MOT comparison

Toyota Auris Mk2 vs Ford Focus Mk3

How the Toyota Auris Mk2 (2012–2018) 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.

Toyota Auris Mk2

807,609

MOT tests compared · built 2012–2018

Passes more often in 12 of 16 mileage bands

Ford Focus Mk3

4,412,749

MOT tests compared · built 2011–2018

Passes more often in 0 of 16 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Toyota Auris Mk2 Ford Focus Mk3

Under 10,000 miles 94.5% vs 94.4%

15,484 and 62,286 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 91.4% vs 92.0%

66,472 and 278,250 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 88.2% vs 88.6%

104,363 and 498,515 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 85.8% vs 85.1%

108,196 and 574,842 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 83.3% vs 81.7%

97,190 and 564,789 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 81.0% vs 78.0%

81,851 and 516,290 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 79.6% vs 74.2%

66,018 and 451,972 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 77.8% vs 70.5%

52,193 and 377,042 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 76.4% vs 67.5%

40,711 and 301,793 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 75.8% vs 65.3%

31,547 and 230,842 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 74.8% vs 62.6%

50,990 and 338,483 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 75.1% vs 60.4%

31,014 and 138,833 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 75.0% vs 59.5%

20,791 and 50,834 MOTs

175,000–200,000 miles 74.7% vs 58.4%

14,812 and 17,858 MOTs

200,000–250,000 miles 73.1% vs 58.4%

17,762 and 8,490 MOTs

250,000–300,000 miles 71.8% vs 54.4%

8,215 and 1,630 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

Toyota Auris Mk2 fails more often on

Windscreen wiper

Fails about 5 times as often as the Ford Focus Mk3: 2.4% of MOTs against 0.68%.

In 10 of 16 mileage bands · Driver's View
Registration plate

Fails about 3 times as often as the Ford Focus Mk3: 1.9% of MOTs against 0.59%.

In 10 of 16 mileage bands · Number Plates

Ford Focus Mk3 fails more often on

Windscreen washer

Fails about twice as often as the Toyota Auris Mk2: 1.7% of MOTs against 0.74%.

In 15 of 16 mileage bands · Driver's View
Front coil spring

Fails over 20 times as often as the Toyota Auris Mk2: 3.8% of MOTs against 0.01%.

In 14 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.