Ford B-MAX years to avoid: the later ones

Based on 54,237 real MOT tests from DVSA records. Each year is compared against every other car first registered the same year — otherwise the numbers would only tell you that older cars fail more, which you knew.

The short answer

Avoid 2017. The worst is the 2017, which fails its MOT 15% more often than other cars of the same age. The 2015 is the strongest, failing 16% less often than average.

Found a Ford B-MAX you like?

Averages tell you what to expect. Its registration tells you what actually happened — every MOT, every advisory, and whether the mileage adds up.

Every B-MAX model year

Shaded rows are the years that differ most from other cars of the same age — worse, better.

MOT failure rate by registration year for the Ford B-MAX
Registered	MOT tests	Fail rate	vs same-age cars
2012	3,002	27.7%	about average
2013	15,031	25.8%	about average
2014	13,126	20.5%	about average
2015	9,982	16.5%	16% better
2016	7,252	14.6%	about average
2017 Worst	5,844	16.4%	15% worse

How this is worked out

Every MOT test recorded by DVSA in 2023 on a Ford B-MAX, grouped by the year the car was first registered. Retests are excluded, so a car that failed and was fixed still counts as a failure. Each year's rate is then divided by the rate for all cars first registered that year — so 120 means 20% more failures than its contemporaries, not 20% more than a brand new car.

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