Ford Focus: 67% pass.

849,291 tests of cars aged 3 and over passed first time 67% of the time in 2025. For cars of the same ages, 68% would be expected: 1 point 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
3 years	87%	88%	3%	11%	3,797
4 years	84%	86%	3%	13%	8,875
5 years	81%	84%	4%	15%	11,515
6 years	79%	82%	5%	16%	11,081
7 years	79%	79%	5%	16%	15,360
8 years	76%	76%	6%	18%	23,841
9 years	73%	73%	6%	21%	29,889
10 years	66%	70%	7%	27%	32,579
11 years	61%	67%	8%	31%	32,035
12 years	60%	64%	8%	32%	29,205
13 years	57%	62%	9%	34%	23,253
14 years	53%	60%	9%	38%	17,291
15 years	52%	58%	10%	38%	11,398
16 years	52%	57%	10%	38%	8,152
17 years	52%	57%	8%	39%	5,501
18 years	54%	57%	8%	38%	3,266
19 years	55%	57%	7%	38%	1,863
20 years	51%	57%	8%	41%	1,016

Petrol
Age of car	Pass first time	All cars this age	Fixed at the station	Failed	Tests
3 years	91%	88%	2%	7%	3,420
4 years	88%	86%	2%	10%	13,299
5 years	84%	84%	3%	14%	33,886
6 years	82%	82%	4%	15%	38,341
7 years	83%	79%	4%	13%	37,628
8 years	80%	76%	5%	15%	39,366
9 years	76%	73%	6%	19%	38,394
10 years	70%	70%	7%	24%	40,658
11 years	65%	67%	8%	27%	37,705
12 years	63%	64%	8%	29%	37,725
13 years	62%	62%	9%	29%	37,678
14 years	59%	60%	10%	31%	35,025
15 years	57%	58%	10%	33%	39,932
16 years	56%	57%	9%	34%	32,824
17 years	57%	57%	9%	33%	30,770
18 years	58%	57%	10%	33%	23,785
19 years	57%	57%	9%	34%	17,573
20 years	54%	57%	9%	37%	12,918

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.