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Ford Sierra MOT pass rate by year

How the Ford Sierra's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1983 to 1993, across the DVSA record.

What is the Ford Sierra MOT pass rate by year?

The MOT pass and failure rate for each Ford Sierra 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 Sierra averages 30.4% failures across all years.

YearPass rateFailure rateTests
198374.2%25.8%5,450
198475.1%24.9%5,651
198571.6%28.4%2,595
198680.5%19.5%8,160
198778.9%21.1%14,617
198871.3%28.7%19,651
198970.2%29.8%37,479
199068.3%31.7%48,569
199166.7%33.3%52,913
199267.8%32.2%65,446
199368.8%31.2%21,179

Does age change how often a Ford Sierra fails?

Older Ford Sierras fail more often, as expected. The 1983 cars fail 25.8% of tests against 31.2% for the 1993. Across every year the model averages 30.4%. The 1991 is the weakest year at 33.3%, and the 1986 the strongest at 19.5%.

More on the Ford Sierra

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

See also
Ford Sierra: 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