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Ford Transit Connect handbrake repair: MOT fails on these items more often than other cars of the same age

At MOT, the Ford Transit Connect fails on items fixed by handbrake repair at least 1.6 times as often as cars of the same ages and fuel. From 676,611 MOT tests at 20 ages (3 to 22 years), DVSA data 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated 28 September 2026

Ford Transit Connect, at least, per 100 MOTs (n=676,611)3.93

Cars of the same ages and fuel, per 100 MOTs2.38

Times as often≥ 1.6

Ages compared20

What this shows

These are MOT fail items that handbrake repair fixes, as testers found them on the day of the test. Repairs done between MOTs never show up in MOT data, and mileage is not taken into account, so this is not how often owners pay for the repair.

By age

Fail items fixed by handbrake repair, per 100 MOT tests, against cars of the same age and the same fuel mix. The model figure is a floor: DVSA data lists each model’s 25 most recorded items per age, and an item outside that list is counted as zero. The comparison figure is a ceiling: an item too rare to be listed for a fuel is counted at its highest possible value.

Ford Transit Connect: ages with at least 1,000 tests.
Age	Ford Transit Connect per 100	Same age and fuel per 100	Tests (n)
3 years	0	0.29	45,730
4 years	0	0.31	54,892
5 years	0.34	0.38	61,900
6 years	0.84	0.54	64,329
7 years	1.17	0.79	62,318
8 years	1.45	1.10	56,264
9 years	2.62	1.54	42,190
10 years	4.55	2.06	34,247
11 years	10.1	2.66	27,153
12 years	16.2	3.31	22,011
13 years	15.4	3.92	22,810
14 years	11.7	4.52	25,619
15 years	9.75	5.10	29,526
16 years	6.06	5.64	32,203
17 years	5.23	6.04	31,301
18 years	4.88	6.27	26,227
19 years	2.85	6.40	19,469
20 years	2.62	6.26	11,030
21 years	2.38	5.84	5,337
22 years	3.02	5.33	2,055

How we decide: a page exists only when the main generation’s rate, weighted to its own mix of ages and fuels, is at least 1.5 times the rate of cars of the same ages and fuel, from at least 50,000 tests at 3 or more ages, with at least 100 expected items.

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.

What garages charge

Prices are national. They are not specific to the Ford Transit Connect.

No public source records the price of this whole job, and the time it takes varies from car to car, so we do not publish a single figure. Garages charge by the hour, so ask for a quote that lists labour time and parts. The rates below are what UK garages charge per hour.

Local garage labour, per hour (65 shops)£78

Local garage, middle half£70 to £96

Main dealer labour, per hour (62 shops)£156

Main dealer, middle half£144 to £174

Median hourly rate charged for car repairs, from 1,058 local garage and 953 main dealer price quotes collected by the ONS, September 2025 to August 2026. The same shops are priced each month, so the number of shops is the real sample.

Handbrake repair: garage rates and all models

MOT defects this repair fixes

Parking brake efficiency below requirements1.14 per 100, all cars
Parking brake inoperative on one side0.51 per 100, all cars
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value0.29 per 100, all cars
Parking brake lever has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment0.19 per 100, all cars

Other models that fail on these items more often

Model	Times as often	Tests (n)
Hyundai ix20	at least 5.5	116,300
Ford EcoSport	at least 4.6	402,494
Hyundai Tucsonfirst used 2015 or later	at least 4.4	520,466
Hyundai i30	at least 4.3	422,957
Volkswagen Amarok	at least 3.9	82,102
Kia Picanto	at least 3.8	730,252
MG ZSfirst used 2017 or later	at least 3.7	143,170
Hyundai ix35	at least 3.6	209,126
Hyundai Ioniq	at least 3.4	151,341
Mercedes-Benz Vito	at least 3.3	350,481

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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, and the MOT inspection manual published on GOV.UK. Prices: ONS consumer price inflation price quotes, September 2025 to August 2026, UK.

MOT data updated 28 September 2026. Prices updated 22 September 2026.

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