Ford Transit Courier 2016: MOT failure rate for its age

32.3% of 17,023 MOT tests of the Ford Transit Courier 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 109.8 (95% CI 106.9–112.7; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2016 Ford Transit Courier fails more often than other build years of the same model at the same age.

Ford Transit Courier built in 2016 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	32.3	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	17023
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 106.9–112.7)	109.8	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	17023
Rank among this model's 7 build years	7	of 7	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	17023
Tested in 2024	2697	tests	median 92,149 miles	2024	2697

Built 2016 against Ford Transit Courier normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 3: 25.9% vs 23.6%; age 4: 30.4% vs 25.8%; age 5: 31.8% vs 27.9%; age 6: 34.2% vs 30.7%; age 7: 34.9% vs 33.3%; age 8: 37.4% vs 36.2%. Axis from 0% to 40%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2016 Ford Transit Courier by registration · All Ford Transit Courier 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 Courier 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 Courier 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	2,936	25.9	24.4–27.5	23.6	109.8
4	2,845	30.4	28.7–32.1	25.8	117.9
5	2,915	31.8	30.1–33.5	27.9	113.8
6	2,848	34.2	32.5–36	30.7	111.7
7	2,782	34.9	33.1–36.7	33.3	104.7
8	2,697	37.4	35.6–39.2	36.2	103.2

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 17,023 (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 Courier?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2016 is lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 21.3 items per 100 first tests, against 17.7 across all build years of the Ford Transit Courier. 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 Courier built 2016 against the Ford Transit Courier in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2016, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	21.3	17.7	3,620
Visibility	14.6	14.4	2,480
Tyres	10.1	9.3	1,723
Suspension	7	5	1,189
Brakes	6.2	5.2	1,051

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 17,023 (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 7 published build years of the Ford Transit Courier, 2016 ranks 7 (1 = fails least for its age). 2015: index 106.7. 2017: index 97.9.

Ford Transit Courier build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2014	103.8	99.6–107.9	no different	6,740
2015	106.7	104.3–109.1	worse	21,651
2016	109.8	106.9–112.7	worse	17,023
2017	97.9	95.3–100.4	no different	21,090
2018	92.7	89.9–95.5	better	17,603
2019	94.2	90.9–97.4	better	13,936
2020	103.8	98.7–108.9	no different	6,780

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 104,823 (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 Courier 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-courier/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.

Other pages for this model