ABS warning lamp on on the Ford Transit

ABS warning lamp on on the Ford Transit is recorded on 10,307 tests — 0.9% of all its MOT tests, against 0.3% across every car in the data. That is 3.0× the national share.

Is this unusual for this model?

Compared with	What it says
Every car in the data	0.3% of tests record it — this model is 3.0× that share
The 218 models compared	34 of 218, highest first
The model's own record	1,107,503 tests · every year of the Transit →

A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Ford Transit tested, whatever its mileage, service history and use. The like-for-like comparison on the model page is the fairer number.

Year by year

In 2002, 0.3% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2021, 0.2%. The share has barely moved over that time. Worst year 2007 at 0.8%; best 2021 at 0.2%.

Year	Failures recorded	Tests	Share of tests
2002	36	14,260	0.3%
2003	54	17,092	0.3%
2004	101	16,008	0.6%
2005	130	22,364	0.6%
2006	316	41,476	0.8%
2007	575	72,618	0.8%
2008	721	92,798	0.8%
2009	574	85,192	0.7%
2010	775	123,174	0.6%
2011	765	147,714	0.5%
2012	582	121,984	0.5%
2013	884	156,358	0.6%
2014	1,469	217,984	0.7%
2015	1,333	267,112	0.5%
2016	1,070	304,404	0.3%
2019	49	19,476	0.3%
2021	9	4,175	0.2%

Years with fewer than 0.2% of tests recording the item are left out: a year with two failures in 400 tests is noise, and this table is not here to make noise look like a trend.

What it costs

A typical UK repair for this item is £3–£15 fitted. It is a job a careful owner can do at home. What the part is, and what to buy →

Prices are typical UK supply-and-fitting estimates, not quotes. What happens if it fails covers the retest rules.

Where this sits

ABS warning lamp on: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
Ford Transit MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
Every Ford model →