Exhaust system insecure on the Ford Focus
Exhaust system insecure on the Ford Focus is recorded on 88,694 tests — 2.6% of all its MOT tests, against 1.1% across every car in the data. That is 2.4× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 1.1% of tests record it — this model is 2.4× that share |
| The 257 models compared | 51 of 257, highest first |
| The model's own record | 3,370,105 tests · every year of the Focus → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Ford Focus 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, 1.1% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2013, 0.3%. The share has fallen 0.8 points over that time. Worst year 2009 at 2.6%; best 2013 at 0.3%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 313 | 29,166 | 1.1% |
| 2001 | 818 | 62,649 | 1.3% |
| 2002 | 1,427 | 108,336 | 1.3% |
| 2003 | 2,168 | 135,858 | 1.6% |
| 2004 | 3,267 | 181,254 | 1.8% |
| 2005 | 5,071 | 250,326 | 2.0% |
| 2006 | 6,691 | 329,343 | 2.0% |
| 2007 | 9,347 | 456,618 | 2.0% |
| 2008 | 13,660 | 535,440 | 2.5% |
| 2009 | 16,475 | 633,849 | 2.6% |
| 2010 | 13,019 | 620,187 | 2.1% |
| 2011 | 7,920 | 721,470 | 1.1% |
| 2012 | 3,541 | 761,472 | 0.5% |
| 2013 | 2,123 | 825,198 | 0.3% |
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 £45–£120 fitted. It is a job for a garage, not a driveway. 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
- Exhaust system insecure: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
- Ford Focus MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Ford model →