2012 Ford B-Max: MOT pass rate and reliability

72.2% of 2012 Ford B-Max pass the MOT first time, measured across 2,991 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 71,378 miles.

How the 2012 compares

  • Against all Ford B-Max (77.8%, 54,445 tests): -5.6 points
  • Against all 2012 cars (70.8%): +1.4 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Ford B-Max model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2012 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Ford B-Max:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2012 72.2% 2,991 71,378
2013 72.3% 14,762 66,071
2014 77.3% 13,042 59,281
2015 81.9% 9,960 51,367
2016 83.4% 7,208 44,016
2017 81.4% 5,786 37,513
2018 78.5% 694 37,277

What this means if you are buying a 2012 B-Max

The 2012 is a weaker year for this model, passing 5.6 points less often than the Ford B-Max average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2012 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 14-year-old car fails on

A 2012 car is 14 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 a shade above the middle of the range, still ordinary wear rather than a red flag, but worth checking against the service book for the car's age. On a 2012 Ford B-Max the average at test was 71,378 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 2016 at 83.4%, and the weakest in our data is 2012 at 72.2%. That 11.2 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2012 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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