11,960 tests in 2025
Ford Tourneo Custom reliability and MOT pass rate
84.5% passed first time. The 15.5% fail rate is 7.1 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 4 years old with 49,495 miles.
Pass rate
84.5%
22.6% of all cars failed; 15.5% of these did.
Fixed on the day
5.5%
Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.
Median at test
49,495 mi
4 years old.
Fail rate by age
| Age at test | Tests | Fail rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 8,241 | 16.4% |
| 6-9 years | 2,898 | 15.7% |
| 10-13 years | 49 | — |
| 14+ years | 1 | — |
What the Tourneo Custom 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.
- Tyres309 dangerous29%
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment8 dangerous28.4%
- Visibility1 dangerous24.5%
- Brakes287 dangerous23.5%
- Body, chassis, structure14 dangerous14%
- Suspension15 dangerous12.1%
- Noise, emissions and leaks1 dangerous7.1%
- Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems4.5%
Is the Tourneo Custom getting worse?
The fail rate rose 3.2 points to 15.7% from 2022 to 2025, against a rising rate across all cars.
| Year | Tests | Median age | Fail rate | All cars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2,537 | 3 | 12.5% | 22.5% | |
| 2023 | 5,093 | — | 13.3% | 22.8% | |
| 2024 | 6,484 | — | 15.2% | 23.2% | |
| 2025 | 9,667 | — | 15.7% | 22.6% |
Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical Tourneo Custom 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 Custom in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.
- 1Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively326 tests
- 2Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick213 tests
- 3Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt186 tests
- 4Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords181 tests
- 5Headlamp: not working on dipped beam137 tests
- 6Tyre pressure monitoring system: malfunctioning or obviously inoperative130 tests
- 7Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction100 tests
- 8Stop lamp: not working97 tests
What wears out first
Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Tourneo Custom collects 2.18 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.
- 1Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick1,029 tests
- 2Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm974 tests
- 3Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure856 tests
- 4Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened682 tests
- 5Brake discs: significantly and obviously worn458 tests
- 6Linkage pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn307 tests
- 7Non-component advisories: Nail in tyre238 tests
- 8Non-component advisories: Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt211 tests
Questions
What is the Ford Tourneo Custom MOT pass rate?
84.5% of the 11,960 Ford Tourneo Custom first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 15.5% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 5.5% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.
What does a Ford Tourneo Custom usually fail on?
The single most common failure is "Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively", recorded on 326 failed tests, followed by "Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick" and "Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt". By section, tyres appears in 29% of failures, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment appears in 28.4% of failures, visibility appears in 24.5% of failures.
Does age change the odds?
Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 16.4%; at 6-9 years it was 15.7%. The median Ford Tourneo Custom tested in 2025 was 4 years old with 49,495 miles.
Is the Ford Tourneo Custom getting less reliable?
The fail rate rose 3.2 points to 15.7% from 2022 to 2025, against a rising rate across all cars.
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 Custom 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 8 safety recalls naming the Ford Tourneo Custom: Ford Tourneo Custom recalls.
Other Ford models
- Fiesta 27.3%
- Focus 25.4%
- Grand C-Max 27.6%
- Transit Courier 21.2%
- Tourneo Connect 18.4%
- Tourneo 23.4%
- Mustang 14.1%
- Escort 17.6%
- Edge 13.1%
- Mustang Mach-E 8%
Checking a particular Tourneo Custom?
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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