2021 Ford Transit Courier: MOT pass rate and reliability

85.2% of 2021 Ford Transit Couriers pass the MOT first time, measured across 3,610 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 41,907 miles.

How the 2021 compares

  • Against all Ford Transit Couriers (79.3%, 27,258 tests): +5.9 points
  • Against all 2021 cars (90%): -4.8 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 2021 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 2021 Transit Courier

The 2021 is one of the stronger years for this model, passing 5.9 points more often than the Ford Transit Courier average. That is a point in its favour, though condition and service history still matter more than the model year. 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 5-year-old car fails on

A 2021 car is 5 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 below average for a car this age, worth a mileage-consistency check since an unusually low reading is sometimes clocking rather than luck. On a 2021 Ford Transit Courier the average at test was 41,907 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.

2021 is the strongest year on record for this model at 85.2%, ahead of every other year we hold data for.

Nearby model years

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