Ford EcoSport MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Ford EcoSport in Great Britain in 2025 — 111,657 tests. Figures cover every EcoSport first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the EcoSport ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
77.1%
4.8 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
111,657
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
4.9%
of EcoSport first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
63,750
middle half: 48,750–81,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Ford EcoSport cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 112,164 Ford EcoSport cars that were taxed or on SORN: 111,107 taxed and 1,057 on SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification — kept, but declared off the road by the keeper). The MOT figures above count tests; these count cars, across the whole United Kingdom, cars only. Ford EcoSport vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
111,107
99.1% of the 112,164 EcoSport cars taxed or on SORN; 23 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
1,057
declared off the road by their keepers — 0.9% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed EcoSport cars peaked at 113,242 at the end of 2023 and has since fallen by 2,135 (1.9%) to 111,107 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 28 at the end of 2014 to 1,057 at the end of 2025, up 3675.0%. A car leaves the taxed count when it is scrapped, exported or declared off the road; the year-end counts do not say which.

Taxed EcoSport cars, year by year

Cars of this model taxed and on the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025.

050k100k150k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed EcoSport cars, year 2014: 3kTaxed EcoSport cars, year 2015: 14kTaxed EcoSport cars, year 2016: 28kTaxed EcoSport cars, year 2017: 42kTaxed EcoSport cars, year 2018: 64kTaxed EcoSport cars, year 2019: 89kTaxed EcoSport cars, year 2020: 96kTaxed EcoSport cars, year 2021: 101kTaxed EcoSport cars, year 2022: 110kTaxed EcoSport cars, year 2023: 113kTaxed EcoSport cars, year 2024: 112kTaxed EcoSport cars, year 2025: 111k111k
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YearTaxed EcoSport cars
20142,714
201513,541
201628,267
201741,879
201863,788
201988,505
202096,298
2021100,583
2022110,154
2023113,242
2024112,118
2025111,107

EcoSport cars on SORN, year by year

Cars of this model declared off the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025. Its own scale — SORN counts are a fraction of the taxed count.

05001k2k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)EcoSport cars on SORN, year 2014: 28EcoSport cars on SORN, year 2015: 78EcoSport cars on SORN, year 2016: 77EcoSport cars on SORN, year 2017: 111EcoSport cars on SORN, year 2018: 106EcoSport cars on SORN, year 2019: 193EcoSport cars on SORN, year 2020: 270EcoSport cars on SORN, year 2021: 256EcoSport cars on SORN, year 2022: 353EcoSport cars on SORN, year 2023: 549EcoSport cars on SORN, year 2024: 787EcoSport cars on SORN, year 2025: 1k1k
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YearEcoSport cars on SORN
201428
201578
201677
2017111
2018106
2019193
2020270
2021256
2022353
2023549
2024787
20251,057

Which model years survive

Taxed EcoSport cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 111,107 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. A build year's count depends on how many were sold that year as well as how many have lasted.

Year of manufacture Taxed, end of 2025Share of taxed EcoSport cars
20234,1243.7%
20228,5837.7%
20215,0914.6%
20208,6417.8%
201924,25121.8%
201821,75519.6%
201712,81511.5%
201613,58712.2%
20159,8918.9%
20142,3572.1%
All other build years (two years, each under 1%)120.0%

Population source: Department for Transport / DVLA vehicle licensing statistics, table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026; counts of the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, United Kingdom, cars only, excluding cars recorded with no model name. SortedCars groups DVLA's model name ECOSPORT under this model. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, DVLA or the Department for Transport.

How the EcoSport ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, EcoSport vs all cars, 2025.

Ford EcoSportAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Ford EcoSport, vehicle age 3: 86.8%Ford EcoSport, vehicle age 4: 86.7%Ford EcoSport, vehicle age 5: 82.6%Ford EcoSport, vehicle age 6: 81.9%Ford EcoSport, vehicle age 7: 79.8%Ford EcoSport, vehicle age 8: 70.5%Ford EcoSport, vehicle age 9: 68.6%Ford EcoSport, vehicle age 10: 64.2%Ford EcoSport, vehicle age 11: 61.1%All cars, vehicle age 3: 88.5%All cars, vehicle age 4: 87.2%All cars, vehicle age 5: 86%All cars, vehicle age 6: 83.5%All cars, vehicle age 7: 80.9%All cars, vehicle age 8: 78.2%All cars, vehicle age 9: 74.9%All cars, vehicle age 10: 71.9%All cars, vehicle age 11: 68.6%All cars, vehicle age 12: 65.8%All cars, vehicle age 13: 63.5%All cars, vehicle age 14: 61.2%All cars, vehicle age 15: 59.3%All cars, vehicle age 16: 58.3%All cars, vehicle age 17: 57.2%All cars, vehicle age 18: 57.4%All cars, vehicle age 19: 57%All cars, vehicle age 20: 57.6%Ford EcoSport 61.1%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)EcoSport testsEcoSport pass rateAll cars
39,85486.8%88.5%
45,15586.7%87.2%
58,85982.6%86.0%
624,69681.9%83.5%
722,48479.8%80.9%
813,14170.5%78.2%
914,00868.6%74.9%
1010,25364.2%71.9%
112,44961.1%68.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

The EcoSport's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the EcoSport beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

EcoSport behind
-8-4+0+4+8Age 3: -1.7 points vs the average car3Age 4: -0.5 points vs the average carAge 5: -3.4 points vs the average car5Age 6: -1.6 points vs the average carAge 7: -1.1 points vs the average car7Age 8: -7.7 points vs the average carAge 9: -6.3 points vs the average car9Age 10: -7.7 points vs the average carAge 11: -7.5 points vs the average car11Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3-1.7
4-0.5
5-3.4
6-1.6
7-1.1
8-7.7
9-6.3
10-7.7
11-7.5

The EcoSport fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the EcoSport fleet still in use.

07k15k22k30kAge 3: 9k3Age 4: 5kAge 5: 8k5Age 6: 24kAge 7: 22k7Age 8: 13kAge 9: 14k9Age 10: 10kAge 11: 2k11Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
39,854
45,155
58,859
624,696
722,484
813,141
914,008
1010,253
112,449

What an EcoSport fails on

Where the failure items land when an EcoSport fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment35.1%
Brakes16.6%
Tyres16.5%
Visibility9.3%
Suspension7.0%
Noise, emissions and leaks6.3%
Body, chassis, structure4.3%
Steering3.2%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (98.3% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a EcoSport, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Tyres: 43.8% of advisories43.8%Suspension: 22.6% of advisories22.6%Brakes: 16.3% of advisories16.3%Non-component advisories: 7.0% of advisories7.0%Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 3.0% of advisoriesBody, chassis, structure: 2.8% of advisories
TyresSuspensionBrakesNon-component advisoriesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentBody, chassis, structure
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres43.8%
Suspension22.6%
Brakes16.3%
Non-component advisories7.0%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment3.0%
Body, chassis, structure2.8%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid EcoSport?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested EcoSport fuel types, 2025, against the all-cars average. Fleet ages differ by fuel — newer fleets help the electrified bars.

50%60%70%80%90%100%all cars 72.3%Petrol: 78.0% of 99,007 tests78.0%Petrol99,007 testsDiesel: 70.0% of 12,649 tests70.0%Diesel12,649 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol99,00778.0%
Diesel12,64970.0%

What mileage is normal for an EcoSport?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) EcoSport; the shaded band holds the middle half. A car far outside the band, in either direction, is worth questions the recorded history can answer.

Typical EcoSport (median)
0k25k50k75k100k357911Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 18,750 miles (middle half 11,250–26,250)Age 4: typical 23,750 miles (middle half 16,250–31,250)Age 5: typical 28,750 miles (middle half 21,250–38,750)Age 6: typical 33,750 miles (middle half 23,750–43,750)Age 7: typical 38,750 miles (middle half 28,750–51,250)Age 8: typical 48,750 miles (middle half 36,250–63,750)Age 9: typical 56,250 miles (middle half 43,750–73,750)Age 10: typical 63,750 miles (middle half 48,750–81,250)Age 11: typical 71,250 miles (middle half 56,250–91,250)71k mi

Mileage values are midpoints of 2,500-mile bands.

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
311,25018,75026,250
416,25023,75031,250
521,25028,75038,750
623,75033,75043,750
728,75038,75051,250
836,25048,75063,750
943,75056,25073,750
1048,75063,75081,250
1156,25071,25091,250

What fails at each age

The EcoSport's failure mix by age band, 2025 — each band's top categories at their true share of that band's failure items; the pale remainder is everything else. How the mix shifts with age is the point of the chart.

TyresBrakesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentVisibilitySeat belts and supplementary restraint systemsNoise, emissions and leaksSuspensionEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres35.2%
3-5 yrsBrakes29.6%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment17.6%
3-5 yrsVisibility8.3%
3-5 yrsSeat belts and supplementary restraint systems3.4%
3-5 yrsEverything else5.9%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment27.0%
6-9 yrsBrakes20.3%
6-9 yrsTyres19.2%
6-9 yrsVisibility8.1%
6-9 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks8.1%
6-9 yrsEverything else17.3%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment20.2%
10-13 yrsSuspension17.1%
10-13 yrsBrakes17.0%
10-13 yrsTyres13.5%
10-13 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks9.0%
10-13 yrsEverything else23.2%

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How these figures are computed. Every number on this page is calculated by SortedCars from the DVSA anonymised MOT results dataset (every MOT test in Great Britain — 2025 for single-year figures; trend figures state their span, currently 2023–2025). Where a figure comes from a sample or uses banded values (mileage is banded to 2,500 miles), the page says so beside the figure. Test class 4 only, first tests only — retests are excluded. Class 4 is the car MOT class and also covers car-derived vans, pickups and motorhomes tested to the same standard; where this page says "cars" it means class 4. Pass rate = passes ÷ (passes + failures + pass-after-rectification): a vehicle that failed and was fixed during the visit counts as a fail. Pass rates describe fleets, not individual machines: they reflect how cars were driven, maintained and used as well as how they were built, and beyond recorded mileage none of that is in the data. A well-kept example of a model with a weak average can still pass; a neglected example of a strong one can still fail. No figure is shown for any group with fewer than 500 tests. Alias spellings of a make in the DVSA file are counted under one make name, and all trims and variants of a model are grouped under one model name, using SortedCars' grouping tables. The taxed and SORN counts on this page are the one exception: they are not computed from MOT records but taken from the Department for Transport's vehicle licensing statistics (DfT/DVLA table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0), which count the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, UK-wide, cars only. They describe a model as a whole, grouped under SortedCars' model names, and say nothing about any one car. “Dangerous” is DVSA's statutory defect category (in force since May 2018): a defect posing an immediate risk to road safety — driving the vehicle before repair is an offence. What these figures are for. These statistics are general information about groups of vehicles. They are not advice, a valuation or a recommendation to buy, avoid or price any particular vehicle, and no decision about one car should rest on them alone — check the car itself and its own records. We take care over the calculations, but we cannot guarantee they are complete, current or free of error, and we accept no liability for loss arising from reliance on them. This does not limit any liability that cannot lawfully be limited — see our Terms & Conditions. If you believe any figure on this page is inaccurate, contact us. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the DVSA or DVLA. DVSA publishes the raw test records; the statistics on this page are SortedCars' own calculations from them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.