2017 Ford Transit Connect: MOT pass rate and common faults
Share of initial MOT tests passed with no repairs. Repairs made at the test centre count as a fail. 95% range 73.3% to 74.6% (±0.7 points).
That is 4.2 points below the average for all vehicles first used in 2017 (78.2%). These cars were about 8 years old at the test.
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Failure areas compared with all 2017 vehicles
Compared with all vehicles first used in 2017, failures are more common in lights and electrics (1.8×), tyres (1.3×), windscreen, wipers, mirrors (1.9×), brakes (1.4×) and noise, emissions, leaks (1.1×), and less common in suspension (0.5×). Other differences are within the margin of error.
- Lights and electrics10.7 in 100 tests1.8× compared with 5.9 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2017
- Tyres7.5 in 100 tests1.3× compared with 5.9 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2017
- Windscreen, wipers, mirrors6.2 in 100 tests1.9× compared with 3.3 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2017
- Brakes5.9 in 100 tests1.4× compared with 4.2 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2017
- Suspension2.8 in 100 tests0.5× compared with 5.7 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2017
- Noise, emissions, leaks2.2 in 100 tests1.1× compared with 2.0 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2017
- Body, chassis, structure1.1 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2017
- Steering0.5 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2017
- Seat belts and airbags0.4 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2017
- Wheels0.4 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2017
- Number plates and VIN0.3 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2017
All vehicles first used in 2017: the 240 models in our data, 2,515,956 tests (97.6% of all 2,578,403 tests on vehicles first used in 2017). Areas with fewer than 50 failures in a model aren't published, so an area is only compared when that leaves the all-vehicles figure at most 10% short; otherwise it shows –.
After an MOT advisory
Tyres
Of 2017 Ford Transit Connect cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a tyre advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 7.7% failed on tyres, against 5.9% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 2,529 and 7,488 cars.
Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 11.7% of those with a tyre advisory and 10.2% of the others.
Brakes
Of 2017 Ford Transit Connect cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a brake advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 8.2% failed on brakes, against 4.4% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 1,642 and 8,372 cars.
Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 12.4% of those with a brake advisory and 10.2% of the others.
Not enough 2017 Ford Transit Connect cars with a suspension advisory to show a figure for this year alone.
Similar cars are the same model, first-use year and mileage band. Areas are the DVSA's top-level groups, so the later fail may not be the fault that was advised. These figures describe what happened to these cars. They don't show what a repair would have changed.
Ford Transit Connect, all first-use years togetherHow we worked this outAll models compared, with the dataWhat MOT data can't tell you about any 2017 Ford Transit Connect
Outstanding finance, write-offs, theft and plate changes aren't in MOT records. For a particular car, you need a history check.
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