70.5%
Ford Transit Courier pass rate
Used Ford Transit Courier buying guide
In 2025, Ford Transit Courier cars passed 70.5% of 30,997 initial MOT tests, 1.8 points below the 72.3% UK average. Here is where it fails and what to check before you buy.
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Ford Transit Courier MOT record in brief
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded.
72.3%
UK average, all cars
−1.8
percentage points below average
Ranked on pass rate the Transit Courier sits 343rd of 575 models in the data. Ford as a brand averaged 68.8%, so this model runs 1.7 points ahead of its own brand. Ford Transit Courier cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 75.3% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 65.4%.
A pass rate is not a reliability score. The full Ford Transit Courier MOT record has the pass rate by age, every common failure and how the Transit Courier compares with similar cars.
Transit Courier fuel types
Diesel made up 83.7% of Ford Transit Courier 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 Transit Courier fails its MOT
Where Ford Transit Courier 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 stop lamp not working (11%), tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (7.1%) and headlamp not working on dipped beam (5.4%). See every common Transit Courier MOT failure.
These are DVSA failure records across every Ford Transit Courier that failed, not a claim that every Transit Courier has these problems.
What should you check when buying a used Transit Courier?
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. 36% of Transit Courier failure items.
2
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. 16.5% of Transit Courier failure items.
3
Visibility
Check the windscreen for chips or cracks in the driver's view, and that the wipers and washers clear it properly. 12.1% of Transit Courier failure items.
4
Suspension
Listen for knocks over bumps, check the car sits level, and look for leaking shock absorbers and split rubber gaiters. 11.9% of Transit Courier failure items.
5
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. 9.3% of Transit Courier 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 Transit Courier failures cluster around lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and tyres 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 Transit Courier.
Used Ford Transit Courier FAQs
Is the Ford Transit Courier 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 70.5% first-time pass rate for the Ford Transit Courier across 30,997 tests in 2025, below the 72.3% average for all cars.
Do older Ford Transit Courier cars fail their MOT more often?
Ford Transit Courier cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 75.3% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 65.4%. 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 Transit Courier?
On the car itself, start with the areas it most often fails on: lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment, tyres and visibility. 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 Transit Courier'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.