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Ford Tourneo Connect MOT pass rate and common problems

The Ford Tourneo Connect passed 77.1% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 4.8 percentage points above the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively.

Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.

How the Tourneo Connect compares

Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. A car that failed and was repaired at the test station counts as a fail.

77.1%

Ford Tourneo Connect

68.8%

Ford average

72.3%

UK average, all cars

The Tourneo Connect runs 8.3 points ahead of the Ford average. It is 12th of the 27 Ford models in the data. The average Tourneo Connect arrived at its test 6.7 years old with 57,087 miles recorded.

A pass rate records whether cars met the roadworthiness standard on test day. It is not a reliability score, and part of any gap reflects how old the tested cars were.

Tourneo Connect MOT pass rate by age

The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.

Ford Tourneo Connect cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 80.5% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 59.3%, a drop of 21.2 percentage points.

Age at testTestsPass ratevs UK average
3 to 5 years 5,687 80.5% 8.2 pts above
6 to 10 years 8,332 75.1% 2.8 pts above
11 years and over 511 59.3% 13 pts below

That is a steep decline with age, so the headline rate flatters older examples. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.

Where Tourneo Connect failures cluster

Every failure item recorded on Ford Tourneo Connect cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.

  • Tyres22.2%
  • Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment19.8%
  • Brakes17.6%
  • Visibility12.9%
  • Noise, emissions and leaks7.5%
  • Suspension7.4%

Tyres and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment together account for 42% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.

The 10 most common Tourneo Connect MOT failures

Specific items recorded on Ford Tourneo Connect cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.

  1. 1Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectivelyVisibility 8.3%
  2. 2Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thickBrakes 7.5%
  3. 3Condition has ply or cords exposedTyres 6.5%
  4. 4Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mmTyres 5%
  5. 5Unknown itemUnknown 4.4%
  6. 6Tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperativeTyres 4.2%
  7. 7Condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cordsTyres 4%
  8. 8Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunctionNoise, emissions and leaks 4%
  9. 9Headlamp aim too highLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 2.7%
  10. 10Headlamp not working on dipped beamLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 2.7%

Together these 10 items make up 49.1% of everything testers recorded against failed Ford Tourneo Connect cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.

What to look at on a Tourneo Connect

The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.

1

Tyres

Recorded most often: condition has ply or cords exposed, tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm, tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative and condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords. 19.6% of failure items.

2

Visibility

Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 8.3% of failure items.

3

Brakes

Recorded most often: brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick. 7.5% of failure items.

4

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment

Recorded most often: headlamp aim too high and headlamp not working on dipped beam. 5.4% of failure items.

The car's own MOT history matters more than any model average. A free MOT history check shows whether a specific Tourneo Connect has failed on these items before, or had them noted as advisories. Buying one? See the used Ford Tourneo Connect buying guide.

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Ford Tourneo Connect MOT FAQs

What is the Ford Tourneo Connect MOT pass rate?

77.1% of Ford Tourneo Connect cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 16,588 tests. That is 4.8 percentage points above the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 239th of 575 models.

What does a Ford Tourneo Connect most commonly fail its MOT on?

The item testers recorded most often on Ford Tourneo Connect cars failing their 2025 MOT was wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively, on 8.3% of failure items. Next were brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (7.5%) and condition has ply or cords exposed (6.5%).

Which area causes the most Ford Tourneo Connect MOT failures?

Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was tyres at 22.2%, followed by lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 19.8%.

Do older Ford Tourneo Connect cars fail their MOT more often?

Ford Tourneo Connect cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 80.5% of MOT tests in 2025, against 59.3% for cars aged 11 years and over.

Does this mean every Ford Tourneo Connect has these problems?

No. These are the items testers recorded across every Ford Tourneo Connect that failed in 2025. They show where the model most often needs attention, not the condition of any individual car.

How do I see a specific Ford Tourneo Connect's MOT history?

Enter its registration on the free Carpeep MOT history check to see that car's own test results, failures, advisories and recorded mileages.

MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025: class 4 initial tests, retests excluded, with failure items from failed tests (advisories and minor defects excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.