Ford Ecosport — reliability by registration year

2014–2023 · 10 registration years · 106,895 first tests

2018 breaks the run — 3.7 pp better than the years either side 2017 breaks the run — 3.7 pp worse than the years either side

Registration years

First-attempt MOT results for every Ecosport registration year with at least 500 first tests in 2025. Pass rates rise with newer cars, so read a year against its neighbours rather than against the top of the table. Years without their own report are listed here with the same figures.

Ford Ecosport first-attempt MOT results by registration year
Year First tests First-attempt pass Incl. PRS Most common failure
2023 744 86.8% 89.0%
2022 8,993 86.5% 89.0% Tyres — Condition (front) 20.5%
2021 4,963 86.5% 89.3% Tyres — Condition (front) 23.7%
2020 8,494 82.4% 87.3% Tyres — Condition (front) 13.6%
2019 23,850 81.7% 88.1% Headlamp 13.2%
2018 21,629 79.7% 86.4% Headlamp 12.0%
3.7 pp better than the years either side What failed 2018 Ecosports most often: Headlamp (12.0%) · Tyres — Condition (front) (9.9%) · Stop lamp (9.0%)
2017 12,633 70.3% 79.2% Stop lamp 17.4%
3.7 pp worse than the years either side What failed 2017 Ecosports most often: Stop lamp (17.4%) · Catalyst emissions (10.8%) · Rbt (sp) (8.9%)
2016 13,411 68.3% 77.5% Stop lamp 16.8%
2015 9,812 63.8% 72.3% Stop lamp 15.2%
2014 2,366 60.7% 69.4% Stop lamp (rear) 13.1%

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