2017 Ford Transit Courier: MOT pass rate and reliability

78.3% of 2017 Ford Transit Couriers pass the MOT first time, measured across 3,889 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 89,713 miles.

How the 2017 compares

  • Against all Ford Transit Couriers (79.3%, 27,258 tests): -1 points
  • Against all 2017 cars (83.5%): -5.2 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 2017 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 2017 Transit Courier

The 2017 sits close to the Ford Transit Courier average, so there is no strong model-year signal either way. Judge the individual car on its own history. 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 9-year-old car fails on

A 2017 car is 9 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 above average, the point where suspension bushes, drop links and exhaust corrosion start showing up as advisories before they become failures. On a 2017 Ford Transit Courier the average at test was 89,713 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 2017 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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