Add RegFlags to your home screen
Open RegFlags straight from your home screen when you want to check a car.
On Android, use Install RegFlags when it appears, or pick Install app or Add to Home screen from your browser's menu.
On iPhone or iPad, open this site in Safari, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen. Keep Open as Web App on if it appears, then tap Add.
Ford EcoSport MOT reliability
Ford EcoSports passed their MOT first time 77% of the time across 111,660 tests in 2025. 106,961 are still licensed in Great Britain.
Photo: Vauxford · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
First-time pass rate
77%
MOTs analysed
111,660
Still licensed (GB)
106,961
Body type
Hatchback
Pass rate by year of first registration
In detail:
First registered
2020
2020 petrol
8,706 MOTs
Passed first time 83%. Typical mileage 28,592 (most between 20,292 and 38,541).
2021: 100% → 2022: 89% → 2023: 87% → 2024: 86% → 2025: 83%
Most common failures
- Headlamp: not working on dipped beam (3.6%)
- Stop lamp: not working (2.3%)
- Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.7%)
- Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick (1.3%)
- Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements (1.2%)
2020 diesel
153 MOTs
Passed first time 79%. Typical mileage 34,867 (most between 25,612 and 50,054).
2022: 64% → 2023: 78% → 2024: 81% → 2025: 79%
Most common failures
- Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction (3.3%)
- Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements (3.3%)
- Washers: not working (2.0%)
- Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick (2.0%)
- Headlamp: not working on dipped beam (2.0%)
Where 2020 EcoSports fail
Lights & electrics
8.3%
Wheels & tyres
5.8%
Brakes
3.9%
Visibility & wipers
2.1%
Suspension & axles
0.7%
Exhaust, emissions & leaks
0.3%
Seat belts & other equipment
0.3%
Body, structure & corrosion
0.1%
Looking at a particular car?
See its own MOT history, mileage and red flags, compared with these figures. Free.