MOT comparison

Ford Focus Mk2 vs Volkswagen Golf Mk6

How the Ford Focus Mk2 (2004–2011) and the Volkswagen Golf Mk6 (2008–2012) 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 0 of 16 mileage bands

Volkswagen Golf Mk6

2,924,696

MOT tests compared · built 2008–2012

Passes more often in 15 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 Volkswagen Golf Mk6

Under 10,000 miles 90.9% vs 92.0%

66,723 and 16,904 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 89.9% vs 89.9%

322,871 and 88,426 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 86.8% vs 87.9%

645,338 and 185,612 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 82.5% vs 85.9%

817,774 and 244,761 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 77.9% vs 83.1%

871,984 and 266,121 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 73.1% vs 79.8%

883,929 and 271,625 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 68.6% vs 76.7%

869,408 and 267,744 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 64.4% vs 73.8%

837,313 and 256,772 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 60.8% vs 71.0%

778,187 and 240,013 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 58.0% vs 68.5%

695,066 and 218,061 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 54.8% vs 65.5%

1,251,550 and 422,835 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 51.8% vs 62.9%

615,907 and 251,262 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 50.3% vs 61.2%

235,817 and 121,359 MOTs

175,000–200,000 miles 49.6% vs 60.0%

76,351 and 48,076 MOTs

200,000–250,000 miles 49.9% vs 59.3%

30,556 and 22,283 MOTs

250,000–300,000 miles 51.8% vs 60.7%

4,345 and 2,842 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

Windscreen washer

Fails about twice as often as the Volkswagen Golf Mk6: 2.5% of MOTs against 1.2%.

In 15 of 16 mileage bands · Driver's View
Headlamp

Fails about twice as often as the Volkswagen Golf Mk6: 5.9% of MOTs against 3.1%.

In 14 of 16 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Headlamp aim

Fails about 6 times as often as the Volkswagen Golf Mk6: 3.1% of MOTs against 0.60%.

In 14 of 16 mileage bands · Lights & Signals

Volkswagen Golf Mk6 fails more often on

Side repeater

Fails about twice as often as the Ford Focus Mk2: 1.3% of MOTs against 0.57%.

In 13 of 16 mileage bands
Front ball joint

Fails about 3 times as often as the Ford Focus Mk2: 3.4% of MOTs against 1.4%.

In 11 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.