2020 Ford Transit Custom 280 Trend Eblue: MOT pass rate and reliability
84.9% of 2020 Ford Transit Custom 280 Trend Eblues pass the MOT first time, measured across 958 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 62,038 miles.
How the 2020 compares
- Against all Ford Transit Custom 280 Trend Eblues (84.8%, 2,225 tests): +0.1 points
- Against all 2020 cars (89.4%): -4.5 points
- National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%
Every Ford Transit Custom 280 Trend Eblue model year
Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2020 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Ford Transit Custom 280 Trend Eblue:
| Year | Pass rate | Tests | Avg mileage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 85.9% | 213 | 91,467 |
| 2020 | 84.9% | 958 | 62,038 |
| 2021 | 84.4% | 1,014 | 48,849 |
What this means if you are buying a 2020 Transit Custom 280 Trend Eblue
The 2020 sits close to the Ford Transit Custom 280 Trend Eblue 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 6-year-old car fails on
A 2020 car is 6 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 around average, so condition and service history will tell you more than the odometer does. On a 2020 Ford Transit Custom 280 Trend Eblue the average at test was 62,038 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 2019 at 85.9%, and the weakest in our data is 2021 at 84.4%. That 1.5 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2020 car against a newer one tells you very little.
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