Model Reports 4 min read Updated 18 Oct 2026

Ford Tourneo Connect 2016: reliability & common MOT faults

In 2025, 76 in every 100 first MOTs on a 2016 Ford Tourneo Connect were passes. Most common reason for a fail: Tyre pressure monitoring system.

Summary

The 2016 Ford Tourneo Connect follows the pattern of the model years either side.

At a glance

How 2,256 first tests went in 2025.

Passed first time
76 in every 100
Did not pass first time
24 in every 100543 failed first-attempt tests
The typical car
9 yearsabout 74,141 miles
First tests counted
2,256

What failed most often

  1. Tyre pressure monitoring system15 in every 100 failed tests
  2. Tyre condition (front)11 in every 100 failed tests
  3. Brake pads (rear)10 in every 100 failed tests

How we count this. Data: UK MOT open data, 2025. Only Class 4 cars on their first MOT of the year are counted. A car that fails and is fixed at the test station still counts as a fail in the first-attempt rate. These are raw results, not adjusted for age, mileage, or peer mix. The MOT does not test engine or gearbox internals.

Note:

These are patterns across 2016 Ford Tourneo Connect vehicles in 2025, not a prediction that any one car will have them. Faults are grouped by part of the car. A wear pattern follows age and use more than the way the car was built. They come from MOT defect codes, not manufacturer bulletins, recalls or a diagnosis of any one car.

Noise, emissions and leaks

One fault: diesel emissions test (compression-ignition rules for vehicles from 01/01/2014), 5.9 times as often as on similar cars.

Figures below are measured across the 543 failed first attempts in 2025 that had a mileage recorded, which allows a like-for-like comparison.

We only list faults with at least 20 failures and a rate of about 2.0 times that of similar cars, which keeps one-off results out of the list.

Diesel emissions test (compression-ignition rules for vehicles from 01/01/2014)

Failed on 37 first tests5.9 times as often as similar carsLikely evidence

Data: UK MOT open data, 2025. Compared with cars of the same age and mileage.

Seat belts and restraints

One fault: seat belt condition (rear), 5.7 times as often as on similar cars.

Seat belt condition (rear)

Failed on 22 first tests5.7 times as often as similar carsPossible evidence

What it means

Any sign of overstretching is a deficiency, and so is a cut anywhere on a child seat belt. On other belts the size of a cut decides it, with a stricter limit at the webbing edge than away from it. Webbing significantly stretched or weakened has rows in both Major and Dangerous grades.

Also noted as an advisory

Testers also noted it as an advisory, worn but not yet failing, on 47 first tests, 22 times as often as on similar cars.

Data: UK MOT open data, 2025. Compared with cars of the same age and mileage. Advisories count notes recorded on failed first tests only.

Brakes

One fault: anti-lock braking system (ABS), 4.1 times as often as on similar cars.

Anti-lock braking system (ABS)

Failed on 24 first tests4.1 times as often as similar carsPossible evidence

What it means

ABS is failed as removed only where it has obviously been removed, because not every vehicle in the age range where removal is not permitted has ABS. A warning lamp that does not light or shows an ABS fault is Major, as is a missing or excessively damaged wheel speed sensor. Every failure row for this component is Major.

Data: UK MOT open data, 2025. Compared with cars of the same age and mileage.

Tyres

One wear pattern: tyre pressure monitoring system, 3.0 times as often as on similar cars.

Tyre pressure monitoring system

Failed on 80 first tests3.0 times as often as similar carsWear pattern

What it means

A tyre pressure monitoring system that is obviously inoperative is graded Major, and so is one listed as malfunctioning or obviously inoperative. The Minor row uses the word malfunctioning too, but its detail is a warning lamp indicating a fault, and it also covers a tyre that is obviously under-inflated.

Data: UK MOT open data, 2025. Compared with cars of the same age and mileage.

MOT pass rates

How first tests ended, and how the pass rates are counted.

Passed first time
76in every 100
Passed on the first test.
Fixed at the station
5in every 100
Failed, then fixed at the test station the same day.
Failed
19in every 100
Did not pass, and were not fixed at the test station.

First-attempt pass 75.9% of 2,256 first tests (2025): only cars that passed first time count. Official-style pass 80.8%: cars fixed at the test station also count as a pass. The 5 fixed and the 19 not fixed make the 24 in every 100 that did not pass first time.

Same model, other years

Passed first time in every 100, all tested in 2025.

406080100201420152016201720182019202020212022Older carsNewer cars
40608010020162020Newer cars

Newer cars are younger, so look for a jump rather than the climb. A year earlier (2024), when these cars were a year younger, 79 in every 100 passed first time.

YearPassed first timeFirst tests
201467 in every 100680
201570 in every 1001,719
2016 This car76 in every 1002,256
201777 in every 1001,822
201880 in every 1001,059
201977 in every 1001,798
202079 in every 1001,949
202183 in every 1001,589
202280 in every 1001,794

If you are buying one

What this year's MOT record means for the decision in front of you.

Mileage matters most on a 2016 Tourneo Connect.

Of 2016 Tourneo Connect vehicles with under 47,000 miles, 85 in every 100 passed their 2025 MOT first time. With 107,000 miles or more, 68 in every 100 did.

Under 47,000454 tests
85
47,000–66,000439 tests
81
66,000–83,000 Typical car462 tests
75
83,000–107,000457 tests
71
107,000 and over444 tests
68

What to check at your mileage

How often each fault turned up on a failed first test, by the car's mileage. Read it as: what is likely to need looking at on a car like the one in front of you.

Under 47,00066,000–83,000107,000 and over
Tyre pressure monitoring system0.02.67.7
Tyre condition (front)2.62.62.5
Brake pads (rear)1.13.02.5

Faults per 100 first tests, by the car's mileage at the test.

When a car fails

46in every 100

of failed cars had one item to fix.

24in every 100

of failed cars had three or more items to fix.

7in every 100

of all first tests had a defect the tester marked dangerous (unsafe to drive away).

Every figure here is a first-attempt MOT rate from DVSA open data for this model line, for cars of this model year tested in 2025. Each mileage band holds a fifth of the tests. MOTs do not test engine or gearbox internals, so this is a pre-purchase checklist, not a full reliability score.

FAQs

Short answers about how to read this model-year guide.

The 2016 Ford Tourneo Connect follows the pattern of the model years either side. Its main cause of failure was Tyre pressure monitoring system, about 15 in every 100 failed tests. In 2025, 75.9% of 2,256 first MOTs on the 2016 Ford Tourneo Connect passed first time (PRS: items fixed at the station the same day, counted as a fail). The official-style rate including PRS is 80.8%. Among 543 failed first-attempt MOT tests (test year 2025), Seat belt condition (rear) appears more often than on similar cars (4.1% of those tests; 22 observed failures; about 5.7× more often than similar cars). There is no single reliability score here; this is a pre-purchase checklist built from DVSA open data, not a guarantee for any individual car.
Ranked by how often they were actually recorded, the items that most often failed a 2016 Ford Tourneo Connect at the first attempt were Tyre pressure monitoring system (14.7%), Tyre condition (front) (10.7%) and Brake pads (rear) (9.6%), each as a share of the year's failed first attempts. That is what goes wrong most often on the car. The common faults table shows a different measure: faults that are unusual compared with similar cars.
Among failed first-attempt tests we highlight patterns that appear more often than on similar cars. Top example: Seat belt condition (rear) (4.1% of those tests; 22 observed failures; about 5.7× more often than similar cars). These are statistical signals, not a diagnosis of any individual car.
Seat belt condition (rear) shows up more often than on similar cars (4.1% of those tests; 22 observed failures; about 5.7× more often than similar cars). That does not prove a design fault. Age, mileage, and how the car was used still matter. Treat it as a pre-purchase checkpoint, not a manufacturer service bulletin.
Common MOT problem areas for the 2016 Ford Tourneo Connect include Seat belt condition (rear), Anti-lock braking system (ABS). These are the faults that stand out compared with similar cars, not a complete list of what can go wrong on any individual car.
This page highlights MOT failure patterns for the 2016 Ford Tourneo Connect (registration year) using UK DVSA open data for the selected test year. Patterns are compared with cars of a similar age and mileage. It is a buyer checklist from MOT defect statistics, not a full service history or manufacturer service-bulletin list.
No. MOT tests do not cover engine internals, gearboxes, or many electronic modules. Patterns here come from MOT defect statistics only and should not be read as engine or gearbox reliability scores.

About this data

How this page is built and what it can (and can't) say.

These figures come from UK MOT open data for this model year. We surface common failure patterns against similar cars, not a full reliability score, and not a pass/fail verdict on any individual vehicle.

2024 2025

What we include

UK Class 4 cars only. Normal MOT tests (not retests); first test per vehicle per calendar year; results pass, PRS, or fail.

Same-day repairs

PRS means the car failed items that were fixed at the test station and then passed the same day. We count PRS as a first-attempt fail in headline rates so same-day repairs do not hide problems.

How we compare

We compare this model year with other Class 4 cars of similar age and mileage in the same test year. This model family is left out of the peer group so the car is not measured against itself.

What this does not cover

  • MOTs do not cover engine internals, gearboxes, or many electronics; this is not a full reliability score.
  • Common faults come from MOT defect stats, not manufacturer TSBs or recalls.
  • Age and mileage matching reduces, but does not remove, differences in how cars were used and maintained.
  • If the data for a car is too thin to say anything useful, we say so rather than guess.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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