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Ford Mustang MOT pass rate by year

How the Ford Mustang's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1994 to 2023, across the DVSA record.

What is the Ford Mustang MOT pass rate by year?

The MOT pass and failure rate for each Ford Mustang model year, from the DVSA record. Only years with at least 1,000 tests are shown, so each figure is a real average rather than a handful of cars. The Ford Mustang averages 15.3% failures across all years.

YearPass rateFailure rateTests
199476.0%24.0%2,684
199575.8%24.2%3,017
199677.3%22.7%2,563
199778.3%21.7%1,924
199879.2%20.8%1,160
199982.2%17.8%1,711
200077.5%22.5%1,719
200179.5%20.5%1,465
200282.5%17.5%1,374
200380.9%19.1%2,103
200482.5%17.5%2,409
200580.9%19.1%8,437
200682.4%17.6%6,015
200783.8%16.2%5,955
200884.1%15.9%4,610
200984.6%15.4%1,791
201082.4%17.6%2,067
201181.5%18.5%1,591
201283.4%16.6%1,791
201384.8%15.2%1,903
201482.4%17.6%2,086
201585.7%14.3%4,137
201685.4%14.6%23,852
201787.0%13.0%15,700
201886.7%13.3%14,318
201986.3%13.7%6,697
202087.6%12.4%4,546
202190.5%9.5%9,051
202290.6%9.4%9,607
202389.0%11.0%1,404

Does age change how often a Ford Mustang fails?

Older Ford Mustangs fail more often, as expected. The 1994 cars fail 24.0% of tests against 11.0% for the 2023. Across every year the model averages 15.3%. The 1995 is the weakest year at 24.2%, and the 2022 the strongest at 9.4%.

More on the Ford Mustang

The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.

See also
Ford Mustang: common MOT failures and the parts that fix them
All Ford models compared by MOT failure rate
MOT failure rates across Britain

Sources: DVSA MOT History API: MOT test results and defect data ยท DVSA MOT testing data for Great Britain