# Ford Explorer MOT reliability: pass rate and common failures | RegFlags

The Ford Explorer passes its MOT first time 75% of the time, from 501 MOT tests. See pass rates by year, common failures and typical mileage.

- First-time MOT pass rate: 75%
- MOT tests analysed: 501 (DVSA anonymised MOT data, 2025)
- Most common failure area: Lights & electrics
- Licensed in Great Britain: 21,707 (2026 Q2)

## By year of first use and fuel

| Year | Fuel | MOT tests | First-time pass rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025 | Electric | 4 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2025 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2024 | Electric | 56 (few mots) | 100% |
| 2024 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2023 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2022 | Petrol | 5 (very few mots) | 80% |
| 2021 | Petrol | 3 (very few mots) | 67% |
| 2021 | Diesel | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2020 | Petrol | 7 (very few mots) | 43% |
| 2019 | Petrol | 6 (very few mots) | 50% |
| 2019 | Hybrid | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2018 | Petrol | 9 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2017 | Petrol | 8 (very few mots) | 88% |
| 2016 | Petrol | 7 (very few mots) | 71% |
| 2015 | Petrol | 6 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2014 | Petrol | 17 (very few mots) | 77% |
| 2013 | Petrol | 13 (very few mots) | 85% |
| 2012 | Petrol | 10 (very few mots) | 80% |
| 2011 | Petrol | 3 (very few mots) | 67% |
| 2010 | Petrol | 2 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2009 | Petrol | 2 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2008 | Petrol | 8 (very few mots) | 38% |
| 2007 | Petrol | 6 (very few mots) | 67% |
| 2006 | Petrol | 8 (very few mots) | 63% |
| 2005 | Petrol | 38 (few mots) | 58% |
| 2004 | Petrol | 25 (few mots) | 84% |
| 2004 | Diesel | 2 (very few mots) | 50% |
| 2003 | Petrol | 22 (few mots) | 68% |
| 2002 | Petrol | 11 (very few mots) | 73% |
| 2001 | Petrol | 7 (very few mots) | 71% |
| 2000 | Petrol | 61 (few mots) | 74% |
| 2000 | Diesel | 1 (very few mots) | 0% |
| 1999 | Petrol | 55 (few mots) | 66% |
| 1999 | LPG | 2 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1998 | Petrol | 52 (few mots) | 75% |
| 1998 | Diesel | 1 (very few mots) | 0% |
| 1998 | LPG | 1 (very few mots) | 0% |
| 1997 | Petrol | 32 (few mots) | 72% |
| 1997 | LPG | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1996 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1994 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 0% |
| 1993 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1991 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1978 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 0% |

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