Ford Puma MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Ford Puma in Great Britain in 2025 — 93,836 tests. Figures cover every Puma first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Puma ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
91.1%
18.8 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
93,836
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
2.8%
of Puma first tests; national 7.3%

How many Ford Puma cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 241,992 Ford Puma cars that were taxed or on SORN: 235,374 taxed and 6,618 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 Puma vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
235,374
97.3% of the 241,992 Puma cars taxed or on SORN; 49 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
6,618
declared off the road by their keepers — 2.7% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Puma cars is still rising: 235,374 at the end of 2025, up 53,145 (29.2%) on the end of 2024, and the highest in the years shown. Cars on SORN went from 3,445 at the end of 2014 to 6,618 at the end of 2025, up 92.1%. 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 Puma cars, year by year

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

050k100k150k200k250k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Puma cars, year 2014: 21kTaxed Puma cars, year 2015: 16kTaxed Puma cars, year 2016: 11kTaxed Puma cars, year 2017: 8kTaxed Puma cars, year 2018: 6kTaxed Puma cars, year 2019: 4kTaxed Puma cars, year 2020: 29kTaxed Puma cars, year 2021: 56kTaxed Puma cars, year 2022: 90kTaxed Puma cars, year 2023: 137kTaxed Puma cars, year 2024: 182kTaxed Puma cars, year 2025: 235k235k
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YearTaxed Puma cars
201421,472
201515,879
201611,299
20177,901
20185,641
20194,411
202029,273
202156,372
202289,527
2023137,378
2024182,229
2025235,374

Puma 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.

02k4k6k8k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Puma cars on SORN, year 2014: 3kPuma cars on SORN, year 2015: 5kPuma cars on SORN, year 2016: 5kPuma cars on SORN, year 2017: 5kPuma cars on SORN, year 2018: 5kPuma cars on SORN, year 2019: 6kPuma cars on SORN, year 2020: 6kPuma cars on SORN, year 2021: 6kPuma cars on SORN, year 2022: 6kPuma cars on SORN, year 2023: 6kPuma cars on SORN, year 2024: 6kPuma cars on SORN, year 2025: 7k7k
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YearPuma cars on SORN
20143,445
20154,516
20165,255
20175,417
20185,453
20195,548
20205,675
20215,808
20225,963
20236,020
20246,279
20256,618

Which model years survive

Taxed Puma cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 235,374 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 Puma cars
202554,40023.1%
202446,85819.9%
202346,22519.6%
202233,51214.2%
202127,60711.7%
202025,28510.7%
All other build years (nine years, each under 1%)1,4870.6%

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 PUMA 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 Puma ages

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

Ford PumaAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Ford Puma, vehicle age 3: 92.4%Ford Puma, vehicle age 4: 92.6%Ford Puma, vehicle age 5: 89.1%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 Puma 89.1%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)Puma testsPuma pass rateAll cars
335,33792.4%88.5%
428,31892.6%87.2%
525,86889.1%86.0%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Puma ahead
-6-3+0+3+6Age 3: +3.9 points vs the average car3Age 4: +5.4 points vs the average carAge 5: +3.1 points vs the average car5Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3+3.9
4+5.4
5+3.1

The Puma fleet on the road, by age

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

010k20k30k40kAge 3: 35k3Age 4: 28kAge 5: 25k5Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
335,337
428,318
525,868

What a Puma fails on

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

Tyres33.1%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment19.8%
Brakes15.0%
Visibility12.3%
Suspension6.3%
Noise, emissions and leaks4.3%
Body, chassis, structure3.3%
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems2.9%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (96.9% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Tyres: 55.3% of advisories55.3%Brakes: 25.3% of advisories25.3%Non-component advisories: 10.1% of advisories10.1%Suspension: 3.0% of advisoriesBody, chassis, structure: 1.5% of advisoriesRoad Wheels: 1.3% of advisories
TyresBrakesNon-component advisoriesSuspensionBody, chassis, structureRoad Wheels
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres55.3%
Brakes25.3%
Non-component advisories10.1%
Suspension3.0%
Body, chassis, structure1.5%
Road Wheels1.3%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Puma?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested Puma 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: 91.0% of 92,270 tests91.0%Petrol92,270 testsHybrid electric: 91.8% of 1,560 tests91.8%Hybrid1,560 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol92,27091.0%
Hybrid electric1,56091.8%

What mileage is normal for a Puma?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Puma; 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 Puma (median)
0k25k50k35Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 21,250 miles (middle half 13,750–26,250)Age 4: typical 28,750 miles (middle half 18,750–38,750)Age 5: typical 33,750 miles (middle half 23,750–43,750)33k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
313,75021,25026,250
418,75028,75038,750
523,75033,75043,750

What fails at each age

The Puma'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.

TyresBrakesVisibilityLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentNoise, emissions and leaksSuspensionBody, chassis, structureSeat belts and supplementary restraint systemsEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres48.6%
3-5 yrsBrakes17.9%
3-5 yrsVisibility10.3%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment7.5%
3-5 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks5.1%
3-5 yrsEverything else10.6%
14+ yrsSuspension30.6%
14+ yrsBrakes21.4%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment12.8%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure12.2%
14+ yrsSeat belts and supplementary restraint systems6.4%
14+ yrsEverything else16.6%

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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.