Does the Ford Edge fail the MOT on body, chassis and structure more than it should?

The Ford Edge records 0.30 body, chassis and structure failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.86 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−0.56, 95% interval −0.65 to −0.47). It ranks 346 of 663 models on body, chassis and structure (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on body, chassis and structure · check a Ford Edge by registration

What exactly fails on body, chassis and structure?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Ford Edge is “A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot severely deteriorated”, recorded 47 times in 2019–2024.

Ford Edge: most frequent body, chassis and structure defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot severely deteriorated	47	0.11

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 44,660 (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

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Does the Ford Edge fail the MOT on body, chassis and structure more than it should?

What exactly fails on body, chassis and structure?

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