Ford Tourneo Connect MOT reliability

Ford Tourneo Connects passed their MOT first time 77% of the time across 16,589 tests in 2025.

First-time pass rate

77%

MOTs analysed

16,589

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

2022 diesel

2,017 MOTs

Passed first time 81%. Typical mileage 20,150 (most between 11,884 and 30,830).

2022: 100% → 2023: 94% → 2024: 89% → 2025: 81%

Most common failures

Condition: has ply or cords exposed (3.5%)
Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively (3.2%)
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction (2.0%)
Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.8%)
Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick (1.8%)

2022 petrol

38 MOTs

These figures come from 38 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

Passed first time 84%. Typical mileage 22,206 (most between 15,398 and 25,475).

2024: 100% → 2025: 84%

Most common failures

Attachment: fixing missing (2.6%)
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect (2.6%)
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction (2.6%)
Service brake performance: excessively fluctuating (2.6%)
SRS malfunction indicator lamp: warning lamp indicates a fault (2.6%)

Where 2022 Tourneo Connects fail

Wheels & tyres

7.0%

Visibility & wipers

5.0%

Lights & electrics

4.1%

Brakes

2.5%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

2.1%

Seat belts & other equipment

1.1%

Body, structure & corrosion

0.8%

Suspension & axles

0.5%

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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 (CC BY 4.0, adapted).