Ford Tourneo Courier MOT reliability

Ford Tourneo Couriers passed their MOT first time 83% of the time across 279 tests in 2025.

First-time pass rate

83%

MOTs analysed

279

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

2019 petrol

94 MOTs

These figures come from 94 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 82%. Typical mileage 38,083 (most between 23,798 and 47,525).

2021: 100% → 2022: 86% → 2023: 87% → 2024: 91% → 2025: 82%

Most common failures

Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (3.2%)
Condition: has ply or cords exposed (2.1%)
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect (2.1%)
Stop lamp: not working (2.1%)
Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (1.1%)

2019 diesel

29 MOTs

These figures come from 29 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 72%. Typical mileage 41,730 (most between 26,496 and 55,936).

2021: 100% → 2022: 73% → 2023: 82% → 2024: 93% → 2025: 72%

Most common failures

Headlamp: not working on dipped beam (6.9%)
Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (6.9%)
Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively (6.9%)
Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick (3.4%)
Coil spring: fractured or broken (3.4%)

Where 2019 Tourneo Couriers fail

Wheels & tyres

8.5%

Lights & electrics

6.4%

Suspension & axles

3.2%

Visibility & wipers

3.2%

Brakes

1.1%

Steering

1.1%

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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 (CC BY 4.0, adapted).