Common problems

Ford Tourneo Connect seat belt and airbag problems

How often MOT testers find seat belt and airbag faults on the Ford Tourneo Connect at each age, against all cars of the same age, and which items come up most. From 51,802 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated 28 September 2026

At 3 years, the most tested age

Seat belts and airbags fails per 100 MOTs (n=8,119)2.3

All cars at 3 years (n=8,016,463)0.3

Seat belts and airbags advisories and minor defects per 100 MOTs (n=8,119)2.9

All cars, same age (n=8,016,463)0.1

What stands out

At 3 years, 2.3 of every 100 MOTs of the Ford Tourneo Connect found a seat belt and airbag fail (n=8,119), against 0.3 for all cars of that age (n=8,016,463).
It is above the all-car rate at 7 of the 8 ages with at least 1,000 tests.
The gap is widest at 3 years: 2.3 per 100 MOTs against 0.3 for all cars.
The seat belt and airbag fail item recorded most often at 3 years: seat belt condition: webbing significantly weakened, on 0.7 per 100 MOTs.
The most common seat belt and airbag advisory or minor defect: seat belt condition: webbing slightly damaged or frayed, on 1.8 per 100 MOTs.

Seat belts and airbags fails by age

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

Ford Tourneo Connect: seat belts and airbags fails and advisories per 100 MOTs, by age, against all cars. Ages with fewer than 1,000 tests are not shown.
Age	Tests (n)	Fails	All cars	Advisories	All cars
3 years	8,119	2.3	0.3	2.9	0.1
4 years	6,984	1.6	0.3	3.3	0.1
5 years	7,300	1.6	0.3	3.5	0.2
6 years	7,510	1.0	0.4	3.6	0.2
7 years	7,419	0.8	0.4	4.2	0.3
8 years	6,926	0.9	0.5	3.8	0.3
9 years	4,994	0.8	0.6	2.4	0.4
10 years	2,550	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.4

Seat belts and airbags fail items at 3 years

Seat belts and airbags fail items on the Ford Tourneo Connect at 3 years (n=8,119), per 100 MOTs, with all cars at the same age (n=8,016,463).
Item	Per 100 MOTs	All cars	Typical repair (estimate)
Seat belt condition: webbing significantly weakened	0.7	under 0.1
Airbag (SRS) warning light on	0.5	0.1	diagnosis from £39 (rough guide)
Seat belt condition: damaged	0.5	under 0.1

Seat belts and airbags advisories and minor defects at 3 years

Advisories and minor defects are recorded, but the car still passes. Across all cars, a part with an advisory or minor defect failed at the next MOT 5.5 times in 100 (n=88,666,940 pairs of consecutive MOTs), against 0.3 times in 100 when the same part had none (n=12,936,860,350).

Seat belts and airbags advisories and minor defects on the Ford Tourneo Connect at 3 years (n=8,119), per 100 MOTs, with all cars at the same age (n=8,016,463).
Item	Per 100 MOTs	All cars
Seat belt condition: webbing slightly damaged or frayed	1.8	0.1
Seat belt condition: slightly damaged	1.0	under 0.1

Repair estimates are a guide for an independent garage: labour at the national median local garage rate (median £78 an hour from 65 garages, ONS price quotes) times estimated labour hours, plus a parts band. Labour hours and most parts bands are estimates, not quotes, and prices vary by model, engine and region. A warning light fault shows the cost of the diagnosis only.

What to check on a viewing

On the Ford Tourneo Connect, the seat belt and airbag items testers fail most are seat belt condition: webbing significantly weakened; airbag (SRS) warning light on; seat belt condition: damaged.

Pull every seat belt out fully, let it retract, and check that each buckle latches and releases.
Make sure the airbag warning light goes out after starting.

Ask for the car's MOT history: a seat belt and airbag advisory that repeats from year to year has not been fixed. GOV.UK MOT history.

Questions

What are the common seat belt and airbag problems on the Ford Tourneo Connect?

At 3 years (8,119 MOTs), the seat belt and airbag fail items testers record most often are seat belt condition: webbing significantly weakened (0.7 per 100 MOTs), airbag (SRS) warning light on (0.5 per 100 MOTs), seat belt condition: damaged (0.5 per 100 MOTs). The most common seat belt and airbag advisories or minor defects are seat belt condition: webbing slightly damaged or frayed (1.8) and seat belt condition: slightly damaged (1.0).

Does the Ford Tourneo Connect have more seat belt and airbag problems than other cars?

At 3 years it has 2.3 seat belt and airbag fails per 100 MOTs against 0.3 for all cars of the same age (2.0 more). It is above the all-car rate at 7 of the 8 ages with enough tests.

What does a seat belt and airbag repair cost on the Ford Tourneo Connect?

For airbag (SRS) warning light on, an independent garage estimate is diagnosis from £39 (rough guide). This is a guide built from the national median garage labour rate and estimated labour hours, not a quote.

More on the Ford Tourneo 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 28 September 2026.

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