MOT comparison

Renault Clio Mk3 vs Ford Fiesta Mk7

How the Renault Clio Mk3 (2005–2012) and the Ford Fiesta Mk7 (2008–2017) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Renault Clio Mk3

2,935,876

MOT tests compared · built 2005–2012

Passes more often in 0 of 15 mileage bands

Ford Fiesta Mk7

10,460,579

MOT tests compared · built 2008–2017

Passes more often in 15 of 15 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Renault Clio Mk3 Ford Fiesta Mk7

Under 10,000 miles 90.4% vs 93.8%

46,268 and 212,571 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 84.3% vs 89.7%

197,658 and 911,786 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 76.6% vs 84.3%

303,847 and 1,380,240 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 68.8% vs 78.7%

340,516 and 1,430,492 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 61.6% vs 73.4%

340,368 and 1,319,222 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 55.5% vs 68.5%

327,606 and 1,161,330 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 51.0% vs 64.2%

304,065 and 984,874 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 47.6% vs 60.3%

272,543 and 807,494 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 45.4% vs 57.2%

231,335 and 640,655 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 44.1% vs 54.7%

183,284 and 489,250 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 43.0% vs 52.2%

261,561 and 705,051 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 42.9% vs 50.2%

91,111 and 275,977 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 42.9% vs 49.6%

26,268 and 95,190 MOTs

175,000–200,000 miles 42.5% vs 50.1%

6,919 and 31,402 MOTs

200,000–250,000 miles 45.0% vs 50.9%

2,527 and 15,045 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

Renault Clio Mk3 fails more often on

Parking brake

Fails about 7 times as often as the Ford Fiesta Mk7: 3.5% of MOTs against 0.82%.

In 14 of 15 mileage bands · Braking System
Rear seat belt

Fails about 10 times as often as the Ford Fiesta Mk7: 1.7% of MOTs against 0.18%.

In 14 of 15 mileage bands
Headlamp aim

Fails about twice as often as the Ford Fiesta Mk7: 3.0% of MOTs against 1.3%.

In 13 of 15 mileage bands · Lights & Signals

Ford Fiesta Mk7 fails more often on

Stub axles

Fails over 20 times as often as the Renault Clio Mk3: 1.4% of MOTs against 0.01%.

In 11 of 15 mileage bands
Exhaust system

Fails about 4 times as often as the Renault Clio Mk3: 1.1% of MOTs against 0.25%.

In 9 of 15 mileage bands · Exhaust & Emissions

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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.