MOT fail rates

Ford Puma MOT fail rate by age

How often the Ford Puma fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 171,401 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated 22 September 2026

At 3 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 3 (n=90,734)7.6%

All cars at 3 years (n=8,016,463)12.1%

Median mileage at test19,978

All cars, median mileage22,806

36 of 343 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 3 years.

What stands out

At 3 years the Ford Puma fails 7.6% of MOTs (90,734 tests), 4.5 points below the 12.1% for all cars that age. At 5 years it fails 10.8% (26,129 tests), 4.5 points below the 15.3% average.
The gap is widest at 4 years: 5.6 points below all cars.
At 3 years its listed fail items are all wear items, led by Headlight aimed too high at 1.8 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age, first used undefined or later

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

Ford Puma (first used undefined or later): share of MOT tests that failed, by age, against all cars. Ages with fewer than 1,000 tests are not shown.
Age	MOT fail rate	Tests (n)	All cars	Difference	Median mileage
3 years	7.6%	90,734	12.1%	−4.5 pts	19,978 miles
4 years	7.8%	54,538	13.4%	−5.6 pts	26,786 miles
5 years	10.8%	26,129	15.3%	−4.5 pts	33,044 miles

Most common fail items at 3 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 item	Per 100 MOTs
Headlight aimed too high Major	1.8
Tyre condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Major	1.3
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous	0.8
Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid Major	0.7
Brake pads under 1.5 mm Dangerous	0.6
Tyre with cords exposed Dangerous	0.5
Washers: not working Major	0.5
Headlamp aim: too low Major	0.5
Wipers not clearing screen Major	0.4
Tyre condition: has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Dangerous	0.3

Out of 90,734 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 3 years

Model	MOT fail rate	Tests (n)	All cars
Ford Fiesta	12.9%	187,046	12.1%
Ford Focus	11.6%	134,403	12.1%
Ford Kuga	10.0%	105,855	12.1%

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 28 September 2026.

Latest MOT age with at least 1,000 tests for each first-use year.
First used	Age at test	MOT fail rate	Tests (n)	All cars
2020	5 years in 2025	10.9%	25,945	15.3%
2021	4 years in 2025	7.4%	28,400	13.4%
2022	3 years in 2025	7.5%	35,444	12.1%

More on the Ford Puma

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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