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

The Ford Kuga St-Line First Edition passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 14.8 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 931 individual Ford Kuga St-Line First Edition tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

First-time pass rate91.5%
UK national average76.7%
Difference+14.8 points
Tests analysed931
Average mileage at test28,871 miles
Average year of manufacture2020
Reliability rank467 of 2,005 models

What this means if you are buying one

A 91.5% first-time pass rate means roughly 9 in every 100 Ford Kuga St-Line First 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 First Edition tested had covered 28,871 miles and was built around 2020.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. On a Ford Kuga St-Line First Edition bought as a repairable salvage, the mechanical side is less likely to spring surprises, so your repair estimate should hold up reasonably well.

Before you bid: run the lot through the analyzer, check the car's own record, check the mileage, decode the VIN, and if it carries a marker use the write-off value calculator. Or compare it against another model.

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

  1. Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen, 1.5% of tests (1.22x the national rate for this defect)
  2. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 1.8% of tests (1.2x the national rate for this defect)
  3. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 2.3% of tests
  4. A tyre seriously damaged, 0.8% of tests
  5. Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen, 0.4% of tests
  6. Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn, 0.2% of tests
  7. Brake performance unable to be tested, 0.2% of tests (1.58x the national rate for this defect)
  8. Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer, 0.1% of tests
  9. A direction indicator lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 0.1% of tests
  10. A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn, 0.1% of tests

From 1,460 DVSA-tracked Ford Kuga St-Line First Edition tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 6.5% of these flagged Ford Kuga St-Line First Edition defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

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