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Ford FOCUS - 2011

264.0 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 FOCUS, model year 2011. Sample size: 64,882 cars, 150,411 tests and 397,069 recorded faults.
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Less faults compared to the average car of same model year

Quick summary

Total: 64,882 cars

The 2011 Ford Focus has an overall defect rate of 264 per 100 vehicles, which is slightly better than the yearly average of 271 per 100, showing a 2.5% improvement. When looking at mileage-related trends, the defect rate increases with mileage, peaking at 412 defects per 100 vehicles for those over 124,000 miles. This model notably excels in brake and steering defects, with rates significantly lower than the average—33.7% and 52.9% better, respectively. Overall, the Ford Focus demonstrates solid performance in key areas compared to similar vehicles from the same year.

Cars by mileage segment

Total: 64,882 cars

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Categories

Brakes
▲ 32.3% better
74.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 109.9 / 100 tests
  • Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
  • Brake hose ferrules: 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
▲ 55.7% better
7.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 15.8 / 100 tests
  • A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
  • Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
  • 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
Visibility
▲ 9.9% better
19.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 21.2 / 100 tests
  • Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
  • Wiper blade: defective
  • Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
  • Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
  • Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▼ 12.8% worse
77.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 68.9 / 100 tests
  • Beam image obviously incorrect
  • 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
  • A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
  • The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 8.7% worse
289.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 266.4 / 100 tests
  • A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
  • A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
  • A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
  • A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
  • Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
Body/Structure
▼ 13.1% worse
35.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 31.3 / 100 tests
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
  • 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: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
  • Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
Equipment
▲ 43.2% better
4.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 7.4 / 100 tests
  • A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
  • ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
  • Audible warning:
  • A seat belt:
  • An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
Other
▲ 25.9% better
20.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 27.8 / 100 tests
  • Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
  • Smoke opacity levels exceed the manufacturer’s specified limit
  • Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction

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: 54,063
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 41,937
A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 29,744
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 22,888
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 18,946
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 13,710
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 11,128
Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 10,466
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 10,145
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 8,243

Serious faults (Top 10)

A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 8,243
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 6,242
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 5,121
Beam image obviously incorrect
FAIL
Occurrences: 5,059
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 4,643
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 4,395
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
FAIL
Occurrences: 3,132
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 2,925
A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
FAIL
Occurrences: 2,604
A suspension component: fractured or likely to fail
FAIL
Occurrences: 2,402