Does the Ford Tourneo Connect fail the MOT on vehicle identification more than it should?

The Ford Tourneo Connect records 0.25 vehicle identification failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.37 expected for a lcv of the same age mix: about as expected for its class and age (the difference is within its interval or under 0.5 items per 100 tests) (−0.12, 95% interval −0.17 to −0.08). It ranks 497 of 636 models on vehicle identification (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on vehicle identification · check a Ford Tourneo Connect by registration

What exactly fails on vehicle identification?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Ford Tourneo Connect is “Number plate does not conform to the specified requirements”, recorded 75 times in 2019–2024.

Ford Tourneo Connect: most frequent vehicle identification defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
Number plate does not conform to the specified requirements	75	0.12
Number plate inscription missing or illegible	51	0.08

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 60,346 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

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Does the Ford Tourneo Connect fail the MOT on vehicle identification more than it should?

What exactly fails on vehicle identification?

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