Ford Montague MOT reliability

Ford Montagues passed their MOT first time 56% 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

56%

MOTs analysed

18

Still licensed (GB)

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Body type

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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

2003 diesel

2 MOTs

Passed first time 0%. Typical mileage 168,200 (most between 168,064 and 168,335).

2014: 0% → 2015: 0% → 2016: 0% → 2017: 0% → 2018: 0% → 2019: 0% → 2020: 100% → 2021: 67% → 2022: 33% → 2023: 83% → 2024: 100% → 2025: 0%

Most common failures

Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid (50.0%)
Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (50.0%)

Where 2003 Montagues fail

Suspension & axles

50.0%

Visibility & wipers

50.0%

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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.