Ford Mondeo years to avoid: the later ones

Based on 212,400 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 2019 to 2020. The worst is the 2020, which fails its MOT 37% more often than other cars of the same age. The 2015 is the strongest, failing 19% less often than average.

Found a Ford Mondeo 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 Mondeo 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 Mondeo
Registered	MOT tests	Fail rate	vs same-age cars
2001	1,929	38.1%	about average
2002	2,270	39.0%	about average
2003	2,934	40.3%	about average
2004	4,867	39.5%	about average
2005	7,561	39.0%	about average
2006	8,878	37.4%	about average
2007	14,203	37.8%	about average
2008	17,783	34.6%	about average
2009	18,027	32.8%	about average
2010	17,989	31.3%	about average
2011	14,373	28.7%	about average
2012	16,776	27.6%	about average
2013	13,355	26.5%	about average
2014	12,136	23.3%	about average
2015	17,830	15.9%	19% better
2016	16,490	13.8%	19% better
2017	11,109	13.1%	about average
2018	7,264	12.0%	about average
2019	4,568	13.0%	27% worse
2020 Worst	2,058	12.6%	37% worse

How this is worked out

Every MOT test recorded by DVSA in 2023 on a Ford Mondeo, 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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