2018 Ford Grand C-Max: MOT pass rate and reliability

80.6% of 2018 Ford Grand C-Max pass the MOT first time, measured across 2,751 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 48,039 miles.

How the 2018 compares

  • Against all Ford Grand C-Max (74.2%, 35,854 tests): +6.4 points
  • Against all 2018 cars (85.9%): -5.3 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 2018 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 2018 Grand C-Max

The 2018 is one of the stronger years for this model, passing 6.4 points more often than the Ford Grand C-Max average. That is a point in its favour, though condition and service history still matter more than the model year. 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 an 8-year-old car fails on

A 2018 car is 8 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 below average for a car this age, worth a mileage-consistency check since an unusually low reading is sometimes clocking rather than luck. On a 2018 Ford Grand C-Max the average at test was 48,039 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 2018 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

All Ford Grand C-Max MOT data · Every model