Ford Ecosport MOT Pass Rate & Official DVSA Failure Statistics

Ford Ecosport MOT History and Failure Rates vs UK National Average

The Ford Ecosport passed on its first attempt in 85.2%, and its overall record sits +6.0 percentage points above the national average for all cars. These figures come from every recorded DVSA MOT test for the Ford Ecosport in the 2023–2025 data: 347,872 tests across 10 model years (2014–2023). A test still carries exactly one pass or fail verdict.

Figures are computed from every recorded DVSA test for this model in the 2023–2025 data.

Most Common Ford Ecosport MOT Problems by Failure Category

Every MOT failure a tester records belongs to one inspection section of the DVSA manual. For the Ford Ecosport, the Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment section leads the record — the breakdown below shows where the recorded failures cluster, then the exact strings behind the three biggest sections.

Shares are over the Ford Ecosport's recorded defect strings, merged across its year pages.

Top Recorded Ford Ecosport DVSA MOT Test Statistics & Defect Descriptions

The descriptions below are the exact DVSA failure strings testers recorded most often for the Ford Ecosport, each with how many of the model's 347,872 tests it was noted on.

• "Stop lamp not working" (Rectified) — noted on about 14,828 Ford Ecosport tests, 4.3% of the model's MOT record.
• "Headlamp not working on dipped beam" (Major) — noted on about 5,388 Ford Ecosport tests, 1.5% of the model's MOT record.
• "Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated" (Minor) — noted on about 5,018 Ford Ecosport tests, 1.4% of the model's MOT record.
• "Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements" (Major) — noted on about 4,826 Ford Ecosport tests, 1.4% of the model's MOT record.
• "Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords" (Major) — noted on about 2,675 Ford Ecosport tests, 0.8% of the model's MOT record.
• "Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases" (Major) — noted on about 2,638 Ford Ecosport tests, 0.8% of the model's MOT record.

Best and Worst Ford Ecosport Model Years by Pass Rate

The strongest Ford Ecosport model year on record is 2019 (90.8% across 79,667 tests), and the weakest is 2014 (78.3%). The gap between them is 12.5 points. Years with fewer than 50 recorded tests are excluded, so these are the years with enough MOT history to mean something.

Newest model year first. Only years with at least 50 recorded tests are listed.

Pre-MOT Inspection Checklist for Ford Ecosport Owners

These checks follow this Ford Ecosport's own most-recorded failure strings, starting with what a tester is most likely to flag on a Ford Ecosport.

• the lights — “stop lamp not working”

  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.

• the suspension joints — “ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated”

  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.

• the exhaust and emissions — “exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases”

  Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.

Derived from the DVSA failure strings testers recorded for the Ford Ecosport. A check that finds nothing means the item is likely fine, not that the test is guaranteed.

Where the Ford Ecosport is most common

Across every Ecosport model year on record (2014–2023): 151,884 Ford Ecosport cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 347,855 tests. Birmingham (B) has the most, with 4,201 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.

The twenty areas with the most Ford Ecosport 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 →

Frequently Asked Questions: Ford Ecosport MOT & Reliability