2012 Ford Focus 1.6L Petrol · FN12 OEW

The 2012 Ford Focus presents as roadworthy on the strength of its most recent test. The tester passed the car on 30 May 2025 at 61,010 miles with no defects recorded, and the maintenance trend across the available history reads as stable with no recurring advisories or mechanical faults carried between visits. Recorded mileage sits low for a fourteen-year-old vehicle. The odometer advanced from 42,882 miles at the June 2023 test to 51,828 miles in June 2024, then to 61,010 miles by May 2025. That equates to roughly 4,350 miles per year, confirming light use. The DVSA entries show a clean sheet on every pass, though the June 2024 and June 2023 dates each carry a failed attempt logged at identical mileage with no defects cited, a pattern that typically points to administrative or presentational errors at the testing station rather than owner neglect. A buyer should still commission a physical inspection of suspension bushes, coil springs, and brake discs given the car's age and periods of low standing mileage, which can encourage corrosion and seized components even where the MOT logged nothing. The exhaust and structural underbody should be checked for rust, as the annual test interval leaves gaps where moisture damage can develop unnoticed. No recurring wear items such as tyres, wiper blades, or binding calipers appear in the record, so previous keepers appear to have addressed consumables before each test. The sparse, clean history suggests basic upkeep was maintained, but the two zero-defect failures warrant a check of the full DVSA certificate images to confirm no omitted advisory lines.