62.4%
Ford Transit
Ford Transit MOT pass rate and common problems
The Ford Transit passed 62.4% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 9.9 percentage points below 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 Transit 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 runs 6.4 points behind the Ford average. It is 26th of the 27 Ford models in the data. The average Transit arrived at its test 11.6 years old with 118,571 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 MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Ford Transit cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 78.6% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 55.2%, a drop of 23.5 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 5,277 | 78.6% | 6.3 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 152,800 | 67.3% | 5 pts below |
| 11 years and over | 120,854 | 55.2% | 17.1 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 failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Ford Transit cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and suspension together account for 44.9% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Transit MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Ford Transit cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 39.4% of everything testers recorded against failed Ford Transit 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
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. 11.2% of failure items.
2
Body, chassis, structure
Recorded most often: joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt and integral vehicle structure condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced. 9.1% of failure items.
3
Suspension
Recorded most often: component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength and pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn. 8.9% of failure items.
4
Brakes
Recorded most often: rigid brake pipes excessively corroded and brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick. 7.5% 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 has failed on these items before, or had them noted as advisories. Buying one? See the used Ford Transit buying guide.
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Ford Transit MOT FAQs
What is the Ford Transit MOT pass rate?
62.4% of Ford Transit cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 281,097 tests. That is 9.9 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 467th of 575 models.
What does a Ford Transit most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Ford Transit cars failing their 2025 MOT was joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt, on 6.7% of failure items. Next were rigid brake pipes excessively corroded (4.9%) and component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (4.5%).
Which area causes the most Ford Transit MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 24.7%, followed by suspension at 20.2%.
Do older Ford Transit cars fail their MOT more often?
Ford Transit cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 78.6% of MOT tests in 2025, against 55.2% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Ford Transit has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Ford Transit 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'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.