2011 Ford Grand C-Max: MOT pass rate and reliability

66.2% of 2011 Ford Grand C-Max pass the MOT first time, measured across 5,265 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 107,489 miles.

How the 2011 compares

  • Against all Ford Grand C-Max (74.2%, 35,854 tests): -8 points
  • Against all 2011 cars (68.7%): -2.5 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Ford Grand C-Max model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2011 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Ford Grand C-Max:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2011 66.2% 5,265 107,489
2012 70.6% 3,747 101,911
2013 70.8% 4,511 93,891
2014 71.8% 4,075 86,453
2015 75.7% 3,807 78,236
2016 77.7% 6,558 69,823
2017 80.8% 3,922 58,231
2018 80.6% 2,751 48,039
2019 82% 1,095 37,608

What this means if you are buying a 2011 Grand C-Max

The 2011 is a weaker year for this model, passing 8 points less often than the Ford Grand C-Max average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2011 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 15-year-old car fails on

A 2011 car is 15 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 and into the range where cambelts and water pumps are due if they have not already been done, so ask for the service history rather than take the mileage on trust. On a 2011 Ford Grand C-Max the average at test was 107,489 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 82%, and the weakest in our data is 2011 at 66.2%. That 15.8 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2011 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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