MOT comparison

Ford Focus Mk2 vs Honda Civic Mk8

How the Ford Focus Mk2 (2004–2011) and the Honda Civic Mk8 (Space-age) (2005–2011) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Ford Focus Mk2

9,003,119

MOT tests compared · built 2004–2011

Passes more often in 2 of 16 mileage bands

Honda Civic Mk8 (Space-age)

2,275,758

MOT tests compared · built 2005–2011

Passes more often in 7 of 16 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Ford Focus Mk2 Honda Civic Mk8

Under 10,000 miles 90.9% vs 91.5%

66,723 and 14,178 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 89.9% vs 90.4%

322,871 and 82,014 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 86.8% vs 86.8%

645,338 and 158,977 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 82.5% vs 83.1%

817,774 and 191,482 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 77.9% vs 79.1%

871,984 and 200,661 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 73.1% vs 74.3%

883,929 and 203,072 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 68.6% vs 69.9%

869,408 and 201,560 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 64.4% vs 65.2%

837,313 and 196,702 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 60.8% vs 61.9%

778,187 and 186,265 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 58.0% vs 58.6%

695,066 and 171,310 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 54.8% vs 55.9%

1,251,550 and 334,229 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 51.8% vs 53.3%

615,907 and 195,118 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 50.3% vs 51.7%

235,817 and 89,710 MOTs

175,000–200,000 miles 49.6% vs 50.2%

76,351 and 33,936 MOTs

200,000–250,000 miles 49.9% vs 48.7%

30,556 and 14,935 MOTs

250,000–300,000 miles 51.8% vs 50.7%

4,345 and 1,609 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 Focus Mk2 fails more often on

Rear direction indicator

Fails over 20 times as often as the Honda Civic Mk8: 1.5% of MOTs against 0.06%.

In 14 of 16 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Front suspension arm

Fails about 4 times as often as the Honda Civic Mk8: 2.6% of MOTs against 0.94%.

In 11 of 16 mileage bands · Suspension & Joints
Rear fog lamp

Fails about 6 times as often as the Honda Civic Mk8: 1.0% of MOTs against 0.22%.

In 10 of 16 mileage bands · Lights & Signals

Honda Civic Mk8 fails more often on

Side repeater

Fails about 4 times as often as the Ford Focus Mk2: 1.9% of MOTs against 0.53%.

In 15 of 16 mileage bands
Front ball joint

Fails about 4 times as often as the Ford Focus Mk2: 4.5% of MOTs against 1.4%.

In 13 of 16 mileage bands · Suspension & Joints

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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.