Ford Mondeo MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Ford Mondeo in Great Britain in 2025 — 172,058 tests. Figures cover every Mondeo first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Mondeo ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
67.2%
5.1 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
172,058
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
10.3%
of Mondeo first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
101,250
middle half: 73,750–131,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Ford Mondeo cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 211,539 Ford Mondeo cars that were taxed or on SORN: 159,450 taxed and 52,089 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 Mondeo vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
159,450
75.4% of the 211,539 Mondeo cars taxed or on SORN; 247 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
52,089
declared off the road by their keepers — 24.6% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Mondeo cars peaked at 474,429 at the end of 2014 and has since fallen by 314,979 (66.4%) to 159,450 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 25,960 at the end of 2014 to 52,089 at the end of 2025, up 100.7%. 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 Mondeo cars, year by year

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

0100k200k300k400k500k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Mondeo cars, year 2014: 474kTaxed Mondeo cars, year 2015: 441kTaxed Mondeo cars, year 2016: 410kTaxed Mondeo cars, year 2017: 374kTaxed Mondeo cars, year 2018: 336kTaxed Mondeo cars, year 2019: 302kTaxed Mondeo cars, year 2020: 274kTaxed Mondeo cars, year 2021: 247kTaxed Mondeo cars, year 2022: 225kTaxed Mondeo cars, year 2023: 202kTaxed Mondeo cars, year 2024: 180kTaxed Mondeo cars, year 2025: 159k159k
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YearTaxed Mondeo cars
2014474,429
2015441,492
2016409,626
2017373,510
2018335,856
2019302,412
2020273,608
2021247,418
2022224,940
2023202,134
2024179,814
2025159,450

Mondeo 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.

020k40k60k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Mondeo cars on SORN, year 2014: 26kMondeo cars on SORN, year 2015: 33kMondeo cars on SORN, year 2016: 39kMondeo cars on SORN, year 2017: 41kMondeo cars on SORN, year 2018: 43kMondeo cars on SORN, year 2019: 46kMondeo cars on SORN, year 2020: 49kMondeo cars on SORN, year 2021: 49kMondeo cars on SORN, year 2022: 50kMondeo cars on SORN, year 2023: 51kMondeo cars on SORN, year 2024: 51kMondeo cars on SORN, year 2025: 52k52k
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YearMondeo cars on SORN
201425,960
201532,715
201639,066
201740,976
201843,213
201945,844
202049,036
202149,189
202249,522
202351,147
202451,363
202552,089

Which model years survive

Taxed Mondeo cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 159,450 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. 6 taxed Mondeo cars have no recorded year of manufacture and are not in the table, so the rows add up to 159,444. 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 Mondeo cars
20202,1851.4%
20194,1872.6%
20186,7114.2%
201710,5836.6%
201615,4599.7%
201516,50310.3%
201410,6196.7%
201311,4517.2%
201213,8558.7%
201111,1887.0%
201011,9827.5%
200911,0216.9%
20089,4035.9%
20077,1704.5%
20064,6352.9%
20053,8612.4%
20042,3931.5%
All other build years (15 years, each under 1%)6,2383.9%

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 MONDEO 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 Mondeo ages

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

Ford MondeoAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Ford Mondeo, vehicle age 3: 87%Ford Mondeo, vehicle age 4: 84.6%Ford Mondeo, vehicle age 5: 85.8%Ford Mondeo, vehicle age 6: 84.5%Ford Mondeo, vehicle age 7: 83.4%Ford Mondeo, vehicle age 8: 82.5%Ford Mondeo, vehicle age 9: 80.3%Ford Mondeo, vehicle age 10: 76.1%Ford Mondeo, vehicle age 11: 67.6%Ford Mondeo, vehicle age 12: 65.4%Ford Mondeo, vehicle age 13: 64.2%Ford Mondeo, vehicle age 14: 62.7%Ford Mondeo, vehicle age 15: 58.2%Ford Mondeo, vehicle age 16: 57.7%Ford Mondeo, vehicle age 17: 55.2%Ford Mondeo, vehicle age 18: 54.7%Ford Mondeo, vehicle age 19: 56%Ford Mondeo, vehicle age 20: 55.4%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%All cars 57.6%Ford Mondeo 55.4%
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Age (years)Mondeo testsMondeo pass rateAll cars
350087.0%88.5%
41,17184.6%87.2%
52,23985.8%86.0%
64,37184.5%83.5%
76,98983.4%80.9%
810,84282.5%78.2%
915,99880.3%74.9%
1017,03776.1%71.9%
1111,02367.6%68.6%
1211,87865.4%65.8%
1314,61864.2%63.5%
1411,90762.7%61.2%
1513,22458.2%59.3%
1612,40957.7%58.3%
1711,03955.2%57.2%
188,39654.7%57.4%
195,41956.0%57.0%
204,47955.4%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Mondeo aheadMondeo behind
-6-3+0+3+6Age 3: -1.5 points vs the average car3Age 4: -2.6 points vs the average carAge 5: -0.2 points vs the average car5Age 6: +1.0 points vs the average carAge 7: +2.5 points vs the average car7Age 8: +4.3 points vs the average carAge 9: +5.4 points vs the average car9Age 10: +4.2 points vs the average carAge 11: -1.0 points vs the average car11Age 12: -0.4 points vs the average carAge 13: +0.7 points vs the average car13Age 14: +1.5 points vs the average carAge 15: -1.1 points vs the average car15Age 16: -0.6 points vs the average carAge 17: -2.0 points vs the average car17Age 18: -2.7 points vs the average carAge 19: -1.0 points vs the average car19Age 20: -2.2 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3-1.5
4-2.6
5-0.2
6+1.0
7+2.5
8+4.3
9+5.4
10+4.2
11-1.0
12-0.4
13+0.7
14+1.5
15-1.1
16-0.6
17-2.0
18-2.7
19-1.0
20-2.2

The Mondeo fleet on the road, by age

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

05k10k15k20kAge 3: 5003Age 4: 1kAge 5: 2k5Age 6: 4kAge 7: 6k7Age 8: 10kAge 9: 15k9Age 10: 17kAge 11: 11k11Age 12: 11kAge 13: 14k13Age 14: 11kAge 15: 13k15Age 16: 12kAge 17: 11k17Age 18: 8kAge 19: 5k19Age 20: 4k20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
3500
41,171
52,239
64,371
76,989
810,842
915,998
1017,037
1111,023
1211,878
1314,618
1411,907
1513,224
1612,409
1711,039
188,396
195,419
204,479

What a Mondeo fails on

Where the failure items land when a Mondeo 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 equipment25.7%
Suspension20.5%
Brakes15.6%
Tyres14.6%
Body, chassis, structure6.3%
Noise, emissions and leaks5.8%
Visibility5.7%
Steering3.4%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.6% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Suspension: 34.1% of advisories34.1%Tyres: 24.3% of advisories24.3%Brakes: 23.0% of advisories23.0%Body, chassis, structure: 4.4% of advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaks: 4.3% of advisoriesNon-component advisories: 3.5% of advisories
SuspensionTyresBrakesBody, chassis, structureNoise, emissions and leaksNon-component advisories
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CategoryShare of advisories
Suspension34.1%
Tyres24.3%
Brakes23.0%
Body, chassis, structure4.4%
Noise, emissions and leaks4.3%
Non-component advisories3.5%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Mondeo?

First-time pass rate for the three most-tested Mondeo 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%Diesel: 67.4% of 135,471 tests67.4%Diesel135,471 testsPetrol: 64.1% of 32,297 tests64.1%Petrol32,297 testsHybrid electric: 85.1% of 3,929 tests85.1%Hybrid3,929 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Diesel135,47167.4%
Petrol32,29764.1%
Hybrid electric3,92985.1%

What mileage is normal for a Mondeo?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Mondeo; 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 Mondeo (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k175k3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 26,250 miles (middle half 18,750–46,250)Age 4: typical 43,750 miles (middle half 28,750–68,750)Age 5: typical 53,750 miles (middle half 36,250–78,750)Age 6: typical 63,750 miles (middle half 43,750–93,750)Age 7: typical 76,250 miles (middle half 51,250–106,250)Age 8: typical 83,750 miles (middle half 61,250–111,250)Age 9: typical 93,750 miles (middle half 68,750–123,750)Age 10: typical 101,250 miles (middle half 73,750–131,250)Age 11: typical 113,750 miles (middle half 88,750–146,250)Age 12: typical 123,750 miles (middle half 96,250–153,750)Age 13: typical 123,750 miles (middle half 96,250–153,750)Age 14: typical 128,750 miles (middle half 101,250–161,250)Age 15: typical 128,750 miles (middle half 101,250–158,750)Age 16: typical 133,750 miles (middle half 106,250–161,250)Age 17: typical 136,250 miles (middle half 106,250–166,250)Age 18: typical 128,750 miles (middle half 101,250–158,750)Age 19: typical 118,750 miles (middle half 91,250–148,750)Age 20: typical 118,750 miles (middle half 88,750–148,750)118k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
318,75026,25046,250
428,75043,75068,750
536,25053,75078,750
643,75063,75093,750
751,25076,250106,250
861,25083,750111,250
968,75093,750123,750
1073,750101,250131,250
1188,750113,750146,250
1296,250123,750153,750
1396,250123,750153,750
14101,250128,750161,250
15101,250128,750158,750
16106,250133,750161,250
17106,250136,250166,250
18101,250128,750158,750
1991,250118,750148,750
2088,750118,750148,750

What fails at each age

The Mondeo'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.

TyresVisibilityBrakesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentNoise, emissions and leaksSuspensionBody, chassis, structureEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres44.8%
3-5 yrsVisibility17.7%
3-5 yrsBrakes12.6%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment11.1%
3-5 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks6.8%
3-5 yrsEverything else7.0%
6-9 yrsTyres36.4%
6-9 yrsBrakes19.0%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment18.3%
6-9 yrsSuspension10.5%
6-9 yrsVisibility7.2%
6-9 yrsEverything else8.6%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment20.4%
10-13 yrsTyres20.2%
10-13 yrsSuspension18.6%
10-13 yrsBrakes17.0%
10-13 yrsBody, chassis, structure7.2%
10-13 yrsEverything else16.6%
14+ yrsSuspension25.9%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment21.3%
14+ yrsBrakes16.9%
14+ yrsTyres11.2%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure7.4%
14+ yrsEverything else17.3%

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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.