2019 Ford Transit Custom: 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 76.7% to 77.5% (±0.5 points).
That is 6.4 points below the average for all vehicles first used in 2019 (83.5%). These cars were about 6 years old at the test.
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Failure areas compared with all 2019 vehicles
Compared with all vehicles first used in 2019, failures are more common in lights and electrics (2.6×), brakes (1.8×) and windscreen, wipers, mirrors (1.8×), and less common in tyres (0.9×) and suspension (0.6×). Other differences are within the margin of error.
- Lights and electrics10.6 in 100 tests2.6× compared with 4.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2019
- Brakes5.6 in 100 tests1.8× compared with 3.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2019
- Windscreen, wipers, mirrors5.2 in 100 tests1.8× compared with 2.9 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2019
- Tyres4.6 in 100 tests0.9× compared with 5.2 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2019
- Body, chassis, structure2.0 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2019
- Noise, emissions, leaks1.5 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2019
- Suspension1.3 in 100 tests0.6× compared with 2.2 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2019
- Steering0.5 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2019
- Wheels0.4 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2019
- Seat belts and airbags0.4 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2019
- Number plates and VIN0.3 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2019
All vehicles first used in 2019: the 248 models in our data, 2,411,315 tests (97.7% of all 2,466,996 tests on vehicles first used in 2019). 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 2019 Ford Transit Custom cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a tyre advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 6.7% failed on tyres, against 3.9% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 3,959 and 20,466 cars.
Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 14.0% of those with a tyre advisory and 13.4% of the others.
Brakes
Of 2019 Ford Transit Custom cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a brake advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 8.0% failed on brakes, against 4.6% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 4,442 and 19,979 cars.
Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 12.8% of those with a brake advisory and 13.6% of the others.
Not enough 2019 Ford Transit Custom 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.
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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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