Does the Ford C-MAX fail the MOT on road wheels more than it should?
The Ford C-MAX records 0.40 road wheels failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.45 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) (−0.05, 95% interval −0.07 to −0.04). It ranks 263 of 516 models on road wheels (1 = most failures above expected).
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What exactly fails on road wheels?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Ford C-MAX is “A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud”, recorded 2,413 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud | 2,413 | 0.34 |
| A wheel badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mounting | 193 | 0.03 |
| A wheel with more than one loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud | 165 | 0.02 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 712,923 (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 C-MAX gets a road wheels advisory, how often does it fail next time?
0.8% of Ford C-MAX MOTs with a road wheels advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 6,750 miles later (3,992 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 3,992 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
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