Pass rate
89.3%
Above average — 10.7 pts ahead of the 78.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 347 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £31–£79
2013 Ford Mustang MOT pass rate
- 2013
- typical 55,242 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
18.3% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2022 92.9% pass
- Avoid 2000 79.4% pass
Across the 23 years on record, a spread of 13.5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 88.5%
- Typical mileage
- 55k mi
The 2013 Ford Mustang MOT pass rate is 89.3% of its MOT tests — 10.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 18.3% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Ford Mustang does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.5× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 17.9% of everything recorded on the 2013 Ford Mustang, against 12.2% nationally — 5.7 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 18.3%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
- 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 78.6% and this one manages 89.3% — 10.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 33% 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 2013 Ford Mustang compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 78.6%, so this figure is 10.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 88.5%. The median 2013 Ford Mustang in this dataset had covered 55,242 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 91.0% of the time, April–September 88.0%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp aim too high", noted on 1.15% of tests.
- 347 recorded tests behind this page.
- 89.3% overall pass rate, 88.5% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Ford Mustang, the average is 87.0% — best year 2022 (92.9%), worst 2000 (79.4%).
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
- 347
- Typical mileage (median)
- 55,242 mi
- Make and model
- Ford Mustang
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Headlight Alignment
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Mustang MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 50% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Mustang
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 97 | 87.6% |
| East of England | 62 | 93.5% |
| South West | 41 | 82.9% |
| West Midlands | 35 | 88.6% |
| East Midlands | 32 | 90.6% |
| Yorkshire | 20 | 90.0% |
| London | 15 | 100.0% |
| Scotland | 15 | 93.3% |
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 2013 Mustang
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 2013 Mustang
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 lights 1.1% of tests
“headlamp aim too high”
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.
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Check the windscreen 1.1% 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 wipers and washers 1.1% 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.
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 2013 Mustang through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £31–£79 — and 33% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £31–£79
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 33%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 347 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 Mustang, side by side
23 model years on record, from 2000 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 79.4% to 92.9% — a spread of 13.5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 79.4% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2001 83.2% ball joint dust cover no longer…
- 2002 85.4% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2003 86.8% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2004 82.0% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2005 85.7% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2006 85.7% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2007 86.9% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2008 88.2% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2009 87.7% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2010 88.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 82.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 86.2% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2013 89.3%headlamp aim too high
- 2014 88.3% individual direction indicators…
- 2015 88.4% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2016 85.7% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2017 86.2% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2018 87.0% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2019 87.6% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2020 89.7% wipers does not clear the…
- 2021 91.2% has ply or cords exposed
- 2022 92.9% has ply or cords exposed
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 2013 Ford Mustang 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 2013 cars with a similar record
- Lexus Is 88.9%
- Lexus Rx 90.2%
- Jaguar Xk 90.5%
- Porsche Panamera 87.9%
- Toyota Prius 87.7%
- Jaguar F-Type 91.0%
Closest pass rates among 2013 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 2013 Ford Mustang 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 236 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 | 44 | 18.30% | 20.89% | −2.59 |
| Suspension | 43 | 17.90% | 20.98% | −3.08 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 43 | 17.90% | 12.21% | +5.69 |
| Tyres | 42 | 17.50% | 19.76% | −2.26 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 22 | 9.20% | 5.52% | +3.68 |
| Visibility | 15 | 6.20% | 4.97% | +1.23 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 10 | 4.20% | 5.57% | −1.37 |
| Non-component advisories | 9 | 3.80% | 4.18% | −0.38 |
| Steering | 4 | 1.70% | 2.57% | −0.87 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 4 | 1.70% | 1.76% | −0.06 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.1% | £30–80 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.1% | £3–12 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.1% | £80–200 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.1% | £8–22 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 0.86% | £60–140 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.86% | £30–80 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 0.58% | £18–45 |
| Flexible brake hoses slightly chafed Brakes | Minor | 0.58% | £25–70 |
| Fouling a part of the vehicle Tyres | Major | 0.58% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp light intensity severely reduced Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.58% | £5–25 |
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 | 6.9% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 4.6% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 3.2% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 2.6% | £45–95 |
| Transmission oil leaks leaking excessively from transmission Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 2.6% | £200–700 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 2.0% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 84 | 100.0% | 14,415 mi |
| 30-60k | 116 | 89.7% | 45,937 mi |
| 60-90k | 95 | 88.4% | 74,208 mi |
| 90-120k | 36 | 75.0% | 101,700 mi |
| 120k+ | 12 | 58.3% | 130,413 mi |
Source: 347 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.
2013 Mustang MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2013 Ford Mustang?
89.3% of the 347 2013 Ford Mustang tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 78.6% for cars first used in 2013. First-attempt pass rate: 88.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2013 Ford Mustang?
The three most recorded items are headlamp aim too high (1.15%), malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction (1.15%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (1.15%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2013 Ford Mustang MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 58.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2013 Ford Mustang in this dataset had covered 55,242 mi.
Does the season affect the 2013 Ford Mustang MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 91.0% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 88.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.