2017 Ford Allied: MOT pass rate and reliability

76.8% of 2017 Ford Allieds pass the MOT first time, measured across 461 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 82,194 miles.

How the 2017 compares

  • Against all Ford Allieds (81.6%, 4,176 tests): -4.8 points
  • Against all 2017 cars (83.5%): -6.7 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Ford Allied model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2017 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Ford Allied:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2017 76.8% 461 82,194
2018 78.9% 929 69,070
2019 83.3% 1,301 47,196
2020 85.2% 1,037 30,345
2021 79% 448 24,663

What this means if you are buying a 2017 Allied

The 2017 is a weaker year for this model, passing 4.8 points less often than the Ford Allied average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2017 figure for all cars above rather than against newer examples. Check the exact car with the free MOT history checker before you buy, and run its VIN and mileage through our free VIN decoder and clocking check.

What a 9-year-old car fails on

A 2017 car is 9 years old now, and age drives the failure mix more than the badge does. Across all cars tested, these are the categories that actually cause failures:

  • Lights and electrical: 10.36% of all cars tested
  • Suspension: 8.65% of all cars tested
  • Tyres: 6.23% of all cars tested
  • Brakes: 6.1% of all cars tested
  • Visibility: wipers, washers, glass: 4.65% of all cars tested
  • Body, chassis and structure: 3.18% of all cars tested

That is above average, the point where suspension bushes, drop links and exhaust corrosion start showing up as advisories before they become failures. On a 2017 Ford Allied the average at test was 82,194 miles, so treat anything far above that as a car that has worked harder than its peers, and anything far below as one worth checking for the faults that come from standing still.

The strongest year for this model is 2020 at 85.2%, and the weakest in our data is 2017 at 76.8%. That 8.4 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2017 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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