MOT comparison

Ford Fiesta Mk7 vs Nissan Micra K13

How the Ford Fiesta Mk7 (2008–2017) and the Nissan Micra K13 (2010–2017) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Ford Fiesta Mk7

10,407,441

MOT tests compared · built 2008–2017

Passes more often in 6 of 13 mileage bands

Nissan Micra K13

864,637

MOT tests compared · built 2010–2017

Passes more often in 2 of 13 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

Share of MOTs passed first time, at the mileage recorded at the test.

Ford Fiesta Mk7 Nissan Micra K13

Under 10,000 miles 93.8% vs 88.8%

212,563 and 57,002 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 89.7% vs 84.3%

911,692 and 157,132 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 84.3% vs 79.9%

1,380,028 and 169,015 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 78.7% vs 75.1%

1,430,112 and 140,365 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 73.4% vs 70.8%

1,318,664 and 106,713 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 68.6% vs 66.7%

1,160,634 and 77,526 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 64.2% vs 63.7%

984,139 and 54,739 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 60.3% vs 60.8%

806,742 and 37,094 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 57.2% vs 58.0%

639,915 and 24,463 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 54.7% vs 55.6%

488,592 and 15,918 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 52.2% vs 53.5%

703,893 and 18,319 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 50.2% vs 51.2%

275,482 and 5,033 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 49.6% vs 49.4%

94,985 and 1,318 MOTs

Parts that fail more often

Only differences that hold across at least half of the mileage bands we could compare, and that are far too large to be chance, are listed. How we decide

Ford Fiesta Mk7 fails more often on

Stop lamp

Fails about 13 times as often as the Nissan Micra K13: 3.8% of MOTs against 0.34%.

In 12 of 13 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Front track rod end

Fails about 14 times as often as the Nissan Micra K13: 2.7% of MOTs against 0.24%.

In 10 of 13 mileage bands · Steering Issues
Stub axles

Fails over 20 times as often as the Nissan Micra K13: 1.4% of MOTs against 0.01%.

In 9 of 13 mileage bands

Nissan Micra K13 fails more often on

Windscreen wiper

Fails about 3 times as often as the Ford Fiesta Mk7: 4.0% of MOTs against 1.3%.

In 13 of 13 mileage bands · Driver's View
Rear brakes

Fails about 12 times as often as the Ford Fiesta Mk7: 2.5% of MOTs against 0.29%.

In 13 of 13 mileage bands · Braking System

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These are differences in real MOT results, not engineering verdicts. Owner mix differs between models (some are more often taxis, first cars or rural cars), which is why every figure compares cars at the same mileage. How we compare cars.

MOT records: DVSA MOT history, which contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See this the other way round.