Ford Transit Connect 2016: MOT failure rate for its age

23.8% of 86,114 MOT tests of the Ford Transit Connect first registered in 2016 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 94.6 (95% CI 93.3–95.9; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2016 Ford Transit Connect fails less often than other build years of the same model at the same age.

Ford Transit Connect built in 2016 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	23.8	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	86114
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 93.3–95.9)	94.6	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	86114
Rank among this model's 19 build years	4	of 19	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	86114
Tested in 2024	13868	tests	median 99,400 miles	2024	13868

Built 2016 against Ford Transit Connect normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 3: 20.2% vs 21%; age 4: 20.8% vs 23.2%; age 5: 23.2% vs 24.4%; age 6: 25.2% vs 24.6%; age 7: 26.1% vs 27.2%; age 8: 27.4% vs 30.8%. Axis from 0% to 40%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2016 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 2016 Ford Transit Connect fail at each age?

Cars built in 2016 were tested at ages 3 to 8 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 2016: 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)
3	14,982	20.2	19.5–20.8	21	95.9
4	14,242	20.8	20.1–21.5	23.2	89.7
5	14,525	23.2	22.6–23.9	24.4	95.5
6	14,314	25.2	24.5–25.9	24.6	102.7
7	14,183	26.1	25.4–26.9	27.2	96.1
8	13,868	27.4	26.7–28.1	30.8	88.9

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 86,114 (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 2016 Ford Transit Connect?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2016 is visibility: 13.7 items per 100 first tests, against 18 across all build years of the Ford Transit Connect. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2016 were tested at ages 3 to 8.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Ford Transit Connect built 2016 against the Ford Transit Connect in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2016, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Visibility	13.7	18	11,808
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	11.2	33.9	9,620
Brakes	10.4	22.8	8,929
Tyres	10.3	11.7	8,868
Noise, emissions and leaks	2.3	5.2	1,999

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 86,114 (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 2016 compare with the years around it?

Among the 19 published build years of the Ford Transit Connect, 2016 ranks 4 (1 = fails least for its age). 2015: index 92.7. 2017: index 91.0.

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 2016 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/2016/

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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