MOT comparison

Ford Mondeo Mk4 vs Vauxhall Insignia Mk1

How the Ford Mondeo Mk4 (2007–2014) and the Vauxhall Insignia Mk1 (A) (2008–2017) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Ford Mondeo Mk4

1,855,276

MOT tests compared · built 2007–2014

Passes more often in 5 of 16 mileage bands

Vauxhall Insignia Mk1 (A)

2,514,369

MOT tests compared · built 2008–2017

Passes more often in 6 of 16 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Ford Mondeo Mk4 Vauxhall Insignia Mk1

Under 10,000 miles 90.8% vs 91.6%

5,295 and 9,703 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 89.9% vs 89.5%

28,435 and 48,801 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 87.5% vs 85.1%

67,891 and 117,463 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 84.2% vs 81.6%

101,576 and 180,005 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 80.8% vs 78.7%

123,197 and 222,125 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 77.8% vs 75.8%

136,478 and 242,290 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 74.6% vs 73.4%

144,923 and 245,800 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 71.8% vs 71.1%

149,631 and 242,583 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 69.0% vs 69.2%

149,795 and 228,776 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 66.8% vs 67.7%

145,380 and 208,249 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 63.9% vs 65.7%

319,293 and 394,839 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 60.9% vs 63.8%

225,513 and 218,004 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 59.3% vs 62.5%

132,918 and 96,032 MOTs

175,000–200,000 miles 58.1% vs 61.8%

67,148 and 36,532 MOTs

200,000–250,000 miles 58.0% vs 62.0%

46,368 and 19,363 MOTs

250,000–300,000 miles 59.7% vs 61.1%

11,435 and 3,804 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 Mondeo Mk4 fails more often on

Stop lamp

Fails about 12 times as often as the Vauxhall Insignia Mk1: 1.9% of MOTs against 0.18%.

In 15 of 16 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Front position lamp

Fails about 3 times as often as the Vauxhall Insignia Mk1: 3.1% of MOTs against 1.2%.

In 12 of 16 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Rear suspension arm

Fails about 11 times as often as the Vauxhall Insignia Mk1: 2.6% of MOTs against 0.22%.

In 11 of 16 mileage bands · Suspension & Joints

Vauxhall Insignia Mk1 fails more often on

Rear coil spring

Fails about 9 times as often as the Ford Mondeo Mk4: 5.1% of MOTs against 0.71%.

In 16 of 16 mileage bands · Springs & Shocks
Windscreen wiper

Fails about twice as often as the Ford Mondeo Mk4: 2.7% of MOTs against 1.2%.

In 13 of 16 mileage bands · Driver's View

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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.