All generations and engines together · 63,365 MOT tests in the 2025 data
Split by first-registration year. Cars registered in a changeover year can belong to either generation.
Computed from DVSA MOT results, all of Great Britain, 2025. Nothing here is opinion.
Share of tests where each item was recorded. The dark tick is the class average across all tracked models; bars are scaled within each group.
The rows that judge the model rather than its keeper. 63,353 tests in this band.
Tyres, pads and stone chips say more about how the car was driven and maintained than about how it was built.
Owner folklore from forums and the motoring press. Most of it never shows up in an MOT, which is why this section exists at all.
On the 1.0 EcoBoost mHEV, the small 48V hybrid system is meant to help top up the ordinary 12V battery, and on some cars it doesn't do enough of it. Owners report the battery going flat every few weeks and needing jump starts, sometimes even after a coil pack or software update. Honest John notes Ford covered some early cars with a recall for poorly torqued hybrid battery connections, but plenty of newer reports fall outside that fix.
Owners of low-mileage, short-journey Pumas report the rear discs coming up badly pitted and corroded at the first or second service, sometimes needing replacement under two years old at around £400-500 a pair. Honest John's own answer to one such case is honest about it: this looks less like a Puma design fault and more a case of light rear braking and coastal or garage-less parking not scrubbing the rust off. It lines up with the segment's measured corrosion signature, but the cause here is usage pattern as much as the car.
On the dual-clutch automatic, testers and owners describe slow, sometimes clunky responses when you ask for a quick getaway or a brisk downshift, worse than the manual and worse than some rivals. It isn't reported as a failure pattern, more a driveability gripe that shows up in reliability surveys as a general "gearbox/clutch concern" alongside actual faults. Doesn't apply to manual Pumas.
The SYNC touchscreen is slow to boot when you start the car, and some owners report it freezing or rebooting itself mid-journey. It's an annoyance rather than a wallet-emptier, usually cleared by a software update or, rarely, a warranty swap of the head unit. Turns up repeatedly in reliability surveys under sat-nav/infotainment faults but Ford hasn't put out a public fix for it.
A minority of owners describe the car cutting all power on the move, including the power steering, usually tied back to the mild-hybrid electrics rather than the engine itself. It's rare enough that it hasn't produced an official Ford statement or a broad recall beyond the isolated battery-connector fix, and dealer visits for it are hit and miss on finding a cause. Worth asking about directly since it won't show up on a normal test drive or an MOT.
Built from the two sections above.
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