2002 Ford Mondeo 1.8L Petrol · AE02 OVX

The 2002 Ford Mondeo presents as roadworthy following its most recent MOT pass on 23 June 2025 at 129,664 miles, with no defects recorded. The maintenance trend is stable and clean; every completed test returned a pass with no advisories, and the two failures in 2024 and 2025 carried no listed defects, indicating administrative or presentation issues rather than mechanical faults. Recorded mileage sits at 129,664 against a 24-year lifespan, an average of roughly 5,400 miles per year. The car covered 9,211 miles between the March 2023 test at 111,268 miles and the April 2024 failure at 120,471 miles, then added only 9,193 miles over the following fourteen months to the June 2025 pass. Such low annual use suggests light running or periods of storage rather than hard fleet cycling. The MOT history is sparse but entirely free of corrosion, suspension, brake, or emissions flags across all five entries. The back-to-back fail-pass pairs on 30 April and 1 May 2024, then 16 and 23 June 2025, show the vehicle failed and cleared within days with no defects logged. This pattern implies the previous owner addressed a non-mechanical blocker such as paperwork or a minor presentation fault before retest, not a worn component. No recurring advisories on tyres, discs, bushes, or structural integrity appear in the record. A buyer should still commission a physical inspection of underside structural points, suspension bushes, and brake calipers given the car's age and likely intermittent use. Standing time can conceal perished rubber, seized handbrake mechanisms, or hidden corrosion not caught in a clean MOT. Verify the reason for the two zero-defect failures with the test station before purchase.