Does the Ford B-MAX fail the MOT on road wheels more than it should?

The Ford B-MAX records 0.12 road wheels failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.35 expected for a car of the same age mix: about as expected for its class and age (the difference is within its interval or under 0.5 items per 100 tests) (−0.23, 95% interval −0.25 to −0.21). It ranks 433 of 516 models on road wheels (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on road wheels · check a Ford B-MAX by registration

What exactly fails on road wheels?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Ford B-MAX is “A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud”, recorded 325 times in 2019–2024.

Ford B-MAX: most frequent road wheels defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud	325	0.10
A wheel badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mounting	35	0.01

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 325,411 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

If a Ford B-MAX gets a road wheels advisory, how often does it fail next time?

0.8% of Ford B-MAX MOTs with a road wheels advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 5,300 miles later (805 advisories followed).

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 805 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

Does the Ford B-MAX fail the MOT on road wheels more than it should?

What exactly fails on road wheels?

If a Ford B-MAX gets a road wheels advisory, how often does it fail next time?

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