79%
Ford Tourneo Custom pass rate
Used Ford Tourneo Custom buying guide
In 2025, Ford Tourneo Custom cars passed 79% of 12,934 initial MOT tests, 6.7 points above the 72.3% UK average. Here is where it fails and what to check before you buy.
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Ford Tourneo Custom MOT record in brief
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded.
72.3%
UK average, all cars
+6.7
percentage points above average
Ranked on pass rate the Tourneo Custom sits 209th of 575 models in the data. Ford as a brand averaged 68.8%, so this model runs 10.2 points ahead of its own brand. Ford Tourneo Custom cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 78.8% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 6 to 10 years that fell to 77.4%.
A pass rate is not a reliability score. The full Ford Tourneo Custom MOT record has the pass rate by age, every common failure and how the Tourneo Custom compares with similar cars.
Tourneo Custom fuel types
Diesel made up 96.1% of Ford Tourneo Custom MOT tests in 2025, against 39.3% across all models in this data. Almost every used example you look at will be a diesel.
Where the Tourneo Custom fails its MOT
Where Ford Tourneo Custom cars that failed their 2025 MOT were marked down, as a share of all recorded failure items.
The specific items testers recorded most often were wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (13.2%), brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (5.7%) and headlamp not working on dipped beam (5.4%). See every common Tourneo Custom MOT failure.
These are DVSA failure records across every Ford Tourneo Custom that failed, not a claim that every Tourneo Custom has these problems.
What should you check when buying a used Tourneo Custom?
The areas above, most common first, and what an MOT tester looks at in each.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Walk round with every light on: headlights, brake lights, indicators, fog lights and the number plate lamp. Check no warning lights stay on after starting. 30.2% of Tourneo Custom failure items.
2
Visibility
Check the windscreen for chips or cracks in the driver's view, and that the wipers and washers clear it properly. 17.9% of Tourneo Custom failure items.
3
Brakes
Make sure the pedal feels firm, the car stops in a straight line, the handbrake holds on a slope and no brake warning light is showing. 15.2% of Tourneo Custom failure items.
4
Tyres
Check tread depth across the full width of every tyre (the legal minimum is 1.6mm), and look for cuts, bulges and uneven wear. 15.1% of Tourneo Custom failure items.
5
Suspension
Listen for knocks over bumps, check the car sits level, and look for leaking shock absorbers and split rubber gaiters. 7% of Tourneo Custom failure items.
None of this replaces the car's own record. Run a free MOT history check on the registration to see every test, advisory and recorded mileage for that car.
What the MOT record doesn't tell you
Knowing Ford Tourneo Custom failures cluster around lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and visibility tells you what to inspect. It tells you nothing about whether the car is safe to buy. An MOT does not show money still owed on the car, a write-off, a theft record or a clocked odometer.
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- Outstanding finance
- Write-off records
- Stolen markers
- Mileage history
- Previous keepers
Other used Ford models
The most-tested Ford models in 2025, with how their MOT pass rate compares with the Tourneo Custom.
Used Ford Tourneo Custom FAQs
Is the Ford Tourneo Custom reliable?
MOT data does not measure reliability. It records whether a car met the roadworthiness standard on the day of its test. What it does show is a 79% first-time pass rate for the Ford Tourneo Custom across 12,934 tests in 2025, above the 72.3% average for all cars.
Do older Ford Tourneo Custom cars fail their MOT more often?
Ford Tourneo Custom cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 78.8% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 6 to 10 years that fell to 77.4%. On an older example, the car's own MOT history tells you more than the model average.
What should I check before buying a used Ford Tourneo Custom?
On the car itself, start with the areas it most often fails on: lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment, visibility and brakes. Then check the individual car's history: outstanding finance, insurance write-off records, stolen markers, mileage and previous keepers. None of these appear in the MOT record or on the V5C.
How do I check a Ford Tourneo Custom's history?
Enter the registration of the specific car. A Carpeep car history check reports outstanding finance, write-off category, stolen markers, mileage history, previous keepers, MOT and tax status, import and export markers and scrapped status in one £15 report.
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025 (class 4 initial tests, retests excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.