Ford Kuga St-Line Edition: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Ford Kuga St-Line Edition passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 17.4 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 1,521 individual Ford Kuga St-Line Edition tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 94.1% first-time pass rate means roughly 6 in every 100 Ford Kuga St-Line Editions presented for MOT fail on the first attempt. That is better than average, so a well-kept example is a reasonably safe used buy. The average Ford Kuga St-Line Edition tested had covered 23,081 miles and was built around 2021.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. The Ford Kuga St-Line Edition sits 17.4 points above the national average, ranked 121 of 2,005 models. On one bought as repairable salvage, the mechanical side is less likely to spring surprises, so your repair estimate should hold up reasonably well.

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Most common MOT failures on a Ford Kuga St-Line Edition

1. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 2% of tests
2. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 1.6% of tests
3. Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen, 1.1% of tests
4. Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn, 0.9% of tests
5. A shock absorber damaged to the extent that it does not function or showing signs of severe leakage, 0.6% of tests
6. A tyre seriously damaged, 0.5% of tests
7. Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen, 0.3% of tests
8. Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer, 0.2% of tests
9. Number plate inscription missing or illegible, 0.2% of tests (1.49x the national rate for this defect)
10. The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements, 0.1% of tests

From 1,516 DVSA-tracked Ford Kuga St-Line Edition tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 5.65% of these flagged Ford Kuga St-Line Edition defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 5.11% nationally.

Most common MOT advisories on a Ford Kuga St-Line Edition

An advisory doesn't fail the car - the tester flags it as worth watching, but it still passes. A different list from the failures above: what testers are noting on a Ford Kuga St-Line Edition before it actually fails on it.

1. A shock absorber damaged to the extent that it does not function or showing signs of severe leakage, 6.1% of tests (1.57x the national rate for this advisory), also fails
2. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 12.6% of tests (1.35x the national rate for this advisory), also fails
3. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 26.1% of tests, also fails
4. Brake disc or drum excessively weakened, insecure or fractured, 11.8% of tests
5. A tyre seriously damaged, 1.6% of tests, also fails
6. Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn, 1.1% of tests, also fails
7. Number plate inscription missing or illegible, 1% of tests, also fails
8. A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn, 0.5% of tests
9. Fluid leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users, 0.4% of tests
10. Excessive fluctuation in brake effort through each wheel revolution., 0.2% of tests

From 1,516 DVSA-tracked Ford Kuga St-Line Edition tests, 2024.

Other Ford models

• Ford Fiesta - 71.7%
• Ford Focus - 74.4%
• Ford Transit - 67.6%
• Ford Kuga - 82.4%
• Ford Mondeo - 72.2%
• Ford Ka - 72.2%
• Ford Transit Connect - 72%
• Ford Ranger - 76.9%

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• Volkswagen Id4 Life - 94.1%
• Honda Jazz Se I-Mmd Cvt - 94.1%
• Volkswagen Polo Active Tsi - 94.1%
• Nissan Qashqai Tekna Dig-T Mhev Cvt - 94.1%
• Volvo Xc60 Inscrpt Exp T6rchrg Awd A - 94.1%
• Volvo Xc60 Momentum B4 Mhev Awd Auto - 94.1%

If this car is a salvage or write-off

• What does Cat N mean? Category N explained
• What does Cat S mean? Category S explained
• Cat S vs Cat N: the real differences
• Do you need an HPI check on a car you know is a write-off?

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