2000 Ford Escort: MOT pass rate and reliability

65.1% of 2000 Ford Escorts pass the MOT first time, measured across 455 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 84,577 miles.

How the 2000 compares

  • Against all Ford Escorts (81.5%, 10,094 tests): -16.4 points
  • Against all 2000 cars (67.3%): -2.2 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Ford Escort model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2000 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Ford Escort:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
1990 83.7% 910 51,665
1991 85.9% 270 55,474
1992 86.9% 267 51,523
1993 83.1% 354 53,355
1994 79.8% 337 55,938
1995 76.2% 432 53,183
1996 72.3% 577 56,491
1997 65.4% 538 55,617
1998 70% 414 57,517
1999 62.1% 211 56,913
2000 65.1% 455 84,577
2001 67.8% 385 100,903
2002 66.2% 293 107,459

What this means if you are buying a 2000 Escort

The 2000 is a weaker year for this model, passing 16.4 points less often than the Ford Escort average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2000 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 26-year-old car fails on

A 2000 car is 26 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 2000 Ford Escort the average at test was 84,577 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 1992 at 86.9%, and the weakest in our data is 1999 at 62.1%. That 24.8 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2000 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

All Ford Escort MOT data · Every model