2012 Ford C-Max: MOT pass rate and reliability

73.1% of 2012 Ford C-Max pass the MOT first time, measured across 10,938 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 90,063 miles.

How the 2012 compares

  • Against all Ford C-Max (75.2%, 112,048 tests): -2.1 points
  • Against all 2012 cars (70.8%): +2.3 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Ford C-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 C-Max:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2006 58.4% 262 119,104
2007 59.8% 4,724 108,864
2008 61.1% 10,312 105,684
2009 64.1% 5,358 101,681
2010 64.9% 5,972 97,729
2011 70.4% 10,446 96,554
2012 73.1% 10,938 90,063
2013 77% 13,782 84,068
2014 77.3% 12,652 75,469
2015 81.5% 11,406 67,108
2016 85.2% 10,546 57,280
2017 87.3% 8,041 49,056
2018 86.5% 4,865 38,393
2019 88.1% 2,696 29,499

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

The 2012 is a weaker year for this model, passing 2.1 points less often than the Ford C-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 above average, the point where suspension bushes, drop links and exhaust corrosion start showing up as advisories before they become failures. On a 2012 Ford C-Max the average at test was 90,063 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 2019 at 88.1%, and the weakest in our data is 2006 at 58.4%. That 29.7 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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