Does the Ford Mondeo fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?

The Ford Mondeo records 17.31 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 13.84 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+3.47, 95% interval +3.40 to +3.54). It ranks 164 of 712 models on brakes (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on brakes · check a Ford Mondeo by registration

What exactly fails on brakes?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Ford Mondeo is “a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm”, recorded 48,679 times in 2019–2024.

Ford Mondeo: most frequent brakes defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm	48,679	3.31
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded	34,914	2.37
Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement	29,429	2.00
Parking brake inoperative on one side	20,206	1.37
Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn	15,039	1.02

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 1,472,289 (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 Mondeo gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?

15.0% of Ford Mondeo MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 5,626 miles later (295,611 advisories followed).

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 295,611 (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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