Does the Ford Fiesta fail the MOT on road wheels more than it should?
The Ford Fiesta records 0.50 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 +0.04 to +0.05). It ranks 173 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 Fiesta by registration
What exactly fails on road wheels?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Ford Fiesta is “A wheel badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mounting”, recorded 21,380 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| A wheel badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mounting | 21,380 | 0.26 |
| A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud | 15,854 | 0.19 |
| Any fracture or welding defect on a wheel | 1,352 | 0.02 |
| A wheel with more than one loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud | 1,115 | 0.01 |
| A wheel and its fixings not compatible | 1,047 | 0.01 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 8,370,825 (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 Fiesta gets a road wheels advisory, how often does it fail next time?
1.5% of Ford Fiesta MOTs with a road wheels advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 5,724 miles later (247,517 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 247,517 (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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