Ford TRANSIT - 2017
214.3 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2017 is 137.4 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Ford TRANSIT, model year 2017.
Sample size: 100,623 cars, 218,778 tests and 468,737 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 100,623 cars
The 2017 Ford Transit has a significantly higher overall defect rate of 214 defects per 100 vehicles compared to the average of 134 defects per 100, indicating a 60% increase in issues relative to similar vehicles of the same year. Notably, as mileage increases, the defect rate also rises sharply, especially for vehicles with over 124,000 miles, which report 357 defects per 100. This model stands out negatively in several critical areas, particularly with brakes, where it has a defect rate of 139, significantly above the average of 71. Other categories, such as visibility and lights & electrics, also show higher defect rates compared to the averages, suggesting specific reliability concerns for this model.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 100,623 cars
Categories
Brakes
▼ 91.4% worse
138.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 72.5 / 100 tests
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
Steering
▼ 16.1% worse
6.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 5.6 / 100 tests
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
- Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
- Power steering pipe, hose or wiring: excessively damaged or corroded
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
Visibility
▼ 144.1% worse
35.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 14.5 / 100 tests
- Obligatory mirror or device: slightly damaged or loose
- Wiper blade: defective
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▼ 172.1% worse
55.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 20.4 / 100 tests
- A lens defective: which has no effect on emitted light
- Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
- Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
- Lamp emitted colour, position or intensity not in accordance with the requirements
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 5.4% worse
150.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 143.1 / 100 tests
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
Body/Structure
▼ 178.6% worse
19.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 7.0 / 100 tests
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- An engine mounting or bracket: severely damaged or deteriorated resulting in excessive movement
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- A body panel or body component: damaged or corroded and likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted, or insecure
Equipment
▼ 111.1% worse
5.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 2.7 / 100 tests
- A seat belt:
- A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
- ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
Other
▼ 78.9% worse
16.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 9.0 / 100 tests
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Smoke opacity levels exceed the manufacturer’s specified limit
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
Fault rate by mileage segment
Model
Year average
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.
Most common faults (Top 10)
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 54,728
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 44,967
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 44,864
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 35,011
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 30,927
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 19,366
Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
MINOR
Occurrences: 16,674
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 13,340
A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
MINOR
Occurrences: 12,983
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 10,696
Serious faults (Top 10)
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
FAIL
Occurrences: 8,521
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 8,199
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 6,285
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
FAIL
Occurrences: 5,616
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 4,569
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 4,151
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 4,059
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 3,474
Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
FAIL
Occurrences: 3,393
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 3,208