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Ford PUMA - 2020

75.6 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2020 is 91.3 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Ford PUMA, model year 2020. Sample size: 27,774 cars, 53,557 tests and 40,515 recorded faults.
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Less faults compared to the average car of same model year

Quick summary

Total: 27,774 cars

The 2020 Ford Puma demonstrates a lower overall defect rate compared to the average car of the same year, with 76 defects per 100 vehicles versus 90. The model shows particularly strong performance in visibility, lights and electrics, body and structure, and equipment, where its rates are significantly lower than the average. Notably, defect rates increase with mileage, particularly in the higher mileage categories. Overall, this vehicle stands out positively across multiple categories, reflecting its reliability in areas that matter to safety and functionality.

Cars by mileage segment

Total: 27,774 cars

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Categories

Brakes
▼ 0.6% worse
51.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 50.8 / 100 tests
  • Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
  • Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
  • Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
  • Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
  • Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
Steering
▼ 13.3% worse
1.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 1.5 / 100 tests
  • Excessive wear or play in a universal joint or a flexible coupling excessively deteriorated
  • Excessive roughness in operation of steering
  • Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
  • Free play in the steering, measured at the rim of the steering wheel is: excessive
  • Excessive radial movement between the top of the steering column and the shaft indicating an excessively worn top bearing
Visibility
▲ 60.3% better
5.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 14.1 / 100 tests
  • 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
  • Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
  • Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
  • Wiper blade: defective
Lights & Electrics
▲ 56.3% better
4.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 11.2 / 100 tests
  • Lamp: emitted colour, position or intensity not in accordance with the requirements
  • The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
  • The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
  • Lamp: multiple light source up to a half not functioning
  • A direction indicator: lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 14.2% better
83.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 97.5 / 100 tests
  • A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
  • A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
  • Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
  • A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
  • A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
Body/Structure
▲ 29.2% better
1.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 2.4 / 100 tests
  • 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
  • Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
  • A body panel or body component: damaged or corroded and likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted, or insecure
Equipment
▲ 46.7% better
0.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 1.5 / 100 tests
  • Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
  • A seat belt:
  • Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
  • A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
  • An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
Other
▲ 51.4% better
1.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 3.7 / 100 tests
  • Emissions levels exceed default limits
  • Emissions levels exceed the manufacturer’s specified limits
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
  • Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
  • Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users

Fault rate by mileage segment

Model    Year average
0 567 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: 9,194
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 9,134
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 6,003
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 5,211
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,018
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 861
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 771
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 732
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 586
The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
PRS
Occurrences: 561

Serious faults (Top 10)

A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 771
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 732
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 586
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 429
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 361
Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
FAIL
Occurrences: 158
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 152
Tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously not working
FAIL
Occurrences: 137
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 122
Emissions levels exceed default limits
FAIL
Occurrences: 80