Ford FOCUS - 1999
496.1 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 1999 is 349.1 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Ford FOCUS, model year 1999.
Sample size: 1,282 cars, 2,735 tests and 13,569 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 1,282 cars
The 1999 Ford Focus exhibits a higher overall defect rate of 496 per 100 vehicles, significantly surpassing the yearly average of 345 per 100, which represents a 44% increase. This model shows notable weaknesses in brakes, lights and electrics, and the wheels, suspension, and axles categories, with defects in these areas being much higher than the average. In terms of mileage, as the vehicle ages, the defect rate tends to rise, particularly in the higher mileage brackets. Despite some common issues like tyre wear, the Ford Focus stands out with a mixed performance that highlights important areas for potential improvement.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 1,282 cars
Categories
Brakes
▼ 36.6% worse
209.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 153.4 / 100 tests
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Brake hose ferrules: excessively corroded
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
Steering
▲ 16.6% better
21.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 25.9 / 100 tests
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
- Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Power steering pipe, hose or wiring: excessively damaged or corroded
Visibility
▼ 9.4% worse
29.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 26.6 / 100 tests
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Obligatory mirror or device: slightly damaged or loose
- Wiper blade: defective
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▼ 65.9% worse
121.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 73.0 / 100 tests
- Headlamp reflector or lens: slightly defective
- Product on the lens or light source which obviously reduces light intensity or changes emitted colour to other than white or yellow
- Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
- Beam image obviously incorrect
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 70.4% worse
454.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 266.9 / 100 tests
- A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
Body/Structure
▼ 1.7% worse
77.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 76.5 / 100 tests
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
- Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
Equipment
▼ 18.2% worse
22.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 19.2 / 100 tests
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- is significantly reduced or The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any seat belt anchorage (a ’prescribed area’): inadequately repaired
- A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
- is significantly reduced or The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any seat belt anchorage (a ’prescribed area’): inadequately repaired
- A seat belt:
Other
▲ 1.9% better
55.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 56.5 / 100 tests
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
- Emissions levels exceed default limits
- 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
- Emissions levels exceed the manufacturer’s specified limits
Fault rate by mileage segment
Model
Year average
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.
Most common faults (Top 10)
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,395
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,145
A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,003
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 747
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 738
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 596
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 479
The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm … is significantly reduced or inadequately repaired
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 426
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 345
Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 344
Serious faults (Top 10)
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 256
The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm … is significantly reduced or inadequately repaired
FAIL
Occurrences: 235
Beam image obviously incorrect
FAIL
Occurrences: 137
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
FAIL
Occurrences: 135
Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
FAIL
Occurrences: 130
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 111
Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
FAIL
Occurrences: 109
Brakes imbalance across an axle such that: the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle. Or in the case of testing on the road, the vehicle deviates excessively from a straight lin
FAIL
Occurrences: 92
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 88
Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
FAIL
Occurrences: 76