Ford Excursion MOT reliability

Ford Excursions passed their MOT first time 72% of the time across 18 tests in 2025.

These figures come from only 18 MOT tests. With so few cars, a single pass or fail changes the percentages a lot, so treat them as a rough guide rather than a true average.

First-time pass rate

72%

MOTs analysed

18

Still licensed (GB)

–

Body type

Hatchback

Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age. Years with very few MOTs can show extreme pass rates, even 0% or 100%, so give more weight to years with more tests.

In detail:

First registered

2004 petrol

3 MOTs

Passed first time 33%. Typical mileage 100,631 (most between 92,919 and 116,006).

2005: 100% → 2006: 75% → 2007: 67% → 2008: 67% → 2009: 50% → 2010: 67% → 2011: 100% → 2012: 100% → 2013: 67% → 2014: 100% → 2015: 100% → 2016: 75% → 2017: 50% → 2018: 75% → 2019: 67% → 2020: 100% → 2021: 100% → 2022: 100% → 2023: 100% → 2024: 50% → 2025: 33%

Most common failures

Rear fog lamp: missing (33.3%)
Track rod end: ball joint has excessive play (33.3%)
Service brake performance: excessively binding (33.3%)
Chassis condition: or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of a body mounting (33.3%)
Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded (33.3%)

Where 2004 Excursions fail

Brakes

66.7%

Body, structure & corrosion

33.3%

Lights & electrics

33.3%

Steering

33.3%

Suspension & axles

33.3%

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Based on 2025 initial MOT tests in DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset (cars and light vans). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Model details: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB.