Ford Grand C-MAX years to avoid: the later ones

Based on 36,614 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 2014 to 2019. The worst is the 2019, which fails its MOT 69% more often than other cars of the same age.

Found a Ford Grand C-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 Grand C-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 Grand C-MAX
Registered	MOT tests	Fail rate	vs same-age cars
2011	5,562	31.6%	about average
2012	3,980	28.7%	about average
2013	4,618	27.7%	about average
2014	4,218	26.6%	17% worse
2015	3,815	22.7%	16% worse
2016	6,630	21.4%	27% worse
2017	3,898	18.9%	32% worse
2018	2,751	18.3%	53% worse
2019 Worst	1,142	17.3%	69% worse

How this is worked out

Every MOT test recorded by DVSA in 2023 on a Ford Grand C-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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