Ci Transit MOT reliability

Ci Transits passed their MOT first time 73% of the time across 74 tests in 2025.

These figures come from 74 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

First-time pass rate

73%

MOTs analysed

74

Still licensed (GB)

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Body type

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Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age. Years with very few MOTs can show extreme pass rates, even 0% or 100%, so give more weight to years with more tests.

In detail:

First registered

2007 diesel

32 MOTs

Passed first time 66%. Typical mileage 42,797 (most between 35,080 and 61,709).

2010: 81% → 2011: 84% → 2012: 82% → 2013: 84% → 2014: 82% → 2015: 82% → 2016: 79% → 2017: 58% → 2018: 68% → 2019: 66% → 2020: 69% → 2021: 75% → 2022: 63% → 2023: 65% → 2024: 58% → 2025: 66%

Most common failures

Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements (9.4%)
Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps (9.4%)
Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded (9.4%)
Outline marker lamp: not working (6.3%)
Pre 01/07/2008 Turbo: emissions test not completed because smoke levels are significantly in excess of the specified limit values (6.3%)

Where 2007 Transits fail

Lights & electrics

18.8%

Brakes

12.5%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

9.4%

Suspension & axles

9.4%

Wheels & tyres

3.1%

Steering

3.1%

Visibility & wipers

3.1%

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Based on 2025 initial MOT tests in DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset (cars and light vans). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Model details: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB.