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Ford Transit Connect MOT fail rate by age

How often the Ford Transit Connect fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 676,611 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated

At 6 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 6 (n=64,329)25.2%
All cars at 6 years (n=10,382,720)17.8%
Median mileage at test76,637
All cars, median mileage44,951

292 of 340 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 6 years.

What stands out

  • At 3 years the Ford Transit Connect fails 21.1% of MOTs (45,730 tests), 9.0 points above the 12.1% for all cars that age. At 22 years it fails 49.9% (2,055 tests), 8.9 points above the 41.0% average.
  • The gap is widest at 4 years: 10.8 points above all cars.
  • Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 6 years: Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction, at 1.7 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

3 years 22 years 56.7%

Solid line: this model. Dashed line: all cars at the same age.

Ford Transit Connect: share of MOT tests that failed, by age, against all cars. Ages with fewer than 1,000 tests are not shown.
AgeMOT fail rateTests (n)All carsDifferenceMedian mileage
3 years21.1%45,73012.1%+9.0 pts41,248 miles
4 years24.1%54,89213.4%+10.8 pts53,041 miles
5 years25.1%61,90015.3%+9.7 pts64,586 miles
6 years25.2%64,32917.8%+7.4 pts76,637 miles
7 years25.8%62,31820.6%+5.1 pts87,988 miles
8 years27.3%56,26423.8%+3.6 pts98,210 miles
9 years30.9%42,19027.1%+3.7 pts106,334 miles
10 years34.5%34,24730.3%+4.2 pts111,496 miles
11 years40.3%27,15333.3%+7.0 pts117,114 miles
12 years45.2%22,01136.0%+9.2 pts119,286 miles
13 years48.4%22,81038.3%+10.2 pts123,433 miles
14 years49.4%25,61940.3%+9.1 pts130,124 miles
15 years50.4%29,52641.6%+8.8 pts135,393 miles
16 years51.0%32,20342.6%+8.4 pts137,453 miles
17 years51.2%31,30143.1%+8.2 pts139,569 miles
18 years51.5%26,22743.3%+8.3 pts140,024 miles
19 years51.2%19,46943.2%+8.0 pts139,492 miles
20 years50.4%11,03042.8%+7.6 pts139,988 miles
21 years50.1%5,33742.1%+8.1 pts139,334 miles
22 years49.9%2,05541.0%+8.9 pts139,883 miles

Most common fail items at 6 years

Split into structural or mechanical items and wear items. Wear items (tyres, brake pads, wipers, bulbs) say more about upkeep than about the design.

Structural and mechanical

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction Major1.7

Out of 64,329 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous4.6
Brake pads under 1.5 mm Dangerous4.5
Wipers not clearing screen Major4.5
Dipped headlight not working Major3
Tyre with cords exposed Dangerous2.5
Tyre condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Major2.2
Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid Major1.9
Headlight aimed too high Major1.7
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect Major1.3

Out of 64,329 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 6 years

ModelMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
Ford Transit26.1%108,42417.8%
Ford Transit Custom23.0%70,21717.8%
Volkswagen Transporter21.3%78,85317.8%

MOT fail rate by first-use year

Each year has its own page: the fail rate for cars first used that year at each MOT from 2022 to 2025 with at least 1,000 tests, the most common faults at that age, and the car tax and ULEZ rules for that year.

First-use year data updated .

Latest MOT age with at least 1,000 tests for each first-use year.
First usedAge at testMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
200322 years in 202549.8%1,80141.0%
200421 years in 202550.3%2,56542.1%
200520 years in 202550.5%3,60542.8%
200619 years in 202551.1%5,32543.2%
200718 years in 202549.9%6,37643.3%
200817 years in 202549.8%5,95243.1%
200916 years in 202549.7%4,17342.6%
201015 years in 202549.0%4,41141.6%
201114 years in 202545.9%5,13540.3%
201213 years in 202545.1%5,20438.3%
201312 years in 202540.9%4,02736.0%
201411 years in 202534.2%10,18233.3%
201510 years in 202531.1%12,77330.3%
20169 years in 202529.4%13,60327.1%
20178 years in 202525.9%17,96423.8%
20187 years in 202525.3%16,26520.6%
20196 years in 202527.1%14,74117.8%
20205 years in 202526.0%11,06615.3%
20214 years in 202520.8%11,32413.4%
20223 years in 202520.7%7,99012.1%

More on the Ford Transit Connect

Read this with care. A fail rate is not a measure of build quality. How far cars are driven, how they are used and how well owners maintain them all change it, and wear items such as tyres and brake pads are common fails. Compare a model only with cars of the same age. Methodology and limits.

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Source

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data, class 4 normal MOT tests, 2022 to 2025. MOT data updated 22 September 2026.

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