Ford Grand C-Max

What fails its inspection

Great Britain's MOT record for the 2016 1.5 diesel. 1,053 of 5,877 tests failed, 18%.

Better than 19% of 2016 cars. The typical one fails 13%, across 899 models with enough tests behind them to say.

The defects inspectors cite

• A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm
• Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
• A tyre cords visible or damaged
• A tyre seriously damaged
• Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
• A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc

Before you buy one

Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.

• Tyres and wheels — 46% of its failures
  • Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
  • A tyre cords visible or damaged
  • A tyre seriously damaged
• Brakes — 28% of its failures
  • A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm
• Exhaust and emissions — 8% of its failures
• Lights and electrics — 23% of its failures
  • Stop lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
• Visibility — 19% of its failures
  • Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
  • Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
• Body and structure — 12% of its failures

When it starts failing

At 160–180k miles this one fails 22% of its inspections, against the 18% an ordinary car of the same age fails.

5,845 British inspections, grouped by the odometer reading recorded at the test.

Half of these have more than 40k miles on them. That is how far people drive this car, not how long it lasts.

Specification