2021 Ford Transit Custom 300 Trend Eblue: MOT pass rate and reliability

79.1% of 2021 Ford Transit Custom 300 Trend Eblues pass the MOT first time, measured across 1,993 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 57,217 miles.

How the 2021 compares

  • Against all Ford Transit Custom 300 Trend Eblues (81.1%, 4,790 tests): -2 points
  • Against all 2021 cars (90%): -10.9 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Ford Transit Custom 300 Trend Eblue 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 Custom 300 Trend Eblue:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2019 80.7% 409 88,410
2020 82.6% 2,304 64,232
2021 79.1% 1,993 57,217

What this means if you are buying a 2021 Transit Custom 300 Trend Eblue

The 2021 is a weaker year for this model, passing 2 points less often than the Ford Transit Custom 300 Trend Eblue average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2021 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 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 around average, so condition and service history will tell you more than the odometer does. On a 2021 Ford Transit Custom 300 Trend Eblue the average at test was 57,217 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 2020 at 82.6%, and the weakest in our data is 2021 at 79.1%. That 3.5 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2021 car against a newer one tells you very little.

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