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Ford Ranger MOT fail rate by age

How often the Ford Ranger fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 426,542 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated

At 3 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 3 (n=57,129)17.4%
All cars at 3 years (n=8,016,463)12.1%
Median mileage at test37,171
All cars, median mileage22,806

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

What stands out

  • At 3 years the Ford Ranger fails 17.4% of MOTs (57,129 tests), 5.4 points above the 12.1% for all cars that age. At 24 years it fails 38.9% (1,151 tests), 1.1 points above the 37.8% average.
  • The gap is widest at 5 years: 7.0 points above all cars.
  • Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 3 years: Coil spring broken, at 3.4 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

3 years 24 years 49.7%

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

Ford Ranger: 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 years17.4%57,12912.1%+5.4 pts37,171 miles
4 years19.3%56,32113.4%+6.0 pts46,519 miles
5 years22.3%50,83515.3%+7.0 pts55,600 miles
6 years24.6%49,70817.8%+6.8 pts64,520 miles
7 years26.5%41,36820.6%+5.9 pts72,564 miles
8 years28.9%31,45223.8%+5.1 pts79,993 miles
9 years30.7%23,79127.1%+3.6 pts87,189 miles
10 years34.6%15,25830.3%+4.3 pts94,407 miles
11 years37.0%10,72933.3%+3.8 pts101,775 miles
12 years38.0%8,12736.0%+2.0 pts107,970 miles
13 years41.6%7,91738.3%+3.3 pts114,210 miles
14 years41.8%8,32140.3%+1.6 pts120,472 miles
15 years43.2%10,10641.6%+1.6 pts126,195 miles
16 years44.1%11,20642.6%+1.6 pts128,011 miles
17 years44.6%10,56943.1%+1.5 pts127,244 miles
18 years45.2%10,01843.3%+1.9 pts127,347 miles
19 years45.0%7,71443.2%+1.8 pts125,986 miles
20 years43.5%5,77542.8%+0.8 pts127,511 miles
21 years44.2%4,19242.1%+2.1 pts129,955 miles
22 years41.8%2,86841.0%+0.8 pts130,204 miles
23 years43.4%1,98739.6%+3.7 pts129,183 miles
24 years38.9%1,15137.8%+1.1 pts125,993 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

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Coil spring broken Major3.4
Shock absorber leaking Major0.7
Suspension ball joint worn Major0.7

Out of 57,129 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Headlight aimed too high Major4.8
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous1.9
Brake pads under 1.5 mm Dangerous1.4
Tyre with cords exposed Dangerous1.4
Tyre condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Major1.2
Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid Major1
Registration plates: does not conform to the specified requirements Major0.7

Out of 57,129 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 3 years

ModelMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
Ford Fiesta12.9%187,04612.1%
Ford Focus11.6%134,40312.1%
Ford Kuga10.0%105,85512.1%

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 .

Latest MOT age with at least 1,000 tests for each first-use year.
First usedAge at testMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
200321 years in 202442.6%1,02742.1%
200421 years in 202546.0%1,44342.1%
200520 years in 202542.3%1,67842.8%
200619 years in 202545.1%2,00443.2%
200718 years in 202543.3%2,41143.3%
200817 years in 202542.3%1,80943.1%
200916 years in 202543.4%2,03742.6%
201015 years in 202543.2%1,29841.6%
201114 years in 202540.5%1,41940.3%
201213 years in 202539.0%1,79938.3%
201312 years in 202534.1%2,80136.0%
201411 years in 202536.4%3,89833.3%
201510 years in 202534.9%6,06230.3%
20169 years in 202527.6%10,21327.1%
20178 years in 202527.0%10,42923.8%
20187 years in 202526.4%13,73820.6%
20196 years in 202524.3%14,17817.8%
20205 years in 202522.7%11,42815.3%
20214 years in 202520.3%16,04013.4%
20223 years in 202517.9%15,18312.1%

More on the Ford Ranger

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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