MOT comparison

Ford Focus Mk3 vs Skoda Octavia Mk3

How the Ford Focus Mk3 (2011–2018) and the Skoda Octavia Mk3 (2013–2020) 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

4,412,749

MOT tests compared · built 2011–2018

Passes more often in 0 of 16 mileage bands

Skoda Octavia Mk3

905,549

MOT tests compared · built 2013–2020

Passes more often in 16 of 16 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Ford Focus Mk3 Skoda Octavia Mk3

Under 10,000 miles 94.4% vs 96.0%

62,286 and 8,554 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 92.0% vs 93.9%

278,250 and 42,937 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 88.6% vs 91.7%

498,515 and 86,011 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 85.1% vs 89.7%

574,842 and 104,774 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 81.7% vs 87.8%

564,789 and 103,620 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 78.0% vs 85.9%

516,290 and 95,237 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 74.2% vs 84.0%

451,972 and 83,076 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 70.5% vs 82.2%

377,042 and 71,528 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 67.5% vs 80.6%

301,793 and 59,973 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 65.3% vs 79.5%

230,842 and 49,465 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 62.6% vs 77.6%

338,483 and 84,356 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 60.4% vs 76.2%

138,833 and 48,297 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 59.5% vs 75.3%

50,834 and 27,847 MOTs

175,000–200,000 miles 58.4% vs 74.6%

17,858 and 16,630 MOTs

200,000–250,000 miles 58.4% vs 73.1%

8,490 and 16,826 MOTs

250,000–300,000 miles 54.4% vs 72.3%

1,630 and 6,418 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

Windscreen washer

Fails about 4 times as often as the Skoda Octavia Mk3: 1.7% of MOTs against 0.44%.

In 16 of 16 mileage bands · Driver's View
Front coil spring

Fails about 9 times as often as the Skoda Octavia Mk3: 3.8% of MOTs against 0.58%.

In 14 of 16 mileage bands · Springs & Shocks
Side repeater

Fails over 20 times as often as the Skoda Octavia Mk3: 1.1% of MOTs against 0.06%.

In 14 of 16 mileage bands

Skoda Octavia Mk3 fails more often on

Rear coil spring

Fails about 11 times as often as the Ford Focus Mk3: 0.72% of MOTs against 0.07%.

In 10 of 16 mileage bands · Springs & Shocks
Shock absorbers

Fails about 5 times as often as the Ford Focus Mk3: 1.4% of MOTs against 0.32%.

In 9 of 16 mileage bands · Springs & Shocks

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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.