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Ford, Every model, MOT record and UK numbers

5,147,762 Fords are licensed in the UK, more than any other make. In 2025 they passed 68.8% of initial MOT tests, 3.5 points below the 72.3% UK average and 43rd of 63 makes.

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What Carpeep finds on Fords

Based on 114 Fords checked by Carpeep since December 2025, each vehicle counted once.

  • 9.6% Outstanding finance 11 of 114 checked
  • 17% Insurance write-off 19 of 114 checked

Fewer than 5 of those checked had a mileage discrepancy recorded and fewer than 5 had a theft on record. 39% had three or more previous keepers, with a median of 2. 25% had a number plate change recorded, often a private plate transfer rather than a warning sign. Fewer than 5 were recorded as scrapped. None were recorded as imported or exported.

Each rate counts only the Fords whose check returned an answer for that record. These rates describe the Fords Carpeep customers chose to check, mostly cars they were thinking of buying, not every Ford for sale or on the road.

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Ford models

27 models, most common on UK roads first. The Fiesta is the most common; among models with 10,000 or more MOT tests, the Puma has the highest pass rate at 91.1% and the Fusion the lowest at 57.8%.

  1. Fiesta 1,283,746 licensed in the UK 65.6% Fiesta MOT pass rate 11.6 years
  2. Focus 855,774 licensed in the UK 68% Focus MOT pass rate 11.7 years
  3. Transit Custom 533,951 licensed in the UK 77.3% Transit Custom MOT pass rate 4.9 years
  4. Transit 460,298 licensed in the UK 62.4% Transit MOT pass rate 11.6 years
  5. Kuga 381,501 licensed in the UK 79.4% Kuga MOT pass rate 8.1 years
  6. Puma 264,329 licensed in the UK 91.1% Puma MOT pass rate 4.2 years
  7. Ranger 176,536 licensed in the UK 72.4% Ranger MOT pass rate 8 years
  8. Transit Connect 173,562 licensed in the UK 66.6% Transit Connect MOT pass rate 9.9 years
  9. Mondeo 149,364 licensed in the UK 67.2% Mondeo MOT pass rate 13 years
  10. Ka 116,277 licensed in the UK 66.3% Ka MOT pass rate 12.1 years
  11. EcoSport 110,133 licensed in the UK 77.1% EcoSport MOT pass rate 6.8 years
  12. C-MAX 105,612 licensed in the UK 66.4% C-MAX MOT pass rate 12.6 years
  13. S-MAX 62,032 licensed in the UK 64.6% S-MAX MOT pass rate 12 years
  14. B-MAX 51,391 licensed in the UK 67.9% B-MAX MOT pass rate 10.5 years
  15. Galaxy 47,176 licensed in the UK 64.4% Galaxy MOT pass rate 11.7 years
  16. Fusion 39,543 licensed in the UK 57.8% Fusion MOT pass rate 17.7 years
  17. Transit Courier 33,684 licensed in the UK 70.5% Transit Courier MOT pass rate 6.4 years
  18. Tourneo Custom 33,368 licensed in the UK 79% Tourneo Custom MOT pass rate 4.3 years
  19. Grand C-MAX 32,287 licensed in the UK 65.2% Grand C-MAX MOT pass rate 10.5 years
  20. Tourneo Connect 25,056 licensed in the UK 77.1% Tourneo Connect MOT pass rate 6.7 years
  21. Tourneo Not shown 72.1% Tourneo MOT pass rate 8.3 years
  22. Escort 15,844 licensed in the UK 79.6% Escort MOT pass rate 35.3 years
  23. Mustang Mach-E 15,248 licensed in the UK 89.7% Mustang Mach-E MOT pass rate 3.4 years
  24. Mustang 12,888 licensed in the UK 83.6% Mustang MOT pass rate 10 years
  25. Edge 8,495 licensed in the UK 83.8% Edge MOT pass rate 7.8 years
  26. Sierra 2,445 licensed in the UK 88.3% Sierra MOT pass rate 35.9 years
  27. Capri Not shown 83.2% Capri MOT pass rate 41.1 years

Licensed vehicles from DfT statistics, June 2026. Models without a comparable DfT figure are placed by their MOT tests. Pass rates are for initial MOT tests in 2025.

Ford at the MOT

68.8% of 4,366,490 initial MOT tests passed in 2025, placing Ford 43rd of 63 makes. The rate falls by 25.8 points between the youngest and oldest cars, so compare a model with others of a similar age.

First-time pass rate, 2025

Share of initial tests passed, retests excluded.

  • Ford68.8%
  • All cars72.3%

Model pass rates partly reflect age: models that left sale years ago are tested as older cars, which fail more often. Compare MOT pass rates for every make.

Pass rate by age at test

Every Ford tested in 2025.

  • 3 to 5 years647,329 tests83.9%
  • 6 to 10 years1,680,443 tests73.4%
  • 11 years and over1,883,252 tests58.1%

Fords in the UK

5,147,762 were licensed at the end of June 2026. The number licensed has fallen 3.7% since the end of 2014. The Fiesta, Focus and Transit Custom account for 52% of them.

Change since 2014
−3.7%from 5,344,911 licensed
Typical year of first use
2016half of those licensed at the end of 2025 were first used in 2016 or earlier
First registered in 2025
234,685against 440,149 in 2015
Declared off the road
690,66912% of those registered, under SORN

Licensed Fords since 2014

Licensed at each year end and in the latest quarter.

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DateLicensed
End of 20145,344,911
End of 20155,388,412
End of 20165,459,584
End of 20175,453,817
End of 20185,443,487
End of 20195,437,267
End of 20205,366,999
End of 20215,336,192
End of 20225,320,489
End of 20235,295,796
End of 20245,226,682
End of 20255,185,024
End of June 20265,147,762

How old they are

Licensed Fords by year of first use.

  • Licensed at the end of 2025
  • First registered that year

A further 208,033 were first used before 2006.

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First usedLicensed, end 2025First registered that year
2025225,544234,685
2024217,448227,631
2023237,540252,722
2022218,014237,688
2021222,247242,181
2020231,068251,098
2019327,905358,871
2018344,451385,115
2017358,302408,745
2016374,156439,466
2015367,707440,149
2014332,919
2013289,972
2012245,936
2011218,984
2010196,987
2009184,789
2008129,113
2007108,531
200677,155

Ford head-to-head comparisons

Popular rivals compared on the same 2025 DVSA data.

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MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025 (class 4 initial tests, retests excluded). Licensed, SORN, fuel and registration figures are from the Department for Transport vehicle licensing statistics (VEH0120, VEH0124, VEH0160). Government data is used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability. History-check findings are anonymous counts from reports bought on Carpeep, each vehicle counted once, and are published only where at least 100 vehicles returned an answer.