77.1%
Ford Ecosport
Ford Ecosport MOT pass rate and common problems
The Ford Ecosport passed 77.1% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 4.8 percentage points above the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was stop lamp not working.
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How the Ecosport compares
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. A car that failed and was repaired at the test station counts as a fail.
68.8%
Ford average
72.3%
UK average, all cars
The Ecosport runs 8.3 points ahead of the Ford average. It is 11th of the 27 Ford models in the data. The average Ecosport arrived at its test 6.8 years old with 42,634 miles recorded.
A pass rate records whether cars met the roadworthiness standard on test day. It is not a reliability score, and part of any gap reflects how old the tested cars were.
Ecosport MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Ford Ecosport cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 83.9% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 60.8%, a drop of 23.1 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 33,325 | 83.9% | 11.6 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 69,401 | 72.9% | 0.6 pts above |
| 11 years and over | 664 | 60.8% | 11.5 pts below |
That is a steep decline with age, so the headline rate flatters older examples. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Ecosport failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Ford Ecosport cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and brakes together account for 51.6% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Ecosport MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Ford Ecosport cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 46% of everything testers recorded against failed Ford Ecosport cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Ecosport
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: stop lamp not working and headlamp not working on dipped beam. 19% of failure items.
2
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm, condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords and tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative. 10.7% of failure items.
3
Brakes
Recorded most often: rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements and brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick. 6.9% of failure items.
4
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively and washers provides insufficient washer liquid. 6.9% of failure items.
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Ford Ecosport MOT FAQs
What is the Ford Ecosport MOT pass rate?
77.1% of Ford Ecosport cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 111,659 tests. That is 4.8 percentage points above the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 237th of 575 models.
What does a Ford Ecosport most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Ford Ecosport cars failing their 2025 MOT was stop lamp not working, on 12.8% of failure items. Next were headlamp not working on dipped beam (6.2%) and tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.1%).
Which area causes the most Ford Ecosport MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 35%, followed by brakes at 16.5%.
Do older Ford Ecosport cars fail their MOT more often?
Ford Ecosport cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 83.9% of MOT tests in 2025, against 60.8% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Ford Ecosport has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Ford Ecosport that failed in 2025. They show where the model most often needs attention, not the condition of any individual car.
How do I see a specific Ford Ecosport's MOT history?
Enter its registration on the free Carpeep MOT history check to see that car's own test results, failures, advisories and recorded mileages.
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025: class 4 initial tests, retests excluded, with failure items from failed tests (advisories and minor defects excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.