Pass rate
78.7%
Around average — 3.4 pts behind the 82.1% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 122 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £44–£133
2015 Ford Tourneo Custom MOT pass rate
- 2015
- People carrier
- typical 191,482 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
24.4% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2025 100.0% pass
- Avoid 2015 78.7% pass · this year
Across the 11 years on record, a spread of 21.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 73.2%
- Typical mileage
- 191k mi
The 2015 Ford Tourneo Custom MOT pass rate is 78.7% of its MOT tests — 3.4 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 24.4% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Ford Tourneo Custom does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Fewer problems with tyres
Tyres are 12.8% of this car’s recorded faults, against 19.8% nationally — the mirror image of the usual story on a people carrier of this age.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, people carriers this age and mileage expect about 82.1%; this one manages 78.7% — 3.4 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 25% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
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 2015 Ford Tourneo Custom compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 82.1%, so this figure is 3.4 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 73.2%. The median 2015 Ford Tourneo Custom in this dataset had covered 191,482 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 80.6% of the time, April–September 76.0%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 8.20% of tests.
- 122 recorded tests behind this page.
- 78.7% overall pass rate, 73.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Ford Tourneo Custom, the average is 86.9% — best year 2025 (100.0%), worst 2015 (78.7%).
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
- 122
- Typical mileage (median)
- 191,482 mi
- Make and model
- Ford Tourneo Custom
- 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 Custom MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 56% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Tourneo Custom
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| East of England | 32 | 78.1% |
| North West | 29 | 82.8% |
| South East | 19 | 68.4% |
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 2015 Tourneo Custom
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 2015 Tourneo Custom
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 8.2% 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 the suspension joints 7.4% of tests
“pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn”
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.
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Check the windscreen 5.7% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
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 2015 Tourneo Custom through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £44–£133 — and 25% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £44–£133
- Cheapest common item: washers not working
- £5–£15
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot split or…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 25%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 122 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 Custom, side by side
11 model years on record, from 2015 to 2025. Across them the pass rate runs from 78.7% to 100.0% — a spread of 21.3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2015 78.7%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2016 82.8% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2017 83.7% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2018 85.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 88.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 86.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2021 85.7% wipers does not clear the…
- 2022 87.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2023 92.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2024 98.3% srs malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2025 100.0% windscreen damaged but not…
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 2015 Ford Tourneo Custom 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 2015 people carriers with a similar record
Closest pass rates among 2015 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 2015 Ford Tourneo Custom 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 238 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 | 59 | 24.40% | 20.89% | +3.51 |
| Suspension | 49 | 20.20% | 20.98% | −0.78 |
| Tyres | 31 | 12.80% | 19.76% | −6.96 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 23 | 9.50% | 12.21% | −2.71 |
| Non-component advisories | 17 | 7.00% | 4.18% | +2.82 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 16 | 6.60% | 5.57% | +1.03 |
| Visibility | 15 | 6.20% | 4.97% | +1.23 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 14 | 5.80% | 5.52% | +0.28 |
| Steering | 7 | 2.90% | 2.57% | +0.33 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 7 | 2.90% | 1.76% | +1.14 |
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 | 8.2% | £5–20 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 7.4% | £40–150 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 6.6% | £80–250 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 5.7% | £80–200 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 4.1% | £80–250 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.5% | £18–45 |
| Washers not working Visibility | Major | 2.5% | £5–15 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 1.6% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 1.6% | £45–110 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.6% | £18–45 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 13.9% | £40–150 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 13.1% | £80–180 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 12.3% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 9.0% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 9.0% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 6.6% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 3 | 100.0% | 18,566 mi |
| 30-60k | 14 | 64.3% | 51,716 mi |
| 60-90k | 22 | 72.7% | 72,289 mi |
| 90-120k | 7 | 85.7% | 101,102 mi |
| 120k+ | 76 | 81.6% | 229,738 mi |
Source: 122 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.
2015 Tourneo Custom MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2015 Ford Tourneo Custom?
78.7% of the 122 2015 Ford Tourneo Custom tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 82.1% for cars first used in 2015. First-attempt pass rate: 73.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2015 Ford Tourneo Custom?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (8.20%), pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn (7.38%), joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.56%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2015 Ford Tourneo Custom MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 81.6% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2015 Ford Tourneo Custom in this dataset had covered 191,482 mi.
Does the season affect the 2015 Ford Tourneo Custom MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 80.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 76.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.