Ford Transit MOT pass rate and common failures

64% of Ford Transit MOTs passed first time, below the 73% for all cars at the same ages.

64%passed first time (cars its age: 73%)
7.7mFord Transit MOTs counted since May 2018
6,500typical miles a year at 10 years old

First-time pass rate by year registered

Each year's Ford Transits against every car first registered the same year, at the same ages. Newer cars have only had their first few MOTs, so they look better. Years with fewer than 5,000 MOTs are left out.

Share of MOTs passed first time, by year first registered. All cars: every car first registered that year, at the same ages.
Registered	Transit	All cars	MOTs
2023	79%	88%	44k
2022	78%	88%	160k
2021	77%	86%	282k
2020	77%	86%	297k
2019	76%	85%	466k
2018	76%	84%	611k
2017	75%	83%	676k
2016	73%	80%	701k
2015	71%	78%	667k
2014	67%	75%	522k
2013	56%	71%	388k
2012	52%	68%	343k
2011	51%	65%	374k
2010	50%	63%	311k
2009	49%	61%	251k
2008	48%	59%	333k
2007	48%	58%	318k
2006	48%	56%	250k
2005	48%	56%	177k
2004	47%	55%	140k
2003	48%	55%	121k
2002	49%	56%	74k
2001	51%	57%	47k
2000	54%	60%	24k
1999	59%	63%	15k
1998	57%	65%	15k
1997	57%	66%	13k
1996	58%	66%	11k
1995	58%	67%	9k
1994	59%	68%	5k

Compare two years of the Transit, age for age.

First-time pass rate by age

Share of MOTs at each age that passed first time. Ages with fewer than 10,000 Ford Transit MOTs are left out.

Commonest reasons for failure

Stop lamp (brake light) not workingOther cars its age: 1.84.3
Position lamp not workingOther cars its age: 2.04.2
Number plate lamp not workingOther cars its age: 1.13.8
Wiper does not clear the windscreenOther cars its age: 2.33.5
Brake pads less than 1.5mm thickOther cars its age: 1.83.2
Brake pipe excessively corrodedOther cars its age: 0.73.1
Tyre tread below the legal limitOther cars its age: 2.42.8
Drive shaft CV boot splitOther cars its age: 1.22.7

Out of every 100 Ford Transit MOTs, against other cars at the same ages.

Where it comes up more than other cars its age

Brake pipe corrodedAdvisory. Other cars its age: 3.313.7
Oil leak, but not excessiveAdvisory. Other cars its age: 4.19.5
Stop lamp (brake light) not workingFail. Other cars its age: 1.84.3
Number plate lamp not workingFail. Other cars its age: 1.13.8
Brake pipe excessively corrodedFail. Other cars its age: 0.73.1
Suspension mounting area badly corrodedFail. Other cars its age: 0.42.5

Out of every 100 Ford Transit MOTs. Only items noted well above other cars of the same ages.

Miles a year

Typical miles a year between one MOT and the next: 12,500 at 3 years old, 2,500 at 20. Rounded to the nearest 1,000.

Counted from DVSA records of 286,058,652 MOTs, 20 May 2018 to 18 October 2026. A test and its retests count as one MOT, and a fail put right at the test counts as a first-time fail, as the DVSA counts it. About Ford Transits in general, not a prediction for any one car. Spotted a mistake? Email fuzzyreguk@gmail.com.

Check a Ford Transit's MOT history

Every test and advisory, free, from the registration.