Engine oil leaking excessively on the Ford Transit Connect
Engine oil leaking excessively on the Ford Transit Connect is recorded on 72,932 tests — 12.0% of all its MOT tests, against 5.4% across every car in the data. That is 2.2× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 5.4% of tests record it — this model is 2.2× that share |
| The 368 models compared | 44 of 368, highest first |
| The model's own record | 607,130 tests · every year of the Transit Connect → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Ford Transit Connect 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 2003, 15.4% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2022, 0.6%. The share has fallen 14.8 points over that time. Worst year 2003 at 15.4%; best 2022 at 0.6%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 3,013 | 19,610 | 15.4% |
| 2004 | 4,102 | 42,033 | 9.8% |
| 2005 | 5,746 | 58,842 | 9.8% |
| 2006 | 7,587 | 83,973 | 9.0% |
| 2007 | 9,150 | 95,667 | 9.6% |
| 2008 | 7,359 | 86,052 | 8.6% |
| 2009 | 4,738 | 58,617 | 8.1% |
| 2010 | 4,739 | 39,768 | 11.9% |
| 2011 | 5,496 | 45,114 | 12.2% |
| 2012 | 5,221 | 66,624 | 7.8% |
| 2013 | 3,236 | 49,419 | 6.5% |
| 2014 | 2,641 | 116,355 | 2.3% |
| 2015 | 2,283 | 142,086 | 1.6% |
| 2016 | 1,776 | 146,274 | 1.2% |
| 2017 | 1,591 | 184,284 | 0.9% |
| 2018 | 1,159 | 167,850 | 0.7% |
| 2019 | 1,027 | 152,043 | 0.7% |
| 2020 | 999 | 73,754 | 1.4% |
| 2021 | 707 | 49,006 | 1.4% |
| 2022 | 101 | 17,554 | 0.6% |
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 £200–£700 fitted. It is a job for a garage, not a driveway. 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
- Engine oil leaking excessively: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
- Ford Transit Connect MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Ford model →