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Ford Transit Custom: lights, reflectors and electrical MOT failures

8.2% of 266,195 MOT tests on the Ford Transit Custom in 2023–2024 failed on lights, reflectors and electrical, against 11.2% for all cars. Allowing for age, mileage and fuel, Ford Transit Customs failed on lights, reflectors and electrical 30% more often than comparable cars, from 21,864 tests with a lights, reflectors and electrical failure.

266,195 MOT tests on 156,425 vehicles, 2023–2024 · Source: DVSA (Open Government Licence) · Analysis: 73 Auto

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At a glance

Ford Transit Custom lights, reflectors and electrical MOT failures at a glance
FigureValueBasis
Tests failed on lights, reflectors and electrical8.2%21,864 of 266,195 tests
All cars11.2%n = 65,477,892
vs similar cars+30%same age, mileage and fuel

Lights, reflectors and electrical items that fail most

Ford Transit Custom lights, reflectors and electrical MOT failure items
ItemAreaShare of tests
Headlamp: not working on dipped beamLights, reflectors and electrical2.22%
Headlamp aim: too highLights, reflectors and electrical1.47%
Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lampsLights, reflectors and electrical1.07%
Stop lamp: not workingLights, reflectors and electrical1.01%

By registration year

Ford Transit Custom lights, reflectors and electrical MOT failures by registration year
RegisteredTestsFailed on itvs similar cars
20227276.3%-2%
202145,2308.4%+37%
202071,1037.2%+20%
201988,8688.3%+34%
201858,1729.1%+34%
20176059.6%+35%
201663310.1%+17%
20154348.8%-16%

What this does and doesn't tell you

A higher failure rate on lights, reflectors and electrical can reflect the design, typical use or how often owners replace parts before the MOT. It doesn't tell you about any one car: a specific Ford Transit Custom's MOT history does. See MOT check.

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About this data. These are MOT test results, not a measure of mechanical reliability: a car's MOT outcome reflects its condition on the day, which depends on how it has been maintained and driven as well as how it was built. Figures cover class 4 vehicles (cars and light vans), normal tests only (retests excluded), outcomes pass, fail and pass after rectification at the station; vehicles at least 2.5 years old at test. Tests from 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-30. “Compared with similar cars” means compared with the national rate for cars of the same age, mileage band and fuel. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Makes and models are matched to 73 Auto's vehicle catalogue; tests that can't be matched are left out rather than guessed. See how the MOT figures are produced.

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