Ford Transit Custom 2018: MOT failure rate for its age

20.4% of 110,533 MOT tests of the Ford Transit Custom first registered in 2018 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 96.7 (95% CI 95.5–98.0; 100 = normal for this model at that age): close to other build years of the same model at the same age (within 5 points of normal).

Ford Transit Custom built in 2018 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	20.4	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	110533
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 95.5–98.0)	96.7	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	110533
Rank among this model's 6 build years	1	of 6	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	110533
Tested in 2024	27097	tests	median 76,729 miles	2024	27097

Built 2018 against Ford Transit Custom normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 3: 16.6% vs 20.3%; age 4: 19.6% vs 20.3%; age 5: 21.8% vs 20.9%; age 6: 23.4% vs 22.6%. Axis from 0% to 30%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2018 Ford Transit Custom by registration · All Ford Transit Custom 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 2018 Ford Transit Custom fail at each age?

Cars built in 2018 were tested at ages 3 to 6 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 Custom built 2018: 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	27,340	16.6	16.1–17	20.3	81.5
4	28,113	19.6	19.2–20.1	20.3	96.8
5	27,983	21.8	21.3–22.3	20.9	104.1
6	27,097	23.4	22.9–23.9	22.6	103.5

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 110,533 (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 2018 Ford Transit Custom?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2018 is visibility: 14.5 items per 100 first tests, against 15.6 across all build years of the Ford Transit Custom. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2018 were tested at ages 3 to 6.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Ford Transit Custom built 2018 against the Ford Transit Custom in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2018, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Visibility	14.5	15.6	16,080
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	9.7	9.1	10,744
Brakes	7.9	7.2	8,741
Tyres	5.5	5.9	6,126
Body, chassis, structure	3.1	3.3	3,403

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 110,775 (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 2018 compare with the years around it?

Among the 6 published build years of the Ford Transit Custom, 2018 ranks 1 (1 = fails least for its age). 2017: index 101.5. 2019: index 101.4.

Ford Transit Custom build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2015	117.8	95.8–139.8	no different (rough estimate)	412
2016	98.4	85.1–111.6	no different (rough estimate)	985
2017	101.5	86.7–116.3	no different (rough estimate)	836
2018	96.7	95.5–98.0	better	110,533
2019	101.4	100.2–102.7	worse	125,304
2020	106.6	104.8–108.4	worse	64,755

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 302,825 (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 Custom 2018 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-custom/2018/

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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