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MOT reliability

Ford 5door

8 vehicles · 38 completed MOT tests analysed
66%
MOT pass rate

Based on 8 Ford 5door vehicles and 38 completed MOT tests, the Ford 5door has an overall 66% pass rate, with an average recorded mileage of 92,433 miles.

8
Vehicles
38
MOT tests
7,777
Avg miles / year
1.9
Faults per test
0%
Dangerous-fault share

Ford 5door problem areas

Where faults occur most across all Ford 5door MOT tests:

  • Other124%
  • Steering7%
  • Emissions & nuisance4%
  • Brakes4%

Ford 5door pass rate by age

Age (years)TestsPass rate
31100%
41100%
5367%
6250%
7367%
8367%
9580%
10475%
11667%
12650%
13450%

Fuel types: Petrol (5), Diesel (3)

Most common Ford 5door MOT faults

These are the faults and advisories recorded most often across Ford 5door MOT tests:

  1. Oil leak (5 times)
  2. Nearside Front coil spring corroded (2.4.C.1b) (4 times)
  3. Offside Front Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.1.E.1) (3 times)
  4. Rear registration plate deteriorated but not likely to be misread (6.3.1d) (3 times)
  5. Offside Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.B.2) (2 times)
  6. Front Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1) (2 times)
  7. Front brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (3.5.1i) (2 times)
  8. Nearside Rear coil spring corroded (2.4.C.1b) (2 times)
  9. Offside Front Lower Anti-roll bar has slight play in a ball joint (2.4.G.2) (2 times)
  10. Offside Front Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1) (2 times)
  11. Offside Front brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (3.5.1i) (2 times)
  12. Offside Front coil spring corroded (2.4.C.1b) (2 times)
  13. Offside Rear Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1) (2 times)
  14. Offside Rear coil spring corroded (2.4.C.1b) (2 times)
  15. covers over all inner wheel arches. (2 times)

Ford 5door pass rate by registration year

YearVehiclesTestsPass rateAvg mileage
2008 1 8 100% 151,851
2000 1 16 56% 159,408
1997 1 6 50% 68,454
1996 1 1 100% 41,586
1995 1 1 100% 76,631
1994 1 2 50% 17,689
1993 2 4 50% 111,922

Ford 5door reliability FAQ

Across 8 Ford 5door vehicles in our MOT data, 66% pass the MOT (a 34% failure rate), with about 1.9 faults or advisories recorded per test.

The most frequently recorded Ford 5door MOT issues are: Oil leak; Nearside Front coil spring corroded (2.4.C.1b); Offside Front Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.1.E.1).

The typical Ford 5door in our data has covered around 92,433 miles.

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