MOT comparison

Renault Megane Mk3 vs Ford Focus Mk3

How the Renault Megane Mk3 (2008–2016) and the Ford Focus Mk3 (2011–2018) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Renault Megane Mk3

1,067,590

MOT tests compared · built 2008–2016

Passes more often in 0 of 15 mileage bands

Ford Focus Mk3

4,411,119

MOT tests compared · built 2011–2018

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 Megane Mk3 Ford Focus Mk3

Under 10,000 miles 88.9% vs 94.4%

8,148 and 62,286 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 84.1% vs 92.0%

43,485 and 278,250 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 78.0% vs 88.6%

83,991 and 498,515 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 72.5% vs 85.1%

103,839 and 574,842 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 67.4% vs 81.7%

110,549 and 564,789 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 63.1% vs 78.0%

111,706 and 516,290 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 59.2% vs 74.2%

108,235 and 451,972 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 56.1% vs 70.5%

101,171 and 377,042 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 53.5% vs 67.5%

90,155 and 301,793 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 51.9% vs 65.3%

76,982 and 230,842 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 49.9% vs 62.6%

130,217 and 338,483 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 48.5% vs 60.4%

62,279 and 138,833 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 48.6% vs 59.5%

24,769 and 50,834 MOTs

175,000–200,000 miles 48.1% vs 58.4%

8,528 and 17,858 MOTs

200,000–250,000 miles 49.7% vs 58.4%

3,536 and 8,490 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 Megane Mk3 fails more often on

Front drive shaft

Fails about 12 times as often as the Ford Focus Mk3: 3.1% of MOTs against 0.83%.

In 14 of 15 mileage bands
Windscreen wiper

Fails about 4 times as often as the Ford Focus Mk3: 2.8% of MOTs against 0.84%.

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

Fails about 10 times as often as the Ford Focus Mk3: 1.8% of MOTs against 0.31%.

In 14 of 15 mileage bands · Braking System

Ford Focus Mk3 fails more often on

Side repeater

Fails about twice as often as the Renault Megane Mk3: 1.0% of MOTs against 0.46%.

In 11 of 15 mileage bands
Exhaust emissions

Fails about 3 times as often as the Renault Megane Mk3: 1.4% of MOTs against 0.53%.

In 8 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.