2005 Ford Focus C-MAX 1.6L Petrol · SH05 AEA

This twenty-one-year-old Ford Focus C-Max demonstrates an exceptionally stable roadworthiness trend, culminating in a clean pass on 12 June 2025 at 75,070 miles. The test history reflects a vehicle maintained to a high standard, with the most recent examination yielding zero defects or advisories. A review of the DVSA database reveals an impressively clean maintenance record across consecutive years. The vehicle passed without a single defect or advisory on 4 July 2022, 22 June 2023, 3 July 2024, and the aforementioned June 2025 test. This complete absence of recorded faults points to proactive upkeep by the previous keeper rather than reactive repairs at the eleventh hour. The mileage accumulation matches this gentle usage pattern, sitting well below the national average for a vehicle of this age. Such remarkably clean MOT certificates require careful physical verification during a pre-purchase inspection to ensure minor wear has not simply been overlooked rather than genuinely absent. An in-person inspection should prioritize the condition of the suspension bushes, coil springs, and brake discs, as these mechanical components naturally degrade over two decades regardless of mileage. Buyers must also inspect the structural sills and subframes for age-related corrosion, which often hides beneath the plastic under-trays of this specific platform.