Pass rate
89.7%
Above average — 3.7 pts ahead of the 86.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 87 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £21–£78
2017 Ford F150 MOT pass rate
- 2017
- typical 49,426 mi
Only 87 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
Most common fault
Brakes
33.3% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£40 for Brake pads under 1.5 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2019 94.1% pass
- Avoid 2002 79.9% pass
Across the 19 years on record, a spread of 14.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 88.6%
- Typical mileage
- 49k mi
The 2017 Ford F150 MOT pass rate is 89.7% of its MOT tests — 3.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 33.3% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Ford F150 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.6× the national share
Brakes make up 33.3% of everything recorded on the 2017 Ford F150, against 20.9% nationally — 12.4 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 86.0% and this one manages 89.7% — 3.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 87 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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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How does the 2017 Ford F150 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 86.0%, so this figure is 3.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 88.6%. The median 2017 Ford F150 in this dataset had covered 49,426 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively", noted on 3.45% of tests.
- 87 recorded tests behind this page.
- 89.7% overall pass rate, 88.6% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Ford F150, the average is 85.4% — best year 2019 (94.1%), worst 2002 (79.9%).
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
- 87
- Typical mileage (median)
- 49,426 mi
- Make and model
- Ford F150
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Wiper Blade
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the F150 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 52% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the F150
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| East of England | 25 | 92.0% |
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 F150
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 F150
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 wipers and washers 3.5% of tests
“wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
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Check the brakes 2.3% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
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Check the lights 2.3% of tests
“rear fog lamp missing”
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 F150 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £21–£78 — and 44% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £21–£78
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp missing
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 44%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 87 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 F150, side by side
19 model years on record, from 2000 to 2019. Across them the pass rate runs from 79.9% to 94.1% — a spread of 14.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 85.6% anti-lock braking system warning…
- 2001 83.3% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2002 79.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2003 85.3% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2004 83.7% battery(ies) insecure but not…
- 2005 84.8% chassis condition corroded to the…
- 2006 86.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2007 80.3% battery(ies) insecure but not…
- 2008 82.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 81.5% battery(ies) insecure but not…
- 2011 88.9% rear fog lamp not working
- 2012 84.9% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2013 84.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 84.2% headlamp aim too high
- 2015 91.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2016 90.8% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2017 89.7%wipers does not clear the…
- 2018 90.5% rear fog lamp missing
- 2019 94.1% position lamp not working
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 F150 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
- Volkswagen Golf 89.7%
- MINI COOPER 89.7%
- BMW X5 89.7%
- BMW I3 89.7%
- Fiat 124 89.7%
- Volkswagen Tiguan 89.8%
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 F150 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 7 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 51 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 | 17 | 33.30% | 20.89% | +12.41 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 12 | 23.50% | 12.21% | +11.29 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 7 | 13.70% | 5.52% | +8.18 |
| Visibility | 6 | 11.80% | 4.97% | +6.83 |
| Suspension | 4 | 7.80% | 20.98% | −13.18 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 3 | 5.90% | 5.57% | +0.33 |
| Tyres | 2 | 3.90% | 19.76% | −15.86 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 3.5% | £8–22 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 2.3% | £18–45 |
| Rear fog lamp missing Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.3% | £3–15 |
| Reversing lamps inoperative Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.3% | £3–15 |
| Window excessively tinted but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.3% | £20–80 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.1% | £18–45 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.1% | £60–250 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.1% | £60–250 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds default limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.1% | £60–250 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.1% | £30–80 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 9.2% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 5.8% | £45–110 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 3.5% | £45–120 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 2.3% | £200–700 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 1.1% | £18–45 |
| Flexible brake hoses ferrule excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 1.1% | £25–70 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 15 | 100.0% | 22,003 mi |
| 30-60k | 38 | 86.8% | 44,263 mi |
| 60-90k | 19 | 89.5% | 74,683 mi |
| 90-120k | 10 | 100.0% | 99,980 mi |
| 120k+ | 5 | 60.0% | 129,885 mi |
Source: 87 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 F150 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2017 Ford F150?
89.7% of the 87 2017 Ford F150 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 86.0% for cars first used in 2017. First-attempt pass rate: 88.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2017 Ford F150?
The three most recorded items are wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (3.45%), brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (2.30%), rear fog lamp missing (2.30%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2017 Ford F150 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 60.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2017 Ford F150 in this dataset had covered 49,426 mi.