2016 Ford Fiesta 1.6L Petrol · YR66 ACU

The 2016 Ford Fiesta stands roadworthy after the September 2025 pass at 56,532 miles, and the mechanical maintenance trend is stable with no recorded defects across the available history. In the September 2025 cycle the tester logged a fail at 56,531 miles on 12 September followed by a clean pass at 56,532 miles on 13 September. This mirrors the September 2024 sequence where a fail at 50,450 miles on 3 September preceded a same-day pass at identical mileage. The most recent evidence shows no worsening of condition. Recorded mileage rose from 46,310 miles in the September 2023 test to 50,450 miles by September 2024, then to 56,532 miles by September 2025, equating to roughly 5,100 to 6,200 miles per year. For a ten-year-old hatchback this is low utilisation, suggesting gentle local use or prolonged storage rather than high-speed motorway wear. The MOT ledger is sparse and clean, showing zero advisories on consumable items such as wiper blades or tyres and no flags on brake discs, suspension bushes, coil springs or structural corrosion. Previous owners appear to have upheld basic upkeep given the absence of defect entries, yet the repeated fail-with-no-defect pattern across two consecutive years implies administrative haste rather than mechanical neglect. A buyer should still commission an in-person inspection of the front coil springs, rear suspension bushes and brake calipers for binding, since a decade of age can conceal fatigue not surfaced in a no-defect test. The underbody and exhaust system warrant checking for corrosion, and the buyer must review the original DVSA refusal notices for the 2024 and 2025 fails to confirm no unlogged emissions or structural integrity issues.