MOT comparison

Ford Focus Mk3 vs Honda Civic Mk9

How the Ford Focus Mk3 (2011–2018) and the Honda Civic Mk9 (2011–2017) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Ford Focus Mk3

4,411,119

MOT tests compared · built 2011–2018

Passes more often in 0 of 15 mileage bands

Honda Civic Mk9

850,729

MOT tests compared · built 2011–2017

Passes more often in 12 of 15 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Ford Focus Mk3 Honda Civic Mk9

Under 10,000 miles 94.4% vs 94.2%

62,286 and 12,563 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 92.0% vs 92.3%

278,250 and 63,086 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 88.6% vs 89.3%

498,515 and 105,986 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 85.1% vs 87.3%

574,842 and 115,107 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 81.7% vs 85.5%

564,789 and 108,615 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 78.0% vs 83.5%

516,290 and 95,514 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 74.2% vs 81.0%

451,972 and 81,362 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 70.5% vs 77.8%

377,042 and 66,612 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 67.5% vs 75.3%

301,793 and 53,443 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 65.3% vs 72.9%

230,842 and 41,416 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 62.6% vs 70.2%

338,483 and 62,875 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 60.4% vs 67.2%

138,833 and 27,400 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 59.5% vs 64.6%

50,834 and 10,768 MOTs

175,000–200,000 miles 58.4% vs 64.1%

17,858 and 3,959 MOTs

200,000–250,000 miles 58.4% vs 62.9%

8,490 and 2,023 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 Mk3 fails more often on

Front coil spring

Fails about 14 times as often as the Honda Civic Mk9: 3.8% of MOTs against 0.42%.

In 13 of 15 mileage bands · Springs & Shocks
Side repeater

Fails about 8 times as often as the Honda Civic Mk9: 1.1% of MOTs against 0.13%.

In 13 of 15 mileage bands
Exhaust emissions

Fails about 13 times as often as the Honda Civic Mk9: 1.5% of MOTs against 0.26%.

In 10 of 15 mileage bands · Exhaust & Emissions

Honda Civic Mk9 fails more often on

Windscreen wiper

Fails about twice as often as the Ford Focus Mk3: 2.2% of MOTs against 0.84%.

In 14 of 15 mileage bands · Driver's View
Rear brake pad

Fails about 3 times as often as the Ford Focus Mk3: 2.0% of MOTs against 0.64%.

In 12 of 15 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.