2018 Ford Transit Custom: MOT pass rate and reliability

82.6% of 2018 Ford Transit Customs pass the MOT first time, measured across 32,528 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 82,420 miles.

How the 2018 compares

  • Against all Ford Transit Customs (83.5%, 74,465 tests): -0.9 points
  • Against all 2018 cars (85.9%): -3.3 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Ford Transit Custom model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2018 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Ford Transit Custom:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2015 67.4% 224 108,926
2016 74.9% 386 96,249
2017 74% 334 87,179
2018 82.6% 32,528 82,420
2019 84.6% 38,777 71,637
2020 86.7% 1,414 57,281
2021 76.1% 498 46,007

What this means if you are buying a 2018 Transit Custom

The 2018 sits close to the Ford Transit Custom 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 an 8-year-old car fails on

A 2018 car is 8 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 2018 Ford Transit Custom the average at test was 82,420 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 86.7%, and the weakest in our data is 2015 at 67.4%. That 19.3 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2018 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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