Ford Transit: reliability by registration year
1995-2023 · 29 registration years · 265,263 first tests
Registration years
First-attempt MOT results for every Transit registration year with at least 500 first tests in 2025. Pass rates rise with newer cars, so read a year against its neighbours rather than against the top of the table. Years without their own report are listed here with the same figures.
| Year | First tests | First-attempt pass | Incl. PRS | Most common failure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 539 | 90.2% | 92.9% | |
| 2022 | 1,748 | 83.2% | 88.0% | |
| 2021 | 1,776 | 80.3% | 85.6% | |
| 2020 | 1,424 | 77.4% | 82.7% | |
| 2019 | 2,613 | 74.8% | 81.6% | Drive shaft joints and boots (front) 9.9% |
| 2018 | 17,846 | 70.8% | 77.7% | Drive shaft joints and boots (front) 12.4% |
| 2017 | 41,381 | 67.2% | 74.2% | Drive shaft joints and boots (front) 23.6% |
| about 2 in every 100 worse than the years either side. What most often failed a 2017 Transit: Drive shaft joints and boots (front) (23.6%) · Suspension arm pins and bushes (front) (12.2%) · Brake light (7.3%) | ||||
| 2016 | 39,075 | 67.1% | 72.5% | Drive shaft joints and boots (front) 27.0% |
| 2015 | 33,241 | 65.3% | 70.3% | Drive shaft joints and boots (front) 27.9% |
| 2014 | 26,599 | 63.7% | 69.1% | Drive shaft joints and boots (front) 23.8% |
| about 4 in every 100 better than the years either side. What most often failed a 2014 Transit: Drive shaft joints and boots (front) (23.8%) · Suspension arm pins and bushes (front) (11.9%) · Rigid brake pipes (front) (8.2%) | ||||
| 2013 | 17,619 | 54.9% | 63.5% | Individual sidelight or tail light (front) 21.6% |
| 2012 | 12,952 | 50.0% | 59.9% | Individual sidelight or tail light (front) 27.2% |
| 2011 | 15,280 | 50.0% | 58.4% | Individual sidelight or tail light (front) 16.0% |
| 2010 | 12,354 | 49.9% | 58.4% | Suspension mounting area (rear) 16.8% |
| 2009 | 8,514 | 51.2% | 59.7% | Suspension mounting area (rear) 18.0% |
| 2008 | 8,917 | 52.3% | 61.4% | Suspension mounting area (rear) 20.1% |
| 2007 | 6,955 | 54.7% | 63.9% | Suspension mounting area (rear) 19.0% |
| 2006 | 4,061 | 57.3% | 65.5% | Suspension mounting area (rear) 19.5% |
| 2005 | 2,209 | 54.3% | 61.7% | Suspension mounting area (rear) 19.6% |
| 2004 | 1,599 | 53.5% | 62.0% | Suspension mounting area (rear) 20.4% |
| 2003 | 1,729 | 54.8% | 62.9% | Suspension mounting area (rear) 21.0% |
| 2002 | 1,490 | 56.7% | 64.1% | Suspension mounting area (rear) 19.4% |
| 2001 | 1,014 | 59.1% | 64.8% | Suspension mounting area (rear) 19.6% |
| 2000 | 886 | 62.8% | 69.3% | Suspension mounting area (rear) 18.2% |
| 1999 | 783 | 63.6% | 68.6% | Suspension mounting area (front) 20.1% |
| 1998 | 774 | 60.7% | 67.6% | |
| 1997 | 694 | 64.0% | 70.0% | |
| 1996 | 643 | 58.8% | 63.9% | |
| 1995 | 548 | 59.5% | 64.8% | Suspension mounting area (front) 28.1% |