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

The Ford Puma records 8.27 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 6.75 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+1.52, 95% interval +1.35 to +1.69). It ranks 243 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 Puma by registration

What exactly fails on brakes?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Ford Puma is “Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded”, recorded 1,309 times in 2019–2024.

Ford Puma: most frequent brakes defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded	1,309	1.23
a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm	933	0.88
Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement	752	0.71
A brake hose ferrule excessively corroded	655	0.62
A flexible brake hose excessively damaged, deteriorated, chafed, twisted or stretched	639	0.60

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 106,196 (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 Puma gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?

15.9% of Ford Puma MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.1 months and 2,281 miles later (7,972 advisories followed).

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 7,972 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

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

What exactly fails on brakes?

If a Ford Puma gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?

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