1,667 tests in 2025
Ford Roller Team reliability and MOT pass rate
92% passed first time. The 8% fail rate is 14.6 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 5 years old with 23,107 miles.
Pass rate
92%
22.6% of all cars failed; 8% of these did.
Fixed on the day
4.9%
Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.
Median at test
23,107 mi
5 years old.
Fail rate by age
| Age at test | Tests | Fail rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 900 | 5.2% |
| 6-9 years | 584 | 8.6% |
| 10-13 years | 142 | — |
| 14+ years | 35 | — |
What the Roller Team 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.
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment56.7%
- Brakes8 dangerous28.4%
- Visibility20.1%
- Tyres13 dangerous12.7%
- Body, chassis, structure3 dangerous10.4%
- Suspension7.5%
- Noise, emissions and leaks6.7%
- Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems1.5%
Is the Roller Team getting worse?
The fail rate rose 1.8 points to 8.7% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 1 year, which is about what ageing alone predicts (1.9 points). Read it as the fleet getting older rather than the model changing.
| Year | Tests | Median age | Fail rate | All cars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 912 | 5 | 6.9% | 22.5% | |
| 2023 | 1,048 | 5 | 9.1% | 22.8% | |
| 2024 | 1,050 | 6 | 7.4% | 23.2% | |
| 2025 | 1,410 | 6 | 8.7% | 22.6% |
Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical Roller Team 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 Roller Team in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.
- 1Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively22 tests
- 2Outline marker lamp: not working16 tests
- 3Service brake performance: efficiency below requirements14 tests
- 4Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements10 tests
- 5Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps8 tests
- 6Reversing lamps: inoperative8 tests
- 7Side repeaters: not working8 tests
- 8Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords7 tests
What wears out first
Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Roller Team collects 2.24 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.
- 1Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure79 tests
- 2Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened78 tests
- 3Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn62 tests
- 4Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick58 tests
- 5Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm37 tests
- 6Stop lamp: with a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning26 tests
- 7Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded21 tests
- 8Engine oil leaks: leaking excessively from engine17 tests
Questions
What is the Ford Roller Team MOT pass rate?
92% of the 1,667 Ford Roller Team first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 8% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 4.9% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.
What does a Ford Roller Team usually fail on?
The single most common failure is "Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively", recorded on 22 failed tests, followed by "Outline marker lamp: not working" and "Service brake performance: efficiency below requirements". By section, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment appears in 56.7% of failures, brakes appears in 28.4% of failures, visibility appears in 20.1% of failures.
Does age change the odds?
Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 5.2%; at 6-9 years it was 8.6%. The median Ford Roller Team tested in 2025 was 5 years old with 23,107 miles.
Is the Ford Roller Team getting less reliable?
The fail rate rose 1.8 points to 8.7% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 1 year, which is about what ageing alone predicts (1.9 points). Read it as the fleet getting older rather than the model changing.
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 Roller Team trim together. Year-on-year figures come from the same DVSA extracts for 2026 and earlier years. Full method on the pass rates hub.
Other Ford models
- Fiesta 27.3%
- Focus 25.4%
- Allied 18.2%
- Sierra 9.8%
- Unclassified 18.4%
- Capri 13.8%
- Chausson 6.4%
- Freedom 19%
- Auto Trail 6.1%
Checking a particular Roller Team?
The odds above are the model. The car in front of you has its own record: every test, every advisory, the mileage at each one.
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