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X596 FMJ

2000 Ford Fiesta Courier

White Diesel 1753cc
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MOT Status

Expired
Expires1 Jul 2017
Tests18 (11 pass, 7 fail)
Pass rate61.1%

Mileage

140,537 mi
Last recorded140,537 miles
Recorded on12 Jun 2017
Typical for 2000 Ford Fiesta Courier88,703 mi

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Vehicle Details

RegistrationX596 FMJ
MakeFord
ModelFiesta Courier
Year2000
ColourWhite
Fuel typeDiesel
Engine1,753cc

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MOT History

11 pass 7 fail
Fail 12 Jun 2017 140,537 miles

Front Brake pad(s) less than 1.5 mm thick (3.5.1g)

Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.4.G.2)

Nearside Front Brake hose excessively deteriorated (3.6.B.4d)

Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded floor to sill (2.4.A.3)

Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded inner wing to sill (2.4.A.3)

Nearside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded outer sill (5.2.6)

Nearside Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded outer sill (2.4.A.3)

Offside Front Brake hose excessively deteriorated (3.6.B.4d)

Offside Front position lamp(s) has less than 50% of the light sources illuminating (1.1.A.3b)

Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded inner wing (2.4.A.3)

Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded outer sill (2.4.A.3)

Offside Rear Tyre fouling a part of the vehicle inner wing (4.1.D.2)

Offside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded outer sill (5.2.6)

Registration plate lamp not working (1.1.C.1d)

Nearside & Offside chassis legs rusty

Nearside & Offside door steps rusty

Nearside & Offside floor to sills rusty

Nearside & Offside rear wheel arches rusty

Nearside centre floor pan rusty

Nearside front suspension arm rear bush

Nearside front, Nearside rear & Offside front tyres worn

Offside rear light lens damaged

Oil leak

Play in rack

Rear inner wing liners ftted

Pass 20 Jun 2016 134,490 miles

Front brake pads worn

Nearside & Offside floor pans rusty

Nearside & Offside floor to sills rusty

Nearside & Offside outer sills rusty & heavily repaired

Nearside & Offside rear chassis legs rusty & heavily repaired

Offside front link-bar dust cover

Offside outer cv boot perished & leaking

Offside rear arch rusty

Offside rear light lens damaged

Offside rear tyre worn

Play in rack

Rear metal brake pipes rusty

Pass 18 Jun 2015 127,741 miles

Front brake pads low

Interior mirror missing

Nearside & offside door pillar's rusty

Nearside & offside front brake flexi hose's perished

Nearside & offside front floors rusty

Nearside & offside front top mounts

Nearside & offside rear chassis legs rusty

Nearside & offside rear inner wing liners fitted

Nearside centre floor pan rusty

Nearside front tyre outer edge worn

Offside front tyre worn & perished

Offside outer cv boot perished & leaking

Offside rear tyre worn

Play in rack

Rear cross member rusty

Fail 10 Jun 2015 127,557 miles

Driver's door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.B.1b)

Nearside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)

Nearside Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively (8.2.2)

Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)

Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)

Offside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded (5.2.6)

Front brake pads low

Interior mirror missing

Nearside & offside door pillar's rusty

Nearside & offside front brake flexi hose's perished

Nearside & offside front floors rusty

Nearside & offside front top mounts

Nearside & offside rear chassis legs rusty

Nearside & offside rear inner wing liners fitted

Nearside centre floor pan rusty

Nearside front tyre outer edge worn

Offside front tyre worn & perished

Offside outer cv boot perished & leaking

Offside rear tyre worn

Play in rack

Rear cross member rusty

Pass 18 Jun 2014 121,574 miles

Interior mirror missing

Nearsidde & offside front brake flexi hose's perished

Nearside & offside centre floor pans rusty

Nearside & offside door pillars rusty

Nearside & offside front floor pans rusty

Nearside & offside front top mounts

Nearside & offside outer sills rusty

Nearside & offside rear chassis legs rusty

Nearside & offside seat mountings rusty

Offside front suspension arm rear bush

Offside outer cv boot perished

Offside rear light lens damaged

Play in rack

Rear metal brake pipes rusty

Underside of vehicle heavily repaired

Fail 10 Jun 2014 121,468 miles

Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)

Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)

Nearside Stop lamp not working (1.2.1b)

Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)

Nearside Front Tyre has ply or cords exposed (4.1.D.1b) DANGEROUS

Nearside Front Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.1.E.1) DANGEROUS

Interior mirror missing

Nearsidde & offside front brake flexi hose's perished

Nearside & offside centre floor pans rusty

Nearside & offside door pillars rusty

Nearside & offside front floor pans rusty

Nearside & offside front top mounts

Nearside & offside outer sills rusty

Nearside & offside rear chassis legs rusty

Nearside & offside seat mountings rusty

Offside front suspension arm rear bush

Offside outer cv boot perished

Offside rear light lens damaged

Play in rack

Rear metal brake pipes rusty

Underside of vehicle heavily repaired

Pass 2 Jul 2013 115,903 miles

nearside and offside front flexi hoses perished

nearside floor to sill corroded

nearside front floor corroded

offside and nearside door pillar corroded

offside and nearside front wishbones inner bushes worn and perished

offside fronbt floor corroded and chassis damaged

offside front outter cv boot perished

offside front tyre close to limit

offside rear chassis corroded

offside rear floor to sill corroded

offside rear lens broken

Fail 26 Jun 2013 115,811 miles

Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint (2.4.G.2)

Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)

Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)

Nearside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded (5.2.6)

Nearside Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)

Offside Front Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.1.E.1)

Offside Rear Upper Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush (2.7.4)

Offside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded (5.2.6)

Offside Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)

Offside Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively (8.2.2)

Nearside Front Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)

nearside and offside front flexi hoses perished

nearside floor to sill corroded

nearside front floor corroded

offside and nearside door pillar corroded

offside and nearside front wishbones inner bushes worn and perished

offside fronbt floor corroded and chassis damaged

offside front outter cv boot perished

offside rear chassis corroded

offside rear floor to sill corroded

offside rear lens broken

Pass 22 Jun 2012 110,349 miles

Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)

Offside Front Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (5.2.6)

Offside Outer Front constant velocity joint gaiter deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (2.5.C.1a)

Rear Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)

off side front tyre inner edge worn.

Fail 12 Jun 2012 110,349 miles

Nearside Rear Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded (5.2.6)

Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)

Nearside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded (5.2.6)

Offside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)

Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)

Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)

Offside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded (5.2.6)

Rear Brake load sensing valve seized (3.6.E.3)

Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (7.1.2)

Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)

Offside Front Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (5.2.6)

Offside Outer Front constant velocity joint gaiter deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (2.5.C.1a)

Rear Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)

off side front tyre inner edge worn.

Pass 28 Jun 2011 104,897 miles

all as previous vt32

Fail 23 Jun 2011 104,779 miles

Centre Exhaust has part of the system excessively deteriorated (7.1.1a)

Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a turbo charged engine (7.4.B.3b)

Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)

Offside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)

Offside Rear Brake hose slightly chafed (3.6.B.4d)

n/s and o/s floor to sills rusty

n/s and o/s front floors damaged

n/s and o/s front to rear metal brake pipes rusty

n/s and o/s outer sills rusty

o/s rear chassis rusty

Pass 21 Jun 2010 99,458 miles

Nearside Front Subframe mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (2.4.A.3)

Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (2.4.A.3)

Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (2.4.A.3)

Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (2.4.A.3)

Nearside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (5.2.6)

Offside Front Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)

Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (2.4.A.3)

Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (2.4.A.3)

Offside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (5.2.6)

offside front floor damaged

Pass 23 Jun 2009 93,202 miles

Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (2.4.A.3)

Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (2.4.A.3)

Offside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (5.2.6)

offside front floor damaged

Fail 17 Jun 2009 93,209 miles

Brakes imbalanced across an axle (3.7.B.5b)

Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened (3.5.1i)

Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)

Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)

Nearside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded (5.2.6)

Offside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded (5.2.6)

Parking brake: efficiency below requirements (3.7.B.7)

Registration plate lamp not working (1.1.C.1d)

Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (2.4.A.3)

Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (2.4.A.3)

Offside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (5.2.6)

offside front floor damaged

Pass 19 Jun 2008 84,727 miles

Offside wishbone rear bush

Nearside outer sill rusty

Nearside rear wheel arch rusty

Offside & nearside rear chassis legs rusty

Offside door step and outer sill rusty

Pass 25 Jun 2007 75,072 miles
Pass 14 Jun 2006 67,271 miles

Nearside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)

How Reliable is the Ford Fiesta Courier?

Based on 148,052 MOT tests across 21,816 vehicles.

60.4%
Pass Rate
5,634
Miles/Year
33
Year Lifespan
21,816
On UK Roads

Top MOT Failure Points

Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded 17,433
Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded 16,812
Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm 14,940
Brake pipe excessively corroded 12,157
Registration plate lamp not working 10,452
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X596 FMJ is a 2000 Ford Fiesta Courier in White with a 1,753cc diesel engine. This vehicle has been through 18 MOT tests with a personal pass rate of 61.1%.

Across all 2000 Ford Fiesta Courier models, the average MOT pass rate is 62.1% with a typical mileage of 88,703 miles. This particular vehicle has a lower pass rate than the average for its year, which may indicate maintenance issues worth investigating.

The most common reason a Ford Fiesta Courier fails its MOT is suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded, accounting for 17,433 recorded failures. If you're considering buying X596 FMJ, it's worth having these areas checked by a mechanic before committing.

The Ford Fiesta Courier typically stays on UK roads for around 33 years. At 26 years old, this Ford Fiesta Courier is well into its expected lifespan but still has years ahead.

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X596 FMJ is a 2000 Ford Fiesta Courier, first registered on 20 November 2000.

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