Registration plate lamp inoperative (multiple lamps) on the Ford Transit Connect
Registration plate lamp inoperative (multiple lamps) on the Ford Transit Connect is recorded on 48,279 tests — 8.0% of all its MOT tests, against 3.2% across every car in the data. That is 2.5× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 3.2% of tests record it — this model is 2.5× that share |
| The 325 models compared | 29 of 325, 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, 17.8% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2022, 1.8%. The share has fallen 16.0 points over that time. Worst year 2003 at 17.8%; best 2022 at 1.8%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1,741 | 9,805 | 17.8% |
| 2004 | 2,247 | 14,011 | 16.0% |
| 2005 | 2,312 | 19,614 | 11.8% |
| 2006 | 3,156 | 27,991 | 11.3% |
| 2007 | 3,659 | 31,889 | 11.5% |
| 2008 | 3,100 | 28,684 | 10.8% |
| 2009 | 1,994 | 19,539 | 10.2% |
| 2010 | 2,025 | 19,884 | 10.2% |
| 2011 | 2,208 | 22,557 | 9.8% |
| 2012 | 2,237 | 22,208 | 10.1% |
| 2013 | 1,344 | 16,473 | 8.2% |
| 2014 | 4,230 | 38,785 | 10.9% |
| 2015 | 4,415 | 47,362 | 9.3% |
| 2016 | 3,546 | 48,758 | 7.3% |
| 2017 | 4,289 | 61,428 | 7.0% |
| 2018 | 2,917 | 55,950 | 5.2% |
| 2019 | 1,393 | 50,681 | 2.8% |
| 2020 | 667 | 36,877 | 1.8% |
| 2021 | 444 | 24,503 | 1.8% |
| 2022 | 157 | 8,777 | 1.8% |
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 £5–£20 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
- Registration plate lamp inoperative (multiple lamps): 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 →