Ford Transit Connect 2012: MOT failure rate for its age

41.1% of 38,119 MOT tests of the Ford Transit Connect first registered in 2012 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 106.4 (95% CI 104.7–108.1; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2012 Ford Transit Connect fails more often than other build years of the same model at the same age.

Ford Transit Connect built in 2012 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	41.1	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	38119
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 104.7–108.1)	106.4	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	38119
Rank among this model's 19 build years	17	of 19	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	38119
Tested in 2024	5638	tests	median 114,756 miles	2024	5638

Built 2012 against Ford Transit Connect normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 7: 38.6% vs 30.4%; age 8: 39.1% vs 32.1%; age 9: 41.1% vs 36.7%; age 10: 41.5% vs 40.4%; age 11: 43.2% vs 46.2%; age 12: 44% vs 48.4%. Axis from 0% to 50%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2012 Ford Transit Connect by registration · All Ford Transit Connect MOT statistics · Download the build-year table (CSV)

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · full dataset (v5).

How does the 2012 Ford Transit Connect fail at each age?

Cars built in 2012 were tested at ages 7 to 12 between 2019 and 2024. Each row compares their first-time failure share with what this model normally shows at that age, after allowing for the overall failure level of each test year.

Ford Transit Connect built 2012: first-time MOT failure by age, against the model's normal rate at that age (2019–2024)
Age	Tests	Failed, %	95% interval	Normal for this model at that age, %	Index (100 = normal)
7	6,919	38.6	37.5–39.8	30.4	127
8	6,488	39.1	37.9–40.3	32.1	121.7
9	6,569	41.1	39.9–42.3	36.7	112
10	6,400	41.5	40.3–42.7	40.4	102.6
11	6,105	43.2	42–44.5	46.2	93.5
12	5,638	44	42.7–45.3	48.4	90.9

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 38,119 (initial tests) · Method: normal rate = this model's first-time failure share at that age across its build years (cells of 400+ tests), adjusted for each test year's overall level; cells of 30+ tests, under 500 marked rough · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

What fails most on the 2012 Ford Transit Connect?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2012 is lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 34.6 items per 100 first tests, against 33.9 across all build years of the Ford Transit Connect. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2012 were tested at ages 7 to 12.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Ford Transit Connect built 2012 against the Ford Transit Connect in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2012, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	34.6	33.9	13,173
Brakes	31.5	22.8	12,023
Suspension	19.6	24	7,486
Visibility	17.1	18	6,522
Body, chassis, structure	12.7	19.3	4,851

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 38,119 (initial tests of this build year) · Method: failure items grouped by DVSA's top-level defect groups, per 100 initial tests; groups with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How does 2012 compare with the years around it?

Among the 19 published build years of the Ford Transit Connect, 2012 ranks 17 (1 = fails least for its age). 2011: index 106.2. 2013: index 102.8.

Ford Transit Connect build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2002	97.6	92.8–102.4	no different (rough estimate)	3,023
2003	101.0	99.5–102.5	no different	30,422
2004	100.7	99.4–102.0	no different	42,861
2005	99.3	98.2–100.5	no different	52,730
2006	100.2	99.2–101.2	no different	68,208
2007	100.6	99.5–101.6	no different	69,520
2008	99.7	98.5–100.8	no different	58,301
2009	100.9	99.5–102.4	no different	37,234
2010	105.4	103.9–107.0	worse	35,258
2011	106.2	104.7–107.8	worse	38,681
2012	106.4	104.7–108.1	worse	38,119
2013	102.8	100.8–104.8	worse	28,252
2014	91.5	90.2–92.8	better	65,086
2015	92.7	91.5–94.0	better	80,996
2016	94.6	93.3–95.9	better	86,114
2017	91.0	89.8–92.3	better	97,079
2018	102.8	101.2–104.4	worse	67,502
2019	121.5	119.3–123.7	worse	45,242
2020	114.1	111.0–117.2	worse	22,168

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 966,796 (initial tests) · Method: observed failures against those expected for the same model at the same ages, test-year level adjusted; verdict follows the printed one-decimal bound · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How to cite this page

MOT Risk Index (2026). Ford Transit Connect 2012 MOT statistics (data release dvsa-2024-v2; full dataset motriskindex-families-2024-v5, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22975051), updated 30 September 2026. motriskindex.co.uk/cars/ford-transit-connect/2012/

How every figure is calculated: methodology. Age, test year and build year are tied together (age = test year − build year), so the test-year level is taken as observed, not estimated.

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