72.1%
Ford Tourneo
Ford Tourneo MOT pass rate and common problems
The Ford Tourneo passed 72.1% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, in line with the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Tourneo 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 runs 3.2 points ahead of the Ford average. It is 14th of the 27 Ford models in the data. The average Tourneo arrived at its test 8.3 years old with 119,152 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 MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Ford Tourneo cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 80.4% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 65.9%, a drop of 14.6 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 1,710 | 80.4% | 8.1 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 11,038 | 71.3% | 1 pt below |
| 11 years and over | 1,177 | 65.9% | 6.5 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 failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Ford Tourneo cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Brakes and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment together account for 43.4% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Tourneo MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Ford Tourneo cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 40.3% of everything testers recorded against failed Ford Tourneo 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
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Brakes
Recorded most often: rigid brake pipes excessively corroded and brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick. 9.4% of failure items.
2
Body, chassis, structure
Recorded most often: joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt. 8.6% of failure items.
3
Suspension
Recorded most often: pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn and linkage pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn. 7.5% of failure items.
4
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: stop lamp not working and headlamp not working on dipped beam. 6.6% 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 has failed on these items before, or had them noted as advisories. Buying one? See the used Ford Tourneo buying guide.
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Ford Tourneo MOT FAQs
What is the Ford Tourneo MOT pass rate?
72.1% of Ford Tourneo cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 14,026 tests. That is in line with the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 315th of 575 models.
What does a Ford Tourneo most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Ford Tourneo cars failing their 2025 MOT was joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt, on 8.6% of failure items. Next were rigid brake pipes excessively corroded (5.4%) and pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn (5.2%).
Which area causes the most Ford Tourneo MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was brakes at 21.8%, followed by lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 21.5%.
Do older Ford Tourneo cars fail their MOT more often?
Ford Tourneo cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 80.4% of MOT tests in 2025, against 65.9% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Ford Tourneo has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Ford Tourneo 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'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.