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Ford Kuga MOT fail rate by age

How often the Ford Kuga fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 1,137,353 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated

At 6 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 6 (n=150,426)15.6%
All cars at 6 years (n=10,382,720)17.8%
Median mileage at test45,351
All cars, median mileage44,951

136 of 340 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 6 years.

What stands out

  • At 3 years the Ford Kuga fails 10.0% of MOTs (105,855 tests), 2.1 points below the 12.1% for all cars that age. At 17 years it fails 39.4% (2,156 tests), 3.7 points below the 43.1% average.
  • The gap is widest at 8 years: 4.2 points below all cars.
  • At 6 years its listed fail items are all wear items, led by Brake pads under 1.5 mm at 3.6 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

3 years 17 years 47.4%

Solid line: this model. Dashed line: all cars at the same age.

Ford Kuga: share of MOT tests that failed, by age, against all cars. Ages with fewer than 1,000 tests are not shown.
AgeMOT fail rateTests (n)All carsDifferenceMedian mileage
3 years10.0%105,85512.1%−2.1 pts22,391 miles
4 years12.4%116,64913.4%−1.0 pts29,248 miles
5 years14.3%133,08615.3%−1.0 pts36,820 miles
6 years15.6%150,42617.8%−2.3 pts45,351 miles
7 years16.9%140,24520.6%−3.7 pts54,557 miles
8 years19.5%124,19423.8%−4.2 pts63,751 miles
9 years23.1%100,13527.1%−4.0 pts72,365 miles
10 years27.3%76,03830.3%−3.0 pts80,979 miles
11 years30.8%54,16333.3%−2.4 pts89,951 miles
12 years35.4%41,20136.0%−0.6 pts99,512 miles
13 years39.1%36,29238.3%+0.9 pts107,949 miles
14 years40.5%29,00340.3%+0.3 pts114,851 miles
15 years40.4%18,93441.6%−1.2 pts120,667 miles
16 years40.4%8,97642.6%−2.1 pts125,230 miles
17 years39.4%2,15643.1%−3.7 pts129,356 miles

Most common fail items at 6 years

Split into structural or mechanical items and wear items. Wear items (tyres, brake pads, wipers, bulbs) say more about upkeep than about the design.

Structural and mechanical

None among the ten most common fail items.

Wear and upkeep

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Brake pads under 1.5 mm Dangerous3.6
Wipers not clearing screen Major3.3
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous3.1
Tyre condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Major1.4
Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid Major1.4
Side repeaters: not working Major1
Tyre with cords exposed Dangerous1
Dipped headlight not working Major0.8
Headlamp aim: too low Major0.7
Side/position light not working Major0.6

Out of 150,426 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 6 years

ModelMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
Ford Fiesta21.0%381,55317.8%
Ford Focus16.8%233,11317.8%
Ford Ecosport20.1%75,52017.8%

MOT fail rate by first-use year

Each year has its own page: the fail rate for cars first used that year at each MOT from 2022 to 2025 with at least 1,000 tests, the most common faults at that age, and the car tax and ULEZ rules for that year.

First-use year data updated .

Latest MOT age with at least 1,000 tests for each first-use year.
First usedAge at testMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
200817 years in 202539.4%2,15543.1%
200916 years in 202540.3%6,43242.6%
201015 years in 202541.1%8,61741.6%
201114 years in 202540.8%8,47640.3%
201213 years in 202537.6%9,05038.3%
201312 years in 202529.4%12,41236.0%
201411 years in 202528.3%22,35333.3%
201510 years in 202525.7%30,59630.3%
20169 years in 202521.9%33,24027.1%
20178 years in 202517.0%36,79623.8%
20187 years in 202515.8%38,46620.6%
20196 years in 202515.6%40,77517.8%
20205 years in 202513.3%15,55715.3%
20214 years in 202510.8%20,64713.4%
20223 years in 20258.1%26,55512.1%

More on the Ford Kuga

Read this with care. A fail rate is not a measure of build quality. How far cars are driven, how they are used and how well owners maintain them all change it, and wear items such as tyres and brake pads are common fails. Compare a model only with cars of the same age. Methodology and limits.

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Source

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data, class 4 normal MOT tests, 2022 to 2025. MOT data updated 22 September 2026.

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