2014 Ford Transit Courier: MOT pass rate and reliability

69.2% of 2014 Ford Transit Couriers pass the MOT first time, measured across 1,079 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 118,475 miles.

How the 2014 compares

  • Against all Ford Transit Couriers (79.3%, 27,258 tests): -10.1 points
  • Against all 2014 cars (75.4%): -6.2 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Ford Transit Courier model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2014 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Ford Transit Courier:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2014 69.2% 1,079 118,475
2015 71.5% 3,433 110,280
2016 73.1% 2,700 97,009
2017 78.3% 3,889 89,713
2018 81.2% 4,335 76,324
2019 83.1% 4,624 67,327
2020 81.6% 3,422 58,547
2021 85.2% 3,610 41,907

What this means if you are buying a 2014 Transit Courier

The 2014 is a weaker year for this model, passing 10.1 points less often than the Ford Transit Courier average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2014 figure for all cars above rather than against newer examples. Check the exact car with the free MOT history checker before you buy, and run its VIN and mileage through our free VIN decoder and clocking check.

What a 12-year-old car fails on

A 2014 car is 12 years old now, and age drives the failure mix more than the badge does. Across all cars tested, these are the categories that actually cause failures:

  • Lights and electrical: 10.36% of all cars tested
  • Suspension: 8.65% of all cars tested
  • Tyres: 6.23% of all cars tested
  • Brakes: 6.1% of all cars tested
  • Visibility: wipers, washers, glass: 4.65% of all cars tested
  • Body, chassis and structure: 3.18% of all cars tested

That is high mileage, so timing belts, clutches, suspension bushes and corrosion are the items worth budgeting for rather than the MOT itself. On a 2014 Ford Transit Courier the average at test was 118,475 miles, so treat anything far above that as a car that has worked harder than its peers, and anything far below as one worth checking for the faults that come from standing still.

The strongest year for this model is 2021 at 85.2%, and the weakest in our data is 2014 at 69.2%. That 16.0 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2014 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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