Wheel badly distorted on the Ford Fiesta
Wheel badly distorted on the Ford Fiesta is recorded on 236,276 tests — 4.6% of all its MOT tests, against 1.0% across every car in the data. That is 4.6× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 1.0% of tests record it — this model is 4.6× that share |
| The 283 models compared | 2 of 283, highest first |
| The model's own record | 5,140,104 tests · every year of the Fiesta → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Ford Fiesta tested, whatever its mileage, service history and use. The like-for-like comparison on the model page is the fairer number.
Year by year
In 2000, 1.8% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2023, 0.6%. The share has fallen 1.2 points over that time. Worst year 2008 at 3.8%; best 2017 at 0.5%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 210 | 11,746 | 1.8% |
| 2001 | 371 | 20,326 | 1.8% |
| 2002 | 1,436 | 85,431 | 1.7% |
| 2003 | 3,407 | 179,613 | 1.9% |
| 2004 | 4,948 | 239,073 | 2.1% |
| 2005 | 8,003 | 291,459 | 2.8% |
| 2006 | 15,088 | 491,226 | 3.1% |
| 2007 | 20,248 | 600,762 | 3.4% |
| 2008 | 24,600 | 655,512 | 3.8% |
| 2009 | 32,575 | 1,084,038 | 3.0% |
| 2010 | 30,318 | 1,015,344 | 3.0% |
| 2011 | 25,465 | 988,638 | 2.6% |
| 2012 | 21,036 | 1,148,553 | 1.8% |
| 2013 | 7,660 | 1,283,982 | 0.6% |
| 2014 | 7,684 | 1,362,255 | 0.6% |
| 2015 | 7,114 | 1,375,446 | 0.5% |
| 2016 | 6,896 | 1,241,199 | 0.6% |
| 2017 | 4,512 | 930,399 | 0.5% |
| 2018 | 4,960 | 607,506 | 0.8% |
| 2019 | 4,836 | 753,360 | 0.6% |
| 2020 | 3,195 | 318,132 | 1.0% |
| 2021 | 1,219 | 118,452 | 1.0% |
| 2022 | 481 | 50,726 | 0.9% |
| 2023 | 14 | 2,460 | 0.6% |
Years with fewer than 0.2% of tests recording the item are left out: a year with two failures in 400 tests is noise, and this table is not here to make noise look like a trend.
What it costs
A typical UK repair for this item is £20–£55 fitted. It is a job a careful owner can do at home. What the part is, and what to buy →
Prices are typical UK supply-and-fitting estimates, not quotes. What happens if it fails covers the retest rules.
Where this sits
- Wheel badly distorted: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
- Ford Fiesta MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Ford model →