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Ford FOCUS - 2001

420.7 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2001 is 372.8 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Ford FOCUS, model year 2001. Sample size: 5,331 cars, 11,136 tests and 46,850 recorded faults.
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More faults compared to the average car of same model year

Quick summary

Total: 5,331 cars

The 2001 Ford Focus has an overall defect rate of approximately 421 defects per 100 vehicles, which is 14% higher than the average rate of 369 defects per 100 vehicles for cars of the same year. Notably, this model shows a significant issue in the "Wheels, Suspensions & Axles" category, where its defect rate is 42% higher than average. Mileage trends indicate that as mileage increases, the defect rate also rises, particularly in the higher mileage groups. This model performs better in lower mileage ranges compared to the average, but overall, it presents a higher likelihood of defects as it ages.

Cars by mileage segment

Total: 5,331 cars

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Categories

Brakes
▲ 1.5% better
164.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 167.0 / 100 tests
  • Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
  • Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
  • Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
  • Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
  • Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
Steering
▲ 21.6% better
19.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 25.0 / 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
  • Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
Visibility
▼ 7.8% worse
31.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 29.4 / 100 tests
  • Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
  • Obligatory mirror or device: slightly damaged or loose
  • Wiper blade: defective
  • Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
  • Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▲ 9.5% better
79.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 88.1 / 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
  • Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
  • A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 40.1% worse
409.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 292.4 / 100 tests
  • A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
  • Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
  • A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
  • A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
  • A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
Body/Structure
▲ 13.4% better
62.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 71.9 / 100 tests
  • Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
  • 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
  • Body, cab or chassis: excessively corroded at mounting points
Equipment
▲ 7.5% better
14.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 16.1 / 100 tests
  • 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: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
  • 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
▼ 6.1% worse
59.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 55.6 / 100 tests
  • Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
  • Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
  • Emissions test unable to be completed
  • Emissions levels exceed default limits
  • Emissions levels exceed the manufacturer’s specified limits

Fault rate by mileage segment

Model    Year average
0 568 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)

A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,926
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,904
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,725
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,085
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,541
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,459
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,405
The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm … is significantly reduced or inadequately repaired
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,707
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,323
Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 977

Serious faults (Top 10)

The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm … is significantly reduced or inadequately repaired
FAIL
Occurrences: 933
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 806
A suspension joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
FAIL
Occurrences: 410
Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
FAIL
Occurrences: 398
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 378
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
FAIL
Occurrences: 356
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 346
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 332
Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
FAIL
Occurrences: 316
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: 308