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Ford FIESTA - 2011

273.0 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2011 is 274.4 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Ford FIESTA, model year 2011. Sample size: 87,425 cars, 207,330 tests and 565,943 recorded faults.
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Less faults compared to the average car of same model year

Quick summary

Total: 87,425 cars

The 2011 Ford Fiesta has an overall defect rate of 273 defects per 100 vehicles, which is slightly higher than the yearly average of 271 defects. While it performs better than average in the brakes category, with a significantly lower defect rate, it shows a notable increase in defects related to steering and equipment compared to the average. As mileage increases, the defect rate tends to rise, particularly in the 124,000+ miles segment, where the Fiesta records 409 defects per 100 vehicles. Overall, while the vehicle maintains a competitive position, its specific issues in steering and equipment warrant attention.

Cars by mileage segment

Total: 87,425 cars

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Categories

Brakes
▲ 34.9% better
71.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 109.9 / 100 tests
  • Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
  • Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
  • Excessive fluctuation in brake effort through each wheel revolution
  • Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
  • Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
Steering
▼ 48.1% worse
23.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 15.8 / 100 tests
  • A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
  • Free play in the steering, measured at the rim of the steering wheel is: excessive
  • Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
  • A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
  • Excessive wear or play in a universal joint or a flexible coupling excessively deteriorated
Visibility
▲ 15.6% better
17.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 21.2 / 100 tests
  • Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
  • Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
  • Wiper blade: defective
  • Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
  • Obligatory mirror or device: slightly damaged or loose
Lights & Electrics
▼ 3.5% worse
71.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 68.9 / 100 tests
  • A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
  • Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
  • Lamp emitted colour, position or intensity not in accordance with the requirements
  • Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
  • Lamp emitted colour, position or intensity not in accordance with the requirements
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 12.8% worse
300.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 266.4 / 100 tests
  • A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
  • A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
  • Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
  • A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
  • A wheel: badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mounting
Body/Structure
▲ 17.9% better
25.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 31.3 / 100 tests
  • Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
  • Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
  • Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
Equipment
▼ 27.0% worse
9.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 7.4 / 100 tests
  • A seat belt:
  • Audible warning:
  • A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
  • A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
  • An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
Other
▲ 5.4% better
26.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 27.8 / 100 tests
  • Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
  • An induction or exhaust leak that could affect emissions levels
  • Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
  • Emissions test unable to be completed
  • Smoke opacity levels exceed the manufacturer’s specified limit

Fault rate by mileage segment

Model    Year average
0 421 0–31,000 mi 31,000–62,000 62,000–93,000 93,000–124,000 124,000+
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.

Most common faults (Top 10)

Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 62,010
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 44,146
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 34,230
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 32,730
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 25,246
A wheel: badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mounting
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 22,470
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 20,057
A stub axle swivel pin and/or bush: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 17,627
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 16,620
Lamp emitted colour, position or intensity not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 14,732

Serious faults (Top 10)

A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 20,057
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 9,480
A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
FAIL
Occurrences: 6,419
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 6,133
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 6,089
Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
FAIL
Occurrences: 5,980
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 5,776
Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
FAIL
Occurrences: 4,565
Lamp emitted colour, position or intensity not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 4,277
A stub axle swivel pin and/or bush: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 4,219