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Ford

Running costs, reliability, and MOT data for 326 models from 8,110,306 real MOT tests.

Avg Pass Rate

85%

Total Tests

8,110,306

Models

326

Years Covered

1990-2024

Most Reliable

Auto-trail F70 Auto

100% pass rate

Least Reliable

Cortina

47% pass rate

Most Popular

Fiesta

2,484,327 tests

All Ford Models

ModelYearsPass RateTestsFuel
Fiesta33 yrs76%2,484,327Petrol, Diesel
Focus25 yrs77%1,667,318Petrol, Diesel
Transit32 yrs74%586,245Diesel, Petrol
Kuga14 yrs84%463,580Diesel, Petrol
Mondeo30 yrs77%355,036Diesel, Petrol, Hybrid
Ka23 yrs73%319,231Petrol
Transit Connect21 yrs75%305,540Petrol, Diesel, LP
Ranger24 yrs78%240,156Diesel, Petrol
C-max15 yrs79%190,569Diesel, Petrol
Ecosport9 yrs87%170,885Petrol, Diesel
S-max16 yrs79%137,567Diesel, Petrol
Transit Custom10 yrs82%115,386Diesel
Galaxy27 yrs75%112,357Diesel, Petrol, LP
Fusion12 yrs74%93,283Petrol
B-max7 yrs82%88,919Petrol, Diesel
Grand C-max10 yrs80%61,549Petrol, Diesel
Transit Courier9 yrs84%46,486Diesel, Petrol
Transit Custom 300limitd Eblue4 yrs87%38,987Diesel
Transit Custom 280limitd Eblue4 yrs87%31,343Diesel
Mustang30 yrs88%29,930Petrol, Electric
Focus C-max9 yrs71%28,307Petrol, Diesel
Tourneo10 yrs80%25,825Diesel, Petrol
Tourneo Connect17 yrs76%24,975Diesel, Petrol
Puma St-line X Mhev3 yrs95%24,448Petrol
Puma St-line Mhev3 yrs96%21,388Petrol
Transit Custom 300leader Eblue4 yrs85%20,502Diesel
Fiesta St-line Edition Turbo3 yrs90%19,795Petrol
Edge3 yrs90%16,590Diesel
Escort16 yrs82%15,404Petrol, Diesel
Fiesta St-line Edition T Mhev3 yrs92%14,225Petrol
Fiesta Trend Turbo4 yrs92%12,038Petrol
Puma Titanium Mhev3 yrs94%11,314Hybrid, Petrol
Fiesta Trend4 yrs93%9,070Petrol, Diesel
Transit Custom 300lmtd Eblue A4 yrs88%8,237Diesel
Focus St-line X Edition Mhev3 yrs94%7,920Petrol
Focus St4 yrs91%7,863Petrol
Fiesta Titanium Turbo Mhev3 yrs93%7,804Petrol
Fiesta Stline X Edition T Mhev3 yrs95%7,697Hybrid, Petrol
Transit Custom 300 Trend Eblue4 yrs84%7,639Diesel
Transit Custom 280leader Eblue4 yrs86%7,188Diesel
Allied5 yrs84%6,984Diesel
Puma St-line X First Ed Mhev2 yrs93%6,263Hybrid, Petrol
Focus Titanium Edition Mhev3 yrs95%5,422Petrol
Puma9 yrs79%5,363Petrol, Hybrid
Focus St-line Edition Mhev3 yrs93%5,334Petrol
Tourneo Custom10 yrs87%5,333Diesel, Hybrid
Transit Custom 320lmtd Eblue A4 yrs91%5,253Diesel
Puma St3 yrs95%4,638Petrol
Unclassified31 yrs81%4,535Petrol, Diesel
Transit Custom 320limitd Eblue4 yrs87%4,406Diesel
Transit Custom 280lmtd Eblue A4 yrs83%4,387Diesel
Tourneo Custom 320 Ti Eblue A6 yrs90%4,202Diesel
Kuga St-line X Edition Ecoblue3 yrs92%3,973Diesel
Kuga St-line X Ed Phev Cvt2 yrs95%3,945Hybrid
Transit Custom 280 Trend Eblue4 yrs88%3,703Diesel
Fiesta Trend Turbo Mhev3 yrs95%3,694Petrol
Fiesta St-line X Edition Turbo3 yrs91%3,683Petrol
Kuga St-line Phev Cvt3 yrs96%3,504Hybrid
Kuga St-line Edition Ecoblue3 yrs91%3,397Diesel
Tourneo Custom 320 Tnium Eblue5 yrs89%3,267Diesel
Kuga St-line X Phev Cvt3 yrs96%3,205Hybrid
Puma Titanium2 yrs91%3,095Petrol
Kuga St-line X Ed Eblue 4x4 A2 yrs97%2,927Diesel
Fiesta Titanium X Turbo Mhev2 yrs94%2,926Petrol
Focus Titanium X Edition Mhev3 yrs94%2,892Petrol
Puma St-line Vignale Mhev3 yrs94%2,846Petrol
Sierra4 yrs87%2,817Petrol
Puma St-line X First Ed + Mhev1 yr94%2,783Petrol
Kuga Titanium Edition Ecoblue3 yrs92%2,732Diesel
Puma Titanium First Ed Mhev2 yrs95%2,713Petrol
Puma St-line X Auto2 yrs96%2,703Petrol
Fiesta Active Edition Turbo2 yrs93%2,571Petrol
Kuga St-line Edition3 yrs95%2,543Petrol
Focus Active Edition Mhev2 yrs93%2,488Petrol
Transit Custom 290 Sport Eblue3 yrs88%2,465Diesel
Freedom6 yrs86%2,414Diesel
Focus Active X Edition Mhev3 yrs95%2,395Petrol
Fiesta Vignale Edition T Mhev2 yrs95%2,313Petrol
Focus St Ecoblue3 yrs89%2,272Diesel
Roller Team12 yrs89%2,247Diesel
Kuga St-line X Ed Ecoblue A3 yrs93%2,246Diesel
Puma Titanium Auto2 yrs96%2,232Petrol
Transit 290 Trend Ecoblue3 yrs85%2,125Diesel
Puma St-line2 yrs93%2,119Petrol
Edge St-line Ecoblue Auto2 yrs94%2,055Diesel
Mustang Mach-e Ext Range Awd2 yrs95%2,011Electric
Kuga St-line First Ed Phev Cvt2 yrs95%1,966Hybrid
Kuga St-line Ed Eblue Mhev2 yrs92%1,912Diesel
Kuga Vignale Phev Cvt3 yrs94%1,880Hybrid
Transit Custom 290sprt Eblue A3 yrs91%1,854Diesel
Kuga Titanium Ed Eblue A3 yrs93%1,794Diesel
Kuga St-line X Ed Eblue Mhev3 yrs96%1,778Diesel
Fiesta Active X Edition T Mhev2 yrs92%1,741Petrol
Puma St-line Auto2 yrs95%1,736Petrol
Transit 350 Leader Ecoblue5 yrs86%1,724Diesel
Freda22 yrs66%1,666Diesel, Petrol
Chausson6 yrs95%1,657Diesel
Fiesta Vignale Edition Turbo3 yrs96%1,654Petrol
Fiesta Active Edition T Mhev2 yrs93%1,650Petrol
Kuga St-line X Edition3 yrs95%1,591Petrol
Kuga Titanium Ecoblue3 yrs92%1,591Diesel
Fiesta St Performance Ed Turbo2 yrs92%1,582Petrol
Kuga St-line First Edition2 yrs95%1,576Petrol
Fiesta Active X Edition Turbo2 yrs90%1,562Petrol
F15022 yrs87%1,476Petrol, Diesel
Kuga St-ln X First Ed Phev Cvt2 yrs96%1,432Petrol, Hybrid
Transit Custom 300 Trail Eblue3 yrs84%1,405Diesel
Puma St-line Design Mhev1 yr96%1,387Petrol
Transit Custom 320leader Eblue3 yrs83%1,381Diesel
Puma St-line Vignale Auto2 yrs96%1,361Petrol
Kuga Titanium Frst Ed Phev Cvt2 yrs97%1,285Hybrid
Transit Custom 320sprt Eblue A3 yrs90%1,246Diesel
Benimar5 yrs95%1,233Diesel
Kuga Titanium First Edition2 yrs93%1,204Petrol
Kuga Titanium Edition3 yrs97%1,201Petrol
Kuga St-line X Edition Hev Cvt2 yrs95%1,197Hybrid
Mustang Mach-e Std Range Rwd3 yrs93%1,194Electric
Puma St-line X Vignale Mhev2 yrs94%1,184Petrol
Kuga Titanium First Ed Eblue2 yrs94%1,138Diesel
Cougar4 yrs69%1,087Petrol
Explorer12 yrs83%1,074Petrol
Ecosport Active2 yrs89%1,058Petrol
Transit Custom 320 Sport Eblue3 yrs90%1,049Diesel
Tourneo Custom 320 Zetec Eblue4 yrs82%973Diesel
Kuga St-ln First Ed Eblue Mhev1 yr94%946Diesel
Puma Titanium Mhev Auto2 yrs96%944Petrol
Kuga St-line Edition Ecoblue A3 yrs93%927Diesel
Probe4 yrs75%917Petrol
Mustang Mach-e Ext Range Rwd2 yrs94%903Electric
Transit 290 Leader Ecoblue3 yrs83%891Diesel
Kuga St-line X Ecoblue 4x4 A2 yrs98%872Diesel
Fiesta Vignale Edition Turbo A2 yrs96%852Petrol
Puma St-line Vignale Mhev Auto2 yrs97%822Petrol
Kuga St-line X First Edition1 yr93%809Petrol
Ecosport St-line Design1 yr88%794Petrol
Puma St-line X Mhev Auto2 yrs96%775Petrol
Transit Custom 300active Eblue1 yr92%768Diesel
Kuga St-line First Ed E-blue2 yrs96%766Diesel
Granada6 yrs81%765Petrol
Kuga St-line X Ecoblue Mhev1 yr94%755Diesel
Kuga Titanium3 yrs93%742Petrol
Kuga St-line Ed Eblue 4x4 A2 yrs96%734Diesel
Maverick9 yrs76%732Diesel, Petrol
Mondeo St-line Hev Auto3 yrs89%728Hybrid
Mustang Mach-e Std Range Awd2 yrs97%723Electric
Kuga Vignale Ecoblue 4x4 Auto2 yrs96%718Diesel
Fiesta St-line X Ed Turbo Auto2 yrs93%709Petrol
Puma Titanium Design Mhev1 yr97%707Petrol
Kuga St-line Ecoblue Mhev2 yrs95%706Diesel
Transit 350 Trend Ecoblue4 yrs88%692Diesel
Focus Active X Vignale Eblue A2 yrs94%691Diesel
Transit Custom 320 Trend Eblue3 yrs80%691Diesel
Kuga Titanium Phev Cvt2 yrs94%690Hybrid
Kuga St-line X3 yrs96%676Petrol
Kuga Zetec Ecoblue2 yrs90%675Diesel
P1004 yrs81%663Diesel, Petrol
Dorchester9 yrs85%654Petrol
Kuga Titanium Ecoblue Auto2 yrs93%653Diesel
Focus Vignale Edition Mhev2 yrs96%623Petrol
Sierra Sapphire4 yrs88%616Petrol
Puma St-line Mhev Auto2 yrs96%608Petrol
Kuga Titanium Ecoblue Mhev2 yrs96%608Diesel, Hybrid
Fiesta St Edition Turbo2 yrs94%607Petrol
Transit 350 Leader Mhev2 yrs93%596Diesel
Kuga Titan Frst Ed Eblue 4x4 A2 yrs96%592Diesel
Kuga St-line Ecoblue Auto2 yrs94%583Diesel
Kuga St-line Ecoblue1 yr93%575Diesel
Transit Custom 340leader Eblue3 yrs81%570Diesel
Kuga St-ln X First Editn Eblue1 yr95%562Diesel
Kuga Titanium Ed Eblue Mhev2 yrs92%553Diesel
Tourneo Custom 320ti X Eblue A3 yrs86%544Diesel
Fiesta Active X Ed Turbo Auto2 yrs91%518Petrol
Kuga St-line Edition Hev Cvt2 yrs96%515Hybrid
Motorhome9 yrs75%514Diesel, Petrol
Kuga Titan First Ed Eblue Mhev1 yr93%505Diesel
Kuga Titanium Ed Eblue 4x4 A1 yr93%495Diesel
Kuga Stln First Ed Eblue 4x4 A2 yrs94%495Diesel
Kuga Stln X Frst Ed Eblue 4x4a1 yr92%491Diesel
Puma St-line Design Mhev Auto1 yr97%490Petrol
Focus Active X Vignale2 yrs93%479Petrol
Orion4 yrs82%469Petrol
Kuga St-line First Ed E-blue A1 yr94%466Diesel
Auto Trail3 yrs87%454Diesel
Tourneo Custom 320sprt Eblue A3 yrs91%445Diesel
Kuga St-line3 yrs97%437Petrol
Edge Vignale Ecoblue Auto1 yr93%436Diesel
Focus Active X Vignale Ed Mhev2 yrs95%432Hybrid, Petrol
Puma Titanium Design Mhev Auto1 yr97%419Petrol
Kuga Titanium Ecoblue 4x4 Auto1 yr94%413Diesel
Journey5 yrs74%408Diesel
Focus Zetec Edition Mhev1 yr92%366Petrol
Scorpio4 yrs78%360Petrol, Diesel
Mustang Mach-e Fst Ed Xrng Awd1 yr96%354Electric
Kuga Vignale Ecoblue Mhev2 yrs97%340Diesel
Kuga St-line X Ecoblue2 yrs89%333Diesel
Tourneo Courier Titanium Tdci2 yrs95%319Diesel
Kuga St-line X Ecoblue Auto1 yr94%316Diesel
Connect4 yrs58%315Diesel
Tourneo Custom 320 T-nium Mhev3 yrs90%312Diesel, ED
Kuga Titanium First Ed Eblue A1 yr95%302Diesel
Transit Custom 300 Leader Mhev2 yrs84%302ED, Diesel
Kuga St-ln X First Ed Eblue A1 yr96%298Diesel
Kuga Vignale2 yrs98%283Petrol
Mustang Mach 11 yr91%280Petrol
Focus Active X Vignale Auto2 yrs95%274Petrol
Transit Custom 340 Trend Eblue3 yrs87%274Diesel
Transit Custom 300actve Eblu A1 yr92%271Diesel
Kuga St-line Ecoblue 4x4 Auto1 yr95%271Diesel
Kuga Zetec Ecoblue Auto2 yrs94%265Diesel
Ranger Thunder Ecoblue 4x4 A1 yr95%262Diesel
Transit 350 Leader Ecoblue A2 yrs98%261Diesel
Tourneo Custom 320 Sport Eblue3 yrs95%261Diesel
Cardinal Hearse6 yrs88%260Petrol
Transit Custom 300trnd Eblue A3 yrs83%259Diesel
Transit Custom 340ltd Phev Cvt2 yrs87%254Hybrid, ED
Transit Custom 320actve Eblu A1 yr96%253Diesel
Mustang 55 Edition Auto1 yr94%251Petrol
Kuga Vignale Hev Cvt1 yr96%250Hybrid
Fiesta St-line Turbo Mhev1 yr98%247Petrol
Focus Active X Vignale Ecoblue2 yrs95%246Diesel
Fiesta Turbo2 yrs91%232Petrol
Kuga Zetec2 yrs94%221Petrol
Transit Custom 340limitd Eblue3 yrs85%216Diesel
Transit Connect 200 Actve Eblu1 yr87%214Diesel
Tourneo Custom 320 Ti X Eblue3 yrs78%203Diesel
Camper4 yrs75%200Diesel
Kuga St-ln X Frst Ed Eblu Mhev1 yr92%199Diesel
Mustang 55 Edition1 yr95%198Petrol
Puma St-line X Vignale Auto1 yr94%198Petrol
Tourneo Cust 320tnium Phev Cvt3 yrs93%194Hybrid
Transit Custom 340limited Mhev2 yrs92%193ED, Diesel
Galaxy Titanium Hev Cvt2 yrs92%193Petrol, Hybrid
Galaxy Titanium Ecoblue 4x4 A2 yrs89%188Diesel
Transit Custom 260leader Eblue2 yrs86%173Diesel
Fiesta Titanium X Turbo Mhev A1 yr94%171Petrol
Gt4 yrs93%165Petrol
Mondeo Zetec Hev Auto2 yrs91%163Hybrid
Fiesta St-line X Ed T Mhev A1 yr92%146Petrol
Fiesta Sport Turbo Mhev1 yr91%145Petrol
Tourneo Courier Titanium1 yr94%143Petrol
Transit Custom 340trnd Eblue A2 yrs93%141Diesel
Fiesta Active Edition Turbo A1 yr95%128Petrol
Escape3 yrs82%127Petrol
Mustang Mach 1 Auto1 yr98%126Petrol
Focus St Auto2 yrs93%125Petrol
Transit Custom 340lmtd Eblue A2 yrs90%121Diesel
Laser1 yr50%120Petrol
Transit Custom 280trnd Eblue A1 yr86%118Diesel
Tourneo Custom 320 Actve Eblue1 yr89%117Diesel
Tourneo Connect Titanium Eblue1 yr91%116Diesel
Mustang Mach-e Gt Awd2 yrs91%111Electric
Tourneo Custom 320 Ti X Mhev1 yr76%101ED
Fiesta Trend Tdci1 yr92%97Diesel
Crown2 yrs89%97Petrol
Transit 350 Limited Ecoblue A2 yrs95%96Diesel
Roller Team Zefiro Sport2 yrs99%95Diesel
Transit Connect 240 Actve Eblu1 yr91%94Diesel
Fiesta St-line Vignale T Mhev1 yr95%94Petrol
Fiesta Titanium Turbo Mhev A2 yrs98%93Petrol
Fiesta St-line Edition Turbo A1 yr93%92Petrol
Transit Custom 320 Nugget Eblu1 yr97%92Diesel
Bronco1 yr73%88Petrol
Fiesta Vignale Ed Trbo Mhev A1 yr95%84Petrol
Tourneo Custom 320ztec Eblue A2 yrs89%84Diesel
Fiesta St-line Edition Tdci1 yr94%83Diesel
Transit 350 Limited Ecoblue2 yrs85%83Diesel
S-max St-line Hev Cvt2 yrs91%82Petrol, Hybrid
Edge Titanium Ecoblue 4x2 Auto1 yr95%78Diesel
Transit Custom 340 Nugget Eblu1 yr99%78Diesel
Motor Caravan2 yrs84%77Diesel
Hymer2 yrs79%72Diesel
S-max Titanium Hev Cvt2 yrs90%71Hybrid
Ci2 yrs79%68Diesel
Fiesta Active X Edition Tdci1 yr83%60Diesel
Transit Cust 340trend Phev Cvt1 yr90%59Hybrid
Transit Custom 320active Eblue1 yr97%59Diesel
Transit Connect 240 Act Eblu A1 yr95%58Diesel
Camper Van1 yr58%57Diesel
Transit Connect 200 Act Eblu A1 yr87%55Diesel
Auto-trail Tribute F60 Auto1 yr96%54Diesel
Auto-trail F70 Auto1 yr100%54Diesel
Transit Connect 200 Spt Eblu A1 yr96%53Diesel
Transit Custom 340ldr Phev Cvt1 yr94%53Hybrid
Ecosport St-line Ecoblue1 yr90%52Diesel
Auto-trail F74 Auto1 yr88%51Diesel
Transit 310 Trend Ecoblue1 yr88%51Diesel
Ecosport Titanium Ecoblue1 yr92%50Diesel
4x41 yr100%50Petrol
Fiesta St-line X Edition Tdci1 yr100%49Diesel
Galaxy Zetec Hev Cvt1 yr92%48Hybrid
Fiesta Titanium Vignale T Mhev1 yr100%47Petrol
Auto-trail F60 Auto1 yr100%46Diesel
Fiesta Titanium Vgnle T Mhev A1 yr91%46Petrol
Transit 460 Leader Ecoblue1 yr78%46Diesel
Transit Custom 340 Trail Eblue1 yr88%43Diesel
Roller Team Zefiro 6651 yr88%43Diesel
Auto-trail F62 Auto1 yr95%43Diesel
Kuga Zetec Ecoblue Mhev1 yr95%42Diesel
Auto-trail Tribute F72 Auto1 yr98%41Diesel
Transit Custom 320 Trend Mhev1 yr95%41ED
Bailey Adamo 69-4 Auto1 yr100%39Diesel
Auto-trail Tribute F621 yr95%39Diesel
Fiesta Active Edition T Mhev A1 yr95%38Petrol
Wellhouse1 yr95%37Diesel
Focus St-line Vignale Mhev1 yr97%37Petrol
Tourneo Custom 320actve Eblu A1 yr86%37Diesel
Tourneo Connect Active Ecoblue1 yr92%37Diesel
Lincoln1 yr100%36Petrol
Streetka1 yr74%35Petrol
Transit Custom 320nuget Eblu A1 yr94%35Diesel
Roller Team Zefiro 665 Auto1 yr97%35Diesel
Auto-trail F601 yr100%34Diesel
Fiesta Vignale Edition Tdci1 yr97%33Diesel
Auto-trail F72 Auto1 yr82%33Diesel
Focus Rs1 yr100%33Petrol
Independence Twin1 yr75%32Diesel
Thunderbird1 yr84%32Petrol
Chausson 6501 yr91%32Diesel
Auto-trail Tribute F601 yr100%32Diesel
Bongo1 yr75%32Diesel
Coleman Milne1 yr90%31Petrol
Auto-trail Tribute F721 yr97%31Diesel
Fiesta Active Vignale T Mhev1 yr100%31Petrol
Cardinal1 yr93%30Petrol
Motor Home1 yr93%30Diesel
Cortina1 yr47%30Petrol

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How reliable is Ford?

Brand ranking76th out of 145 manufacturers
vs national average+3% (82% avg)
Models above 85% pass rate263 of 326
Models below 70% pass rate6 of 326
Reliability spread (best to worst)53 percentage points

About Ford Cars

Ford ranks 76th out of 145 car manufacturers for MOT reliability, with an average pass rate of 85%. That's slightly above the national average of 82%, putting Ford in solid middle ground for reliability.

With 326 models across 35 years of data (1990 to 2024), there's a wide spread of 53 percentage points between the most and least reliable models. Choosing the right model matters significantly with Ford.

Most and Least Reliable Ford Models

The Auto-trail F70 Auto leads the range with a 100% average pass rate from 54 tests. At the other end, the Cortina has the lowest at 47%. Overall, more than half of Ford's models achieve above-average pass rates, which is a good sign for the brand.

Ford Fuel Types

Ford models in our data come in 144 petrol, 182 diesel, 29 hybrid, 7 electric variants. Ford is among the manufacturers offering electric options in the UK market.

Click any model above to see detailed year-by-year reliability data, running cost breakdowns, and comparisons with similar cars. You can also enter a specific registration plate to get a full vehicle report with MOT history, mileage verification, and health score.