Scrap My Ford Fiesta

Ford's supermini, the UK's most-registered new car for much of the 2010s, discontinued in 2023.

Every Ford Fiesta is accepted for a free valuation, whatever its age or condition — including cars that have failed an MOT, will not start or have been damaged. This page covers what affects the value of a Fiesta, which versions meet clean air zone standards and the paperwork for scrapping one.

  • Free collection
  • Valued by a person
  • Paid on collection
  • Certificate of Destruction if scrapped

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Ford Fiesta at a glance

Sold new in the UK1995–2023
Generations4
Body styleshatchback
Fuel typespetrol, diesel and mild hybrid
Typical kerb weight900 kg – 1,220 kg

Weights are typical manufacturer figures across the versions listed. The figure for your own car is on its V5C log book as the ‘mass in service’.

Fiesta generations and clean air zones

The oldest Ford Fiesta cars are now around 31 years old. Age matters when you are deciding whether to keep one, because older cars are the ones most likely to fall short of London's ULEZ and the clean air zones in other cities, where a non-compliant vehicle pays a daily charge.

GenerationYearspetrol ULEZdiesel ULEZ
Mk4/Mk5Mk5 is the 1999 facelift1995–2002Depends on the car — checkUsually not compliant
Mk6Facelift 20052002–2008Depends on the car — checkUsually not compliant
Mk7Facelift 2013 (Mk7.5) with 1.0 EcoBoost2008–2017Usually compliantDepends on the car — check
Mk8Mild hybrid EcoBoost from 2020; production ended 20232017–2023Usually compliantUsually compliant

Rule of thumb only: petrol cars generally meet the standard from 2006 (many from 2001), diesels from September 2015. Hybrids follow their petrol engine. Check your registration with the TfL vehicle checker, and see what to do with a non-compliant car.

What a scrap Ford Fiesta is worth

The starting point for any scrap valuation is weight: a Fiesta weighs roughly 0.90 tonnes to 1.22 tonnes, most of it steel. On top of that, the collection company looks at which parts can be reused or sold on, the car's condition, and whether anything is missing.

To put a figure on it, enter a Fiesta's weight and a price per tonne in the scrap car value calculator — it fills in the typical Fiesta weight for you.

  • Catalytic converter: it contains precious metals and is part of the value. Say if it has been removed or stolen.
  • Working parts: an engine, gearbox, panels or lights that are in demand for other Fiesta owners can add value even when the car itself is not worth repairing.
  • Condition and completeness: missing wheels, a removed engine or heavy damage reduce the value, so describe the car accurately when you enquire.

The valuation is given ‘subject to contract’ and confirmed when the car is inspected on collection. More on how scrap value is worked out and scrap car prices.

Fiesta known issues and recalls

Owners usually decide to scrap when a repair would cost more than the car is worth. These are well documented for the Fiesta; you can check any car's outstanding recalls on GOV.UK:

  • The 1.0 EcoBoost petrol engine is known for coolant-related faults on earlier cars and, on later versions, wear of its oil-immersed (wet) timing belt.

If yours has failed its MOT or has a mechanical fault, see scrapping an MOT failure, non-running cars and whether to scrap or sell.

Paperwork for scrapping your car

  1. Check you can scrap it. If there is finance outstanding, it must be settled first — scrapping a car on finance.
  2. Keep your number plate if you want it. A private registration has to be taken off before the car is scrapped — how to keep it.
  3. Have the V5C and ID ready. No log book? You can still scrap it.
  4. Tell DVLA. The keeper must tell DVLA the vehicle has gone to an authorised treatment facility, or risk being fined £1,000 (GOV.UK). Any full months of tax left are refunded — how to tell DVLA.
  5. Keep the Certificate of Destruction. It proves the car was scrapped — what it is.

Who does what

  • Scrap A Car For Cash (operated by Lead Stack Ltd, company number 15877625) takes your enquiry and passes it to an affiliated vehicle collection company that covers your area.
  • The collection company values the vehicle, collects it free of charge and pays you on collection, in line with the terms you agree with them.
  • If the vehicle is completely scrapped, that happens at an authorised treatment facility (ATF), which gives you a Certificate of Destruction. A vehicle that is repaired and resold instead does not get one.

More detail: how it works and our terms and conditions.

Other Ford models

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Related guides

Scrapping guidesPaperwork, finance, missing log books, tax refunds and more.MOT failure carsRepair or scrap after a failed MOT, and collection without one.Free collectionWhat happens on collection day and what to have ready.

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