Ford Tourneo Connect MOT pass rate & common failures

At a glance

Pass rate, adjusted for age and mileage

The Tourneo Connect is 1.8 percentage points above the national pass rate once age and mileage are accounted for, which is above average. The unadjusted figure is 76.9%; the difference is what the age and mileage of this model’s fleet was hiding.

DVSA recorded wording

Most common failure items

Share of failed Ford Tourneo Connect tests in which each item was recorded. One failed test often lists several items, so these do not sum to 100%.

1. 1.A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm17.0%

   506 occurrencesBrake drum or shoe worn or contaminated explained

2. 2.A tyre cords visible or damaged14.6%

   435 occurrencesTyre ply or cord exposed, or the casing separating explained

3. 3.Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen13.8%

   412 occurrencesWiper or washer not working properly explained

4. 4.Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements10.6%

   316 occurrencesTyre worn close to the legal limit explained

5. 5.A tyre seriously damaged9.2%

   274 occurrencesTyre damaged or deteriorated explained

6. 6.A tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative8.5%

   252 occurrencesTyre pressure monitoring system inoperative explained

7. 7.Unknown (32135)6.2%

   186 occurrences

8. 8.Engine MIL illuminated indicating a malfunction6.0%

   178 occurrencesEngine management light on, or not working explained

9. 9.Smoke opacity levels exceed the manufacturer's specified limit5.2%

   156 occurrencesEmissions above the permitted limit explained

10. 10.A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn4.6%

    137 occurrencesSuspension arm bush worn explained

Warnings without a failure

Most common advisories

Share of all Ford Tourneo Connect tests carrying each advisory. The denominator differs from the failure list above because an advisory can be issued on a car that passed.

1. 1.Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements30.0%

   4,796 testsTyre worn close to the legal limit explained

2. 2.A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm14.6%

   2,327 testsBrake drum or shoe worn or contaminated explained

3. 3.A tyre seriously damaged7.4%

   1,178 testsTyre damaged or deteriorated explained

4. 4.Brake disc or drum excessively weakened, insecure or fractured6.7%

   1,073 testsBrake disc worn, pitted or scored explained

5. 5.Unknown (32135)4.0%

   646 tests

6. 6.Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements3.6%

   573 testsTyre worn close to the legal limit explained

7. 7.Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn3.1%

   499 testsBrake disc worn, pitted or scored explained

8. 8.Fluid leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users2.4%

   389 tests

How wear changes the picture

Pass rate by vehicle age

Bands holding too few tests to be meaningful are omitted rather than shown as a rate.

What gets tested

The Tourneo Connect fleet

Average mileage recorded at test

58,217

Across examples of every age, so this is a description of the fleet rather than an annual figure.

Fuel mix of tested cars

Diesel96.7%

Petrol3.2%

Compare within the range

Other Ford models

• Ford Fiesta — 67.1% adjusted
• Ford Focus — 71.6% adjusted
• Ford Kuga — 75.3% adjusted
• Ford Transit — 68.0% adjusted
• Ford Transit Custom — 77.3% unadjusted
• Ford Mondeo — 76.0% adjusted
• All Ford models →

Similar test volumes

Compare against other makes

• BMW X6 — 82.9% adjusted, ranked 30
• BMW M3 — 88.3% adjusted, ranked 7
• Jaguar F-Type — 89.3% adjusted, ranked 4
• Lexus IS — 84.3% adjusted, ranked 25

Common questions

Is the Ford Tourneo Connect reliable?

On MOT evidence the Ford Tourneo Connect is above average. It passes 74.1% of tests once age and mileage are accounted for, against a national average of 72.3%. That figure covers 69% of the national age and mileage range, which is enough to quote but not to rank. This measures how often the car meets the MOT standard, not how often it breaks down or what a repair costs.

What is the most common MOT failure on a Ford Tourneo Connect?

The item recorded most often is "a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm", which appears in 17.0% of failed Ford Tourneo Connect tests. Because one failed test can list several items, these shares do not add up to 100%.

What do testers most often warn about on a Ford Tourneo Connect?

The most common advisory is "Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements", noted on 30.0% of all Ford Tourneo Connect tests. An advisory is not a failure: it flags something that will likely need attention before the next test.

What mileage does a Ford Tourneo Connect usually have at its MOT?

The average odometer reading recorded at test is 58,217 miles. This is the mileage across all tested examples of every age, not an annual figure, so treat it as a description of the fleet rather than a target for one car.

Does a Ford Tourneo Connect get harder to pass as it ages?

Yes. At 3 to 5 years old, 80.7% of Ford Tourneo Connect tests pass. By fifteen years or more, that falls to 54.8%. Nearly every model follows this pattern, which is why comparing raw pass rates between models is misleading unless age is accounted for.

Are most Ford Tourneo Connect models petrol or diesel?

Of the Ford Tourneo Connect cars tested, 97% are diesel, 3% are petrol. Fuel type affects which items tend to fail, particularly emissions and exhaust components.

How this was worked out

Method and limits

Figures come from the DVSA anonymised MOT testing dataset, published under the Open Government Licence. Only class 4 initial tests are counted: retests are excluded so a car appears once, and abandoned tests are excluded entirely. The adjusted rate is directly standardised across twenty-five age and mileage bands and reweighted onto the national distribution, so this model is compared against cars that have lived a similar life rather than against a younger or lighter-used fleet.

An MOT measures whether a car met a legal standard on the day. It is not a breakdown record, a service history or a running-cost estimate, and a pass rate is a property of a fleet rather than a prediction about one car.

Further reading

Make sense of the numbers

• How to judge reliability from evidence rather than reputation
• What counts as high or low mileage for a car’s age
• The most common MOT failures and how to avoid them
• What to check before buying a used Ford