Used car guide

2016 Ford S-Max: petrol or diesel?

Petrol, diesel and hybrid versions go wrong in different ways, so each has its own figures from the MOTs these cars had during 2023–2025. Pick the one you’re looking at: the fuel is on the logbook and in the car’s MOT history.

Petrol 80% pass first time (all 2016 cars: 77%) Stands out: brake pads 1.7×, number plates 2.9×, exhaust system 2.1× 2,102 MOTsSee the petrol guide › Diesel 78% pass first time (all 2016 cars: 77%) Stands out: brake pads 1.9×, tyre pressure monitoring system 3.7×, number plates 2.3× 18,345 MOTsSee the diesel guide ›

Hybrid versions had too few MOTs for figures of their own, or weren’t sold.

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Other years

Every year of the Ford S-Max compared

YearMOT testsMost flagged
2026–Too new for MOT data
2024–Too new for MOT data
2023–Too new for MOT data
2022796Tyres 26%
20211,500Tyres 29%
20203,445Tyres 29%
20196,889Tyres 32%
20187,128Tyres 34%
201715,741Tyres 35%
20159,826Tyres 38%
201419,428Tyres 41%
201318,553Tyres 41%
201220,783Suspension 43%
201119,110Suspension 45%
201026,056Suspension 48%
200917,396Suspension 53%
200813,456Suspension 59%
200713,655Suspension 61%
20064,441Suspension 62%