2006 Ford Fiesta 1.2L Petrol · KP06 XWN

The 2006 Ford Fiesta currently shows no valid MOT certificate following a failure recorded on 19 August 2024 at 135,180 miles, and no subsequent pass appears in the DVSA data. This latest outcome leaves the vehicle unroadworthy in law as of today, 8 July 2026. The maintenance trend across prior years reveals a repeated pattern of same-day or next-day failures and passes with negligible mileage change, suggesting minor rectifiable faults were addressed swiftly by previous keepers. That trend has broken with the 2024 failure, which stands unresolved for nearly two years and implies the car may have been laid up or withdrawn from use. The odometer climbed from 130,497 miles at the September 2022 tests to 132,481 miles by September 2023, then to 135,180 miles by August 2024. This equates to an average annual accumulation of roughly 2,700 miles between 2022 and 2024, well below the lifetime average of 6,759 miles per year for a 20-year-old car. Such low recent use implies the Fiesta spent extended periods stationary, a condition that often accelerates corrosion and degrades rubber suspension bushes and brake calipers through lack of movement. The MOT entries themselves are sparse, listing no defects or advisories on any test, which limits diagnostic insight but also shows no recorded mechanical warnings across the timeline. A buyer must treat the unexplained failures as a prompt for thorough physical inspection. The tester logged no defects on the 2022, 2023 and 2024 entries, yet the repeated fail-pass cycles on 1-2 September 2022 and 4-5 September 2023 hint at intermittent faults cleared before documentation. Given the vehicle's age, examine structural integrity for rust at sills and subframes, check coil springs for fracture, and assess brake discs and binding calipers for seizure after long storage. Exhaust emissions should be tested live, as stagnant fuel systems can skew readings and hidden wear in drivetrain components may not surface without a road test.