Ford Roller Team
Registered from 2010 to 2020.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2018 2.0 diesel. 14 of 247 tests failed, 6%.
Better than 91% of 2018 cars. The typical one fails 10%, across 966 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Lights and electrics | 50% | 7 |
| Visibility | 21% | 3 |
| Body and structure | 14% | 2 |
| Brakes | 14% | 2 |
| Exhaust and emissions | 14% | 2 |
| Steering | 14% | 2 |
The defects inspectors cite
- Reflector missing or reflecting white to the rear
- A direction indicator lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps
- A reversing lamp inoperative
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc
- Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
Where it stands out against its peers
- Lights and electrics: failed more often than 96% of 2018 cars — 50% of its 14 failed tests, where an ordinary 2018 car has 15%.
Same model year only, at least 30 peer cars, zeros included. Every car has a worst part; this shows which, and how far from ordinary it is. A high share means more to check, not a verdict.
NHTSA's investigations are American; no European regulator publishes an equivalent record, so this section has nothing to draw on for a European car. There is no European equivalent of the service-bulletin register either.
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Brakes — 14% of its failures
- Exhaust and emissions — 14% of its failures
- Steering — 14% of its failures
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc
- Lights and electrics — 50% of its failures
- A direction indicator lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps
- A reversing lamp inoperative
- Visibility — 21% of its failures
- Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Body and structure — 14% of its failures
- A body panel or body component damaged or corroded and likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted, or insecure
When it starts failing
At 40–60k miles this one fails 3% of its inspections, against the 12% an ordinary car of the same age fails.
| Odometer | Failure rate | Rate | Its age | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–20k miles | 5% | 6% | 127 | |
| 20–40k miles | 8% | 9% | 73 | |
| 40–60k miles | 3% | 12% | 40 |
240 British inspections, grouped by the odometer reading recorded at the test.
Half of these have under 20k miles on them. That is how far people drive this car, not how long it lasts.