77.3%
Ford Transit Custom
Ford Transit Custom MOT pass rate and common problems
The Ford Transit Custom passed 77.3% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 5 percentage points above 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 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 Transit Custom runs 8.4 points ahead of the Ford average. It is 10th of the 27 Ford models in the data. The average Transit Custom arrived at its test 4.9 years old with 70,094 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 Custom MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Ford Transit Custom cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 78.3% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 54.2%, a drop of 24.1 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 106,952 | 78.3% | 6 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 46,214 | 75.2% | 2.9 pts above |
| 11 years and over | 131 | 54.2% | 18.1 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 Custom failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Ford Transit Custom cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and brakes together account for 52.1% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Transit Custom MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Ford Transit Custom cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 50.4% of everything testers recorded against failed Ford Transit 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 Transit 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 and registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps. 19% of failure items.
2
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 9.8% 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 tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm. 8.4% of failure items.
4
Brakes
Recorded most often: brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick. 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 Transit Custom has failed on these items before, or had them noted as advisories. Buying one? See the used Ford Transit Custom buying guide.
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Ford Transit Custom MOT FAQs
What is the Ford Transit Custom MOT pass rate?
77.3% of Ford Transit Custom cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 177,439 tests. That is 5 percentage points above the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 236th of 575 models.
What does a Ford Transit Custom most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Ford Transit Custom cars failing their 2025 MOT was wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively, on 9.8% of failure items. Next were headlamp not working on dipped beam (7.1%) and brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (7%).
Which area causes the most Ford Transit Custom MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 33.1%, followed by brakes at 19%.
Do older Ford Transit Custom cars fail their MOT more often?
Ford Transit Custom cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 78.3% of MOT tests in 2025, against 54.2% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Ford Transit Custom has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Ford Transit 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 Transit 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.