MOT comparison

Honda Civic Mk8 vs Ford Focus Mk2

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

Honda Civic Mk8 (Space-age)

2,275,758

MOT tests compared · built 2005–2011

Passes more often in 7 of 16 mileage bands

Ford Focus Mk2

9,003,119

MOT tests compared · built 2004–2011

Passes more often in 2 of 16 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Honda Civic Mk8 Ford Focus Mk2

Under 10,000 miles 91.5% vs 90.9%

14,178 and 66,723 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 90.4% vs 89.9%

82,014 and 322,871 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 86.8% vs 86.8%

158,977 and 645,338 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 83.1% vs 82.5%

191,482 and 817,774 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 79.1% vs 77.9%

200,661 and 871,984 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 74.3% vs 73.1%

203,072 and 883,929 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 69.9% vs 68.6%

201,560 and 869,408 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 65.2% vs 64.4%

196,702 and 837,313 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 61.9% vs 60.8%

186,265 and 778,187 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 58.6% vs 58.0%

171,310 and 695,066 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 55.9% vs 54.8%

334,229 and 1,251,550 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 53.3% vs 51.8%

195,118 and 615,907 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 51.7% vs 50.3%

89,710 and 235,817 MOTs

175,000–200,000 miles 50.2% vs 49.6%

33,936 and 76,351 MOTs

200,000–250,000 miles 48.7% vs 49.9%

14,935 and 30,556 MOTs

250,000–300,000 miles 50.7% vs 51.8%

1,609 and 4,345 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

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
Rear brake pad

Fails about 3 times as often as the Ford Focus Mk2: 2.1% of MOTs against 0.83%.

In 13 of 16 mileage bands · Braking System

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

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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.