15,318 tests in 2025
Ford Tourneo Connect reliability and MOT pass rate
81.6% passed first time. The 18.4% fail rate is 4.2 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 7 years old with 46,478 miles.
Pass rate
81.6%
22.6% of all cars failed; 18.4% of these did.
Fixed on the day
4.5%
Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.
Median at test
46,478 mi
7 years old.
Fail rate by age
| Age at test | Tests | Fail rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 5,401 | 15.3% |
| 6-9 years | 6,874 | 18% |
| 10-13 years | 2,364 | 26.6% |
| 14+ years | 221 | 36.2% |
What the Tourneo Connect fails on
Share of failed tests with at least one fail item in each DVSA inspection section. A test can fail in several sections at once.
- Tyres855 dangerous36%
- Brakes540 dangerous25.4%
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment4 dangerous20.8%
- Visibility1 dangerous17.3%
- Noise, emissions and leaks3 dangerous15.3%
- Suspension29 dangerous14.2%
- Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems1 dangerous11.1%
- Body, chassis, structure10 dangerous6.7%
Is the Tourneo Connect getting worse?
The fail rate rose 3.8 points to 19% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 1 year, which is about what ageing alone predicts (2.3 points). Read it as the fleet getting older rather than the model changing.
| Year | Tests | Median age | Fail rate | All cars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10,704 | 6 | 15.2% | 22.5% | |
| 2023 | 12,661 | 6 | 17.3% | 22.8% | |
| 2024 | 12,150 | 7 | 17.9% | 23.2% | |
| 2025 | 13,960 | 7 | 19% | 22.6% |
Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical Tourneo Connect at its test that year, and it is the number to watch: across the whole fleet each extra year of age adds roughly 1.9 points to the fail rate, so a model whose age and fail rate rise together is simply getting older.
The exact defects that fail it
Every failure item DVSA recorded against a Tourneo Connect in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.
- 1Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick351 tests
- 2Condition: has ply or cords exposed325 tests
- 3Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively311 tests
- 4Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords234 tests
- 5Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction234 tests
- 6Tyre pressure monitoring system: malfunctioning or obviously inoperative233 tests
- 7Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm225 tests
- 8On or after 01/01/2014: emissions exceed manufacturer's specified limit151 tests
What wears out first
Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Tourneo Connect collects 2.27 of them per test, and these are the ones that come up most. Treat it as the running-repairs list for the next year or two.
- 1Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm2,931 tests
- 2Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick1,654 tests
- 3Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure789 tests
- 4Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened721 tests
- 5Condition: webbing significantly weakened cut greater than 4mm496 tests
- 6Tread depth: tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm370 tests
- 7Engine oil leaks: leaking excessively from engine358 tests
- 8Brake discs: significantly and obviously worn331 tests
Questions
What is the Ford Tourneo Connect MOT pass rate?
81.6% of the 15,318 Ford Tourneo Connect first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 18.4% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 4.5% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.
What does a Ford Tourneo Connect usually fail on?
The single most common failure is "Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick", recorded on 351 failed tests, followed by "Condition: has ply or cords exposed" and "Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively". By section, tyres appears in 36% of failures, brakes appears in 25.4% of failures, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment appears in 20.8% of failures.
Does age change the odds?
Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 15.3%; at 14+ years it was 36.2%. The median Ford Tourneo Connect tested in 2025 was 7 years old with 46,478 miles.
Is the Ford Tourneo Connect getting less reliable?
The fail rate rose 3.8 points to 19% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 1 year, which is about what ageing alone predicts (2.3 points). Read it as the fleet getting older rather than the model changing.
First-attempt class 4 tests, 2025, from DVSA’s anonymised MOT data (OGL v3, retrieved 2026-09-12). DVSA records newer cars trim by trim; this page adds every Tourneo Connect trim together. Year-on-year figures come from the same DVSA extracts for 2026 and earlier years. Full method on the pass rates hub.
DVSA has published 6 safety recalls naming the Ford Tourneo Connect: Ford Tourneo Connect recalls.
Other Ford models
- Fiesta 27.3%
- Focus 25.4%
- B-Max 24.4%
- Fusion 32.3%
- Grand C-Max 27.6%
- Transit Courier 21.2%
- Tourneo 23.4%
- Tourneo Custom 15.5%
- Mustang 14.1%
- Escort 17.6%
Checking a particular Tourneo Connect?
The odds above are the model. The car in front of you has its own record: every test, every advisory, the mileage at each one.
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