85,540 tests in 2025
Ford Puma reliability and MOT pass rate
93.1% passed first time. The 6.9% fail rate is 15.7 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 4 years old with 25,869 miles.
Pass rate
93.1%
22.6% of all cars failed; 6.9% of these did.
Fixed on the day
2.2%
Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.
Median at test
25,869 mi
4 years old.
Fail rate by age
| Age at test | Tests | Fail rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 81,629 | 6.4% |
| 6-9 years | 165 | — |
| 10-13 years | 0 | — |
| 14+ years | 1,648 | 32.3% |
What the Puma fails on
Share of failed tests with at least one fail item in each DVSA inspection section. A test can fail in several sections at once.
- Tyres2,017 dangerous51.9%
- Brakes1,005 dangerous21.1%
- Visibility1 dangerous12.7%
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment4 dangerous10.4%
- Suspension36 dangerous7.8%
- Noise, emissions and leaks1 dangerous6%
- Body, chassis, structure18 dangerous5.1%
- Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems1 dangerous4.7%
Is the Puma getting worse?
The fail rate fell 31.5 points to 7.2% from 2022 to 2025, against a rising rate across all cars.
| Year | Tests | Median age | Fail rate | All cars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2,956 | 21 | 38.7% | 22.5% | |
| 2023 | 28,102 | — | 7.9% | 22.8% | |
| 2024 | 43,759 | — | 7.2% | 23.2% | |
| 2025 | 71,961 | — | 7.2% | 22.6% |
Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical Puma at its test that year, and it is the number to watch: across the whole fleet each extra year of age adds roughly 1.9 points to the fail rate, so a model whose age and fail rate rise together is simply getting older.
The exact defects that fail it
Every failure item DVSA recorded against a Puma in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.
- 1Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords1,158 tests
- 2Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick750 tests
- 3Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm663 tests
- 4Condition: has ply or cords exposed456 tests
- 5Tyre pressure monitoring system: malfunctioning or obviously inoperative432 tests
- 6Condition: has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure272 tests
- 7Washers: not working261 tests
- 8Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid250 tests
What wears out first
Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Puma collects 2.04 of them per test, and these are the ones that come up most. Treat it as the running-repairs list for the next year or two.
- 1Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm9,540 tests
- 2Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure6,542 tests
- 3Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick4,793 tests
- 4Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened4,104 tests
- 5Non-component advisories: Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt2,094 tests
- 6Non-component advisories: Nail in tyre1,935 tests
- 7Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords1,395 tests
- 8Tread depth: tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm1,247 tests
Questions
What is the Ford Puma MOT pass rate?
93.1% of the 85,540 Ford Puma first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 6.9% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 2.2% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.
What does a Ford Puma usually fail on?
The single most common failure is "Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords", recorded on 1,158 failed tests, followed by "Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick" and "Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm". By section, tyres appears in 51.9% of failures, brakes appears in 21.1% of failures, visibility appears in 12.7% of failures.
Does age change the odds?
Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 6.4%; at 14+ years it was 32.3%. The median Ford Puma tested in 2025 was 4 years old with 25,869 miles.
Is the Ford Puma getting less reliable?
The fail rate fell 31.5 points to 7.2% from 2022 to 2025, against a rising rate across all cars.
First-attempt class 4 tests, 2025, from DVSA’s anonymised MOT data (OGL v3, retrieved 2026-09-12). DVSA records newer cars trim by trim; this page adds every Puma trim together. Year-on-year figures come from the same DVSA extracts for 2026 and earlier years. Full method on the pass rates hub.
DVSA has published 16 safety recalls naming the Ford Puma: Ford Puma recalls.
Other Ford models
Checking a particular Puma?
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