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Ford Transit Connect MOT pass rate and common problems

The Ford Transit Connect passed 66.6% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 5.7 percentage points below 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 Transit Connect compares

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

66.6%

Ford Transit Connect

68.8%

Ford average

72.3%

UK average, all cars

The Transit Connect runs 2.3 points behind the Ford average. It is 19th of the 27 Ford models in the data. The average Transit Connect arrived at its test 9.9 years old with 103,686 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.

Transit Connect MOT pass rate by age

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

Ford Transit Connect cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 75.7% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 52%, a drop of 23.7 percentage points.

Age at testTestsPass ratevs UK average
3 to 5 years 32,797 75.7% 3.4 pts above
6 to 10 years 72,000 71.8% 0.5 pts below
11 years and over 52,137 52% 20.3 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 Transit Connect failures cluster

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

  • Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment24.9%
  • Brakes18.2%
  • Suspension13.7%
  • Tyres11.7%
  • Body, chassis, structure10.9%
  • Visibility8.7%

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and brakes together account for 43.1% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.

The 10 most common Transit Connect MOT failures

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

  1. 1Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectivelyVisibility 4.5%
  2. 2Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mmTyres 4.5%
  3. 3Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thickBrakes 4.1%
  4. 4Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strengthSuspension 3.9%
  5. 5Position lamp not workingLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 3.5%
  6. 6Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirtBody, chassis, structure 3.4%
  7. 7Stop lamp not workingLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 3.3%
  8. 8Condition has ply or cords exposedTyres 3%
  9. 9Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunctionNoise, emissions and leaks 2.9%
  10. 10Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lampsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 2.8%

Together these 10 items make up 35.9% of everything testers recorded against failed Ford Transit 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 Transit Connect

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

1

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment

Recorded most often: position lamp not working, stop lamp not working and registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps. 9.7% of failure items.

2

Tyres

Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm and condition has ply or cords exposed. 7.5% of failure items.

3

Visibility

Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 4.5% of failure items.

4

Brakes

Recorded most often: brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick. 4.1% of failure items.

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

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Ford Transit Connect MOT FAQs

What is the Ford Transit Connect MOT pass rate?

66.6% of Ford Transit Connect cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 163,714 tests. That is 5.7 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 409th of 575 models.

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

The item testers recorded most often on Ford Transit Connect cars failing their 2025 MOT was wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively, on 4.5% of failure items. Next were tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.5%) and brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (4.1%).

Which area causes the most Ford Transit Connect MOT failures?

Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 24.9%, followed by brakes at 18.2%.

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

Ford Transit Connect cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 75.7% of MOT tests in 2025, against 52% for cars aged 11 years and over.

Does this mean every Ford Transit Connect has these problems?

No. These are the items testers recorded across every Ford Transit 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 Transit 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.