Ford Ranger years to avoid: the later ones

Based on 96,438 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 2012 and 2014 to 2020. The worst is the 2020, which fails its MOT 58% more often than other cars of the same age.

Found a Ford Ranger 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 Ranger 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 Ranger
Registered	MOT tests	Fail rate	vs same-age cars
2003	1,244	35.9%	about average
2004	2,172	38.2%	about average
2005	2,437	35.8%	about average
2006	2,899	39.2%	about average
2007	3,446	36.2%	about average
2008	2,440	33.2%	about average
2009	2,654	34.4%	about average
2010	1,589	36.6%	about average
2011	1,707	31.0%	about average
2012	1,989	33.1%	19% worse
2013	3,058	28.1%	about average
2014	4,128	26.6%	17% worse
2015	6,344	26.5%	36% worse
2016	10,400	21.7%	28% worse
2017	10,696	21.6%	51% worse
2018	13,931	18.2%	52% worse
2019	14,231	15.7%	53% worse
2020 Worst	11,073	14.5%	58% worse

How this is worked out

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