tests are left out. "All cars this age" is every make and model at that age, so you can see whether this one does better or worse than most.

A pass rate is the share of normal MOT tests a car passed first time, with no repair needed at the test station. A car that failed and was fixed on the spot is counted separately. Retests, aborted tests and other vehicles are left out.
The figures say how often cars of a kind pass, not how reliable or safe they are. Cars that are looked after better, or that are driven fewer miles, pass more often, and that differs by model. Groups of fewer than 30 tests are left out.
Make and model names are as DVSA records them, and a model can appear under more than one name.

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Data sources

Anonymised MOT tests and results (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT test results for cars, counted by make, model and age from DVSA's anonymised data. The counts are ours; DVSA does not endorse them.