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Ford Mustang Mach-E MOT pass rate and common problems

The Ford Mustang Mach-E passed 89.7% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 17.4 percentage points above the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm.

Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.

How the Mustang Mach-E compares

Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. A car that failed and was repaired at the test station counts as a fail.

89.7%

Ford Mustang Mach-E

68.8%

Ford average

72.3%

UK average, all cars

The Mustang Mach-E runs 20.8 points ahead of the Ford average. It is 2nd of the 27 Ford models in the data. The average Mustang Mach-E arrived at its test 3.4 years old with 34,181 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.

Mustang Mach-E MOT pass rate by age

The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.

Age at testTestsPass ratevs UK average
3 to 5 years 4,026 90.1% 17.8 pts above
11 years and over (small sample) 1 100% 27.7 pts above

Too few tests fall into some age groups to compare them reliably. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.

Where Mustang Mach-E failures cluster

Every failure item recorded on Ford Mustang Mach-E cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.

  • Tyres52.1%
  • Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment23%
  • Visibility9%
  • Brakes5.4%
  • Identification of the vehicle4.5%
  • Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems2.4%

Tyres and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment together account for 75% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.

The 10 most common Mustang Mach-E MOT failures

Specific items recorded on Ford Mustang Mach-E cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.

  1. 1Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mmTyres 21.3%
  2. 2Headlamp aim too highLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 18.5%
  3. 3Condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cordsTyres 15.7%
  4. 4Condition has ply or cords exposedTyres 10.8%
  5. 5Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirementsIdentification of the vehicle 3.9%
  6. 6Washers provides insufficient washer liquidVisibility 3.4%
  7. 7Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectivelyVisibility 2.9%
  8. 8Headlamp aim too lowLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 2.6%
  9. 9Washers not workingVisibility 2%
  10. 10Tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperativeTyres 1.8%

Together these 10 items make up 82.9% of everything testers recorded against failed Ford Mustang Mach-E cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.

What to look at on a Mustang Mach-E

The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.

1

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, condition has ply or cords exposed and tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative. 49.6% of failure items.

2

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment

Recorded most often: headlamp aim too high and headlamp aim too low. 21.2% of failure items.

3

Visibility

Recorded most often: washers provides insufficient washer liquid, wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively and washers not working. 8.2% of failure items.

4

Identification of the vehicle

Recorded most often: registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements. 3.9% of failure items.

The car's own MOT history matters more than any model average. A free MOT history check shows whether a specific Mustang Mach-E has failed on these items before, or had them noted as advisories. Buying one? See the used Ford Mustang Mach-E buying guide.

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Ford Mustang Mach-E MOT FAQs

What is the Ford Mustang Mach-E MOT pass rate?

89.7% of Ford Mustang Mach-E cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 7,541 tests. That is 17.4 percentage points above the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 46th of 575 models.

What does a Ford Mustang Mach-E most commonly fail its MOT on?

The item testers recorded most often on Ford Mustang Mach-E cars failing their 2025 MOT was tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm, on 21.3% of failure items. Next were headlamp aim too high (18.5%) and condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (15.7%).

Which area causes the most Ford Mustang Mach-E MOT failures?

Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was tyres at 52.1%, followed by lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 23%.

Does this mean every Ford Mustang Mach-E has these problems?

No. These are the items testers recorded across every Ford Mustang Mach-E 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 Mustang Mach-E'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.