2008 Ford Fiesta 1.4L Diesel · DA08 AHO

The 2008 Ford Fiesta most recently appeared on test on 29 October 2025, where a pass was recorded alongside a separate fail entry on the same date. Both the 2025 and 2024 cycles show this same dual pattern: a fail immediately followed by a pass on the same day, suggesting the vehicle has been consistently presented with a rectifiable defect that is corrected in time for a retest, then put forward for a further full pass. No advisories, component defects, or structural items are documented on any of the entries, so the recorded trend is clean but offers very limited diagnostic detail. The 2023 entry is a straightforward pass with no defects. No odometer readings have been supplied, and the MOT history contains no mileage figures against which to judge usage patterns, age-related wear, or annual accumulation. This means the record cannot confirm whether the car has been used regularly or whether it has sat idle for extended periods, which is particularly relevant for an 18-year-old vehicle where deterioration of rubber components, brake hydraulics, and coolant systems accelerates with low use. A prospective buyer should not treat the clean advisory list as proof of mechanical soundness, because the repeated same-day fail-pass pattern indicates the car has repeatedly failed at least one inspection item that the DVSA tester deemed serious enough to fail the vehicle for. Without defect descriptions on the record, a physical inspection must establish the condition of the braking system, including discs, pads, calipers, and flexible hoses, along with the suspension components such as coil springs, shock absorbers, and control arm bushes. The exhaust system, underbody for corrosion, and structural integrity around the wheel arches and jacking points should also be examined directly, as these are the areas most likely to produce the kind of immediate failure the record implies. A pre-purchase inspection by a qualified technician is strongly advised.