2013 Ford Grand C-Max: MOT pass rate and reliability

70.8% of 2013 Ford Grand C-Max pass the MOT first time, measured across 4,511 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 93,891 miles.

How the 2013 compares

  • Against all Ford Grand C-Max (74.2%, 35,854 tests): -3.4 points
  • Against all 2013 cars (72.9%): -2.1 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 2013 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 2013 Grand C-Max

The 2013 is a weaker year for this model, passing 3.4 points less often than the Ford Grand C-Max average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2013 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 13-year-old car fails on

A 2013 car is 13 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 2013 Ford Grand C-Max the average at test was 93,891 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 2013 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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