Pass rate
78.9%
Around average — 11.8 pts behind the 90.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 57 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £51–£149
2020 Ford Journey MOT pass rate
- 2020
- typical 108,492 mi
Only 57 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
Tyres
18.1% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2020 78.9% pass · this year
- Avoid 2016 71.7% pass
Across the 5 years on record, a spread of 7.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 73.3%
- Typical mileage
- 108k mi
The 2020 Ford Journey MOT pass rate is 78.9% of its MOT tests — 11.8 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 18.1% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Ford Journey does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Seat belts: 17.0× the national share
Seat belts make up 13.9% of everything recorded on the 2020 Ford Journey, against 0.8% nationally — 13.1 points above. Tyres are still the single largest share at 18.1%, but at 19.8% nationally that one is ordinary. Pull every belt out fully and let it retract: a frayed belt or a lazy retractor fails.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 90.7%; this one manages 78.9% — 11.8 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 8% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
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 2020 Ford Journey compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 90.7%, so this figure is 11.8 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 73.3%. The median 2020 Ford Journey in this dataset had covered 108,492 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 12.28% of tests.
- 57 recorded tests behind this page.
- 78.9% overall pass rate, 73.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Ford Journey, the average is 75.8% — best year 2020 (78.9%), worst 2016 (71.7%).
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
- 57
- Typical mileage (median)
- 108,492 mi
- Make and model
- Ford Journey
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Windscreen
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Journey MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 65% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Journey
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 16 | 81.3% |
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 2020 Journey
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 2020 Journey
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 windscreen 12.3% 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 suspension joints 3.5% of tests
“ball joint 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 lights 3.5% of tests
“malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction”
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 2020 Journey through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £51–£149 — and 8% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £51–£149
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 8%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 57 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 Journey, side by side
5 model years on record, from 2016 to 2020. Across them the pass rate runs from 71.7% to 78.9% — a spread of 7.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2016 71.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2017 75.9% on or after 01/01/2014 emissions…
- 2018 76.2% tyre pressure monitoring system…
- 2019 76.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 78.9%windscreen damaged but not…
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 2020 Ford Journey 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 2020 cars with a similar record
- Mercedes-Benz Citan 81.6%
- Toyota Estima 81.6%
- Nissan Elgrand 76.0%
- Vauxhall Combo 83.1%
- Tesla Model 3 Performance 83.2%
- Mercedes-Benz Vito 83.3%
Closest pass rates among 2020 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 2020 Ford Journey 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 72 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 13 | 18.10% | 19.76% | −1.66 |
| Brakes | 12 | 16.70% | 20.89% | −4.19 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 10 | 13.90% | 0.82% | +13.08 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 8 | 11.10% | 5.52% | +5.58 |
| Visibility | 8 | 11.10% | 4.97% | +6.13 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 6 | 8.30% | 12.21% | −3.91 |
| Suspension | 5 | 6.90% | 20.98% | −14.08 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 5 | 6.90% | 5.57% | +1.33 |
| Steering | 3 | 4.20% | 2.57% | +1.63 |
| Non-component advisories | 2 | 2.80% | 4.18% | −1.38 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 12.3% | £80–200 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 3.5% | £18–45 |
| Damaged Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 3.5% | £40–120 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 3.5% | £80–250 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 3.5% | £3–12 |
| On or after 01/01/2014 emissions exceed default limit of 0.7m-1 Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 3.5% | £60–250 |
| On or after 01/01/2014 emissions exceed manufacturer's specified limit Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 3.5% | £60–250 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 3.5% | £18–45 |
| Tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative Tyres | Major | 3.5% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.8% | £18–45 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 14.0% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 8.8% | £18–45 |
| Webbing significantly weakened Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Advisory | 7.0% | £40–120 |
| Damaged Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Advisory | 5.3% | £40–120 |
| Exhaust system system insecure Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 5.3% | £45–120 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 3.5% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 2 | 100.0% | 23,849 mi |
| 30-60k | 9 | 77.8% | 43,083 mi |
| 60-90k | 11 | 81.8% | 69,587 mi |
| 90-120k | 9 | 88.9% | 105,496 mi |
| 120k+ | 26 | 73.1% | 156,859 mi |
Source: 57 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.
2020 Journey MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2020 Ford Journey?
78.9% of the 57 2020 Ford Journey tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 90.7% for cars first used in 2020. First-attempt pass rate: 73.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2020 Ford Journey?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (12.28%), ball joint excessively worn (3.51%), damaged (3.51%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2020 Ford Journey MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 73.1% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2020 Ford Journey in this dataset had covered 108,492 mi.