Pass rate
80.2%
Around average — 5.8 pts behind the 86.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 1,577 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £41–£128
2017 Ford Allied MOT pass rate
- 2017
- 2 trims combined
- typical 58,864 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Brakes
24.5% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2020 87.3% pass
- Avoid 2017 80.2% pass · this year
Across the 5 years on record, a spread of 7.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 75.9%
- Typical mileage
- 59k mi
The 2017 Ford Allied MOT pass rate is 80.2% of its MOT tests — 5.8 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 24.5% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Falls short of its own age and mileage
Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 86.0%; this one manages 80.2% — 5.8 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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Every Ford Allied first registered in 2017 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2017 Ford Allied compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 86.0%, so this figure is 5.8 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 75.9%. The median 2017 Ford Allied in this dataset had covered 58,864 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 78.1% of the time, April–September 82.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn", noted on 3.17% of tests.
- 1,577 recorded tests behind this page.
- 80.2% overall pass rate, 75.9% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Ford Allied, the average is 84.8% — best year 2020 (87.3%), worst 2017 (80.2%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 1,577
- Typical mileage (median)
- 58,864 mi
- Make and model
- Ford Allied
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Suspension Component
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Allied MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 66% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the Ford Allied is most common
Across all Allied model years on record (2017–2021): 5,768 Ford Allied cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 12,807 tests. Glasgow (G) has the most, with 360 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.
| # | Postcode area | Cars | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glasgow (G) | 360 | 87.0% |
| 2 | Sheffield (S) | 249 | 81.7% |
| 3 | Coventry (CV) | 177 | 87.5% |
| 4 | Birmingham (B) | 154 | 84.0% |
| 5 | Edinburgh (EH) | 145 | 76.7% |
| 6 | Portsmouth (PO) | 136 | 93.1% |
| 7 | Chester (CH) | 108 | 92.3% |
| 8 | Leicester (LE) | 105 | 81.8% |
| 9 | Norwich (NR) | 104 | 80.3% |
| 10 | Peterborough (PE) | 104 | 87.7% |
| 11 | Wakefield (WF) | 103 | 90.8% |
| 12 | Bristol (BS) | 100 | 85.8% |
| 13 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 99 | 82.2% |
| 14 | Blackpool (FY) | 99 | 91.6% |
| 15 | Cardiff (CF) | 95 | 85.3% |
| 16 | Liverpool (L) | 87 | 78.5% |
| 17 | Nottingham (NG) | 86 | 84.9% |
| 18 | Hamilton (ML) | 85 | 83.8% |
| 19 | Swansea (SA) | 77 | 87.8% |
| 20 | Basildon (SS) | 77 | 83.3% |
The twenty areas with the most Ford Allied cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →
Regional pass rates for the Allied
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 301 | 76.4% |
| South East | 210 | 84.8% |
| Yorkshire | 188 | 82.4% |
| West Midlands | 171 | 83.0% |
| North West | 166 | 81.3% |
| East of England | 148 | 79.1% |
| South West | 124 | 79.0% |
| Wales | 114 | 78.9% |
| East Midlands | 80 | 77.5% |
| North East | 52 | 75.0% |
| London | 23 | 82.6% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2017 Allied
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2017 Allied
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the suspension joints 3.2% of tests
“pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
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Check the windscreen 3.2% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
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Check the lights 1.9% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2017 Allied through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £41–£128 — and 39% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £41–£128
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot split or…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 39%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 1,577 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the Allied, side by side
5 model years on record, from 2017 to 2021. Across them the pass rate runs from 80.2% to 87.3% — a spread of 7.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2017 80.2%pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2018 83.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 86.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 87.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2021 83.0% tyre pressure monitoring system…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2017 Ford Allied with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2017 cars with a similar record
- DS DS4 80.3%
- Isuzu D-Max 80.5%
- SEAT Ibiza 79.7%
- Nissan Micra 79.6%
- Fiat TIPO 79.5%
- Suzuki Baleno 81.0%
Closest pass rates among 2017 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2017 Ford Allied 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 2,402 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 594 | 24.50% | 20.89% | +3.61 |
| Suspension | 576 | 23.80% | 20.98% | +2.82 |
| Tyres | 362 | 15.00% | 19.76% | −4.76 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 286 | 11.80% | 12.21% | −0.41 |
| Visibility | 172 | 7.10% | 4.97% | +2.13 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 149 | 6.20% | 5.57% | +0.63 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 106 | 4.40% | 5.52% | −1.12 |
| Non-component advisories | 99 | 4.10% | 4.18% | −0.08 |
| Steering | 30 | 1.20% | 2.57% | −1.37 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 28 | 1.20% | 0.82% | +0.38 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 3.2% | £40–150 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.2% | £80–200 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 2.6% | £80–250 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 2.2% | £80–250 |
| Linkage pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.0% | £40–150 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.9% | £5–20 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.8% | £8–22 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.7% | £3–12 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.7% | £8–22 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.5% | £5–25 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 14.3% | £40–150 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 11.4% | £80–180 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 10.0% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 8.6% | £18–45 |
| Linkage pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 7.5% | £40–150 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 7.0% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 262 | 90.1% | 20,208 mi |
| 30-60k | 539 | 81.4% | 44,160 mi |
| 60-90k | 276 | 78.3% | 71,898 mi |
| 90-120k | 100 | 76.0% | 103,718 mi |
| 120k+ | 399 | 74.7% | 186,519 mi |
Source: 1,577 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2017 Allied MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2017 Ford Allied?
80.2% of the 1,577 2017 Ford Allied tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 86.0% for cars first used in 2017. First-attempt pass rate: 75.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2017 Ford Allied?
The three most recorded items are pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn (3.17%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.17%), joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.60%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2017 Ford Allied MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 90.1% of the time, falling to 74.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2017 Ford Allied in this dataset had covered 58,864 mi.
Does the season affect the 2017 Ford Allied MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 78.1% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 82.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.