Pass rate
70.9%
Below average — 1.3 pts behind the 72.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 182 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £50–£135
2004 Ford Tourneo Connect MOT pass rate
- 2004
- People carrier
- typical 125,460 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
22.8% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 91.2% pass
- Avoid 2006 62.4% pass
Across the 19 years on record, a spread of 28.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 62.4%
- Typical mileage
- 125k mi
The 2004 Ford Tourneo Connect MOT pass rate is 70.9% of its MOT tests — 1.3 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 22.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Ford Tourneo Connect does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 2.4× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 13.1% of everything recorded on the 2004 Ford Tourneo Connect, against 5.6% nationally — 7.5 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 22.8%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. Look underneath for corrosion near the jacking points and suspension mounts; surface rust is normal, flaking metal is not.
- Based on a small sample. 182 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2004 Ford Tourneo Connect compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.2%, so this figure is 1.3 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 62.4%. The median 2004 Ford Tourneo Connect in this dataset had covered 125,460 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 76.5% of the time, April–September 63.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 15.38% of tests.
- 182 recorded tests behind this page.
- 70.9% overall pass rate, 62.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Ford Tourneo Connect, the average is 84.6% — best year 2023 (91.2%), worst 2006 (62.4%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 182
- Typical mileage (median)
- 125,460 mi
- Make and model
- Ford Tourneo Connect
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Number Plate Lamp
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Tourneo Connect MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 57% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Tourneo Connect
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 41 | 78.0% |
| South West | 37 | 59.5% |
| East of England | 23 | 78.3% |
| Yorkshire | 19 | 73.7% |
| North West | 16 | 75.0% |
| East Midlands | 15 | 60.0% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2004 Tourneo Connect
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2004 Tourneo Connect
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the lights 15.4% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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Check corrosion 8.8% of tests
“component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength”
Look under the sills, around the jacking points and where the suspension mounts meet the body. Flaking, holed or crumbly metal fails; a brown stain on sound metal does not.
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Check the suspension joints 6.0% of tests
“ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2004 Tourneo Connect through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £50–£135 — and 36% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £50–£135
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 36%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 182 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the Tourneo Connect, side by side
19 model years on record, from 2003 to 2024. Across them the pass rate runs from 62.4% to 91.2% — a spread of 28.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2003 67.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2004 70.9%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2005 64.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2006 62.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 64.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 69.2% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2009 78.0% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2010 69.4% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2014 78.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2015 80.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2016 85.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2017 86.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2018 86.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 85.7% malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2020 86.3% malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2021 87.4% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2022 87.4% has ply or cords exposed
- 2023 91.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2024 89.6% headlamp aim projected beam image…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2004 Ford Tourneo Connect with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2004 people carriers with a similar record
Closest pass rates among 2004 people carriers with at least 200 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. Full rankings: best people carriers and worst people carriers.
The full DVSA record for the 2004 Ford Tourneo Connect 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 699 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 162 | 22.80% | 20.89% | +1.91 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 127 | 17.80% | 12.21% | +5.59 |
| Suspension | 118 | 16.60% | 20.98% | −4.38 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 93 | 13.10% | 5.57% | +7.53 |
| Tyres | 69 | 9.70% | 19.76% | −10.06 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 64 | 9.00% | 5.52% | +3.48 |
| Visibility | 27 | 3.80% | 4.97% | −1.17 |
| Non-component advisories | 14 | 2.00% | 4.18% | −2.18 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 14 | 2.00% | 1.76% | +0.24 |
| Steering | 11 | 1.50% | 2.57% | −1.07 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 15.4% | £5–20 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 11.0% | £80–250 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 8.8% | £180–450 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 7.1% | £45–110 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 6.6% | £5–25 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 6.0% | £18–45 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 5.5% | £45–120 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 5.5% | £8–22 |
| Service brake imbalance across an axle Brakes | Major | 5.0% | £45–110 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.4% | £60–140 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 27.5% | £200–700 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 25.8% | £80–180 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 22.5% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 12.6% | £45–110 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 11.5% | £45–120 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 9.3% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 2 | 100.0% | 19,872 mi |
| 30-60k | 20 | 80.0% | 50,537 mi |
| 60-90k | 22 | 72.7% | 80,349 mi |
| 90-120k | 37 | 75.7% | 106,704 mi |
| 120k+ | 99 | 65.7% | 154,551 mi |
Source: 182 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2004 Tourneo Connect MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2004 Ford Tourneo Connect?
70.9% of the 182 2004 Ford Tourneo Connect tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.2% for cars first used in 2004. First-attempt pass rate: 62.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2004 Ford Tourneo Connect?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (15.38%), joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (10.99%), component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (8.79%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2004 Ford Tourneo Connect MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 65.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2004 Ford Tourneo Connect in this dataset had covered 125,460 mi.
Does the season affect the 2004 Ford Tourneo Connect MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 76.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 63.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.