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Ford Tourneo Custom
Ford Tourneo Custom MOT pass rate and common problems
The Ford Tourneo Custom passed 79% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 6.7 percentage points above the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively.
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How the Tourneo Custom compares
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. A car that failed and was repaired at the test station counts as a fail.
68.8%
Ford average
72.3%
UK average, all cars
The Tourneo Custom runs 10.2 points ahead of the Ford average. It is 9th of the 27 Ford models in the data. The average Tourneo Custom arrived at its test 4.3 years old with 61,063 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 Custom MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Ford Tourneo Custom cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 78.8% of MOT tests. For cars aged 6 to 10 years that fell to 77.4%, a drop of 1.5 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 7,547 | 78.8% | 6.5 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,988 | 77.4% | 5.1 pts above |
| 11 years and over (small sample) | 11 | 63.6% | 8.7 pts below |
That is a smaller decline than most cars show. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Tourneo Custom failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Ford Tourneo Custom cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and visibility together account for 48.1% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Tourneo Custom MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Ford Tourneo Custom cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 50.7% of everything testers recorded against failed Ford Tourneo Custom 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 Custom
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: headlamp not working on dipped beam, headlamp aim too high, stop lamp not working, registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps and headlamp aim too low. 19.5% of failure items.
2
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 13.2% of failure items.
3
Tyres
Recorded most often: condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords and tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative. 7.8% of failure items.
4
Brakes
Recorded most often: brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick. 5.7% 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 Custom has failed on these items before, or had them noted as advisories. Buying one? See the used Ford Tourneo Custom buying guide.
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Ford Tourneo Custom MOT FAQs
What is the Ford Tourneo Custom MOT pass rate?
79% of Ford Tourneo Custom cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 12,934 tests. That is 6.7 percentage points above the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 209th of 575 models.
What does a Ford Tourneo Custom most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Ford Tourneo Custom cars failing their 2025 MOT was wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively, on 13.2% of failure items. Next were brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (5.7%) and headlamp not working on dipped beam (5.4%).
Which area causes the most Ford Tourneo Custom MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 30.2%, followed by visibility at 17.9%.
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, against 77.4% for cars aged 6 to 10 years.
Does this mean every Ford Tourneo Custom has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Ford Tourneo Custom 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 Custom'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.