Registration plate lamp inoperative (single lamp) on the Ford Transit Connect
Registration plate lamp inoperative (single lamp) on the Ford Transit Connect is recorded on 12,610 tests — 2.1% of all its MOT tests, against 0.9% across every car in the data. That is 2.3× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 0.9% of tests record it — this model is 2.3× that share |
| The 277 models compared | 37 of 277, 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, 2.9% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2019, 0.2%. The share has fallen 2.6 points over that time. Worst year 2003 at 2.9%; best 2019 at 0.2%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 565 | 19,610 | 2.9% |
| 2004 | 759 | 28,022 | 2.7% |
| 2005 | 647 | 39,228 | 1.6% |
| 2006 | 860 | 55,982 | 1.5% |
| 2007 | 1,061 | 63,778 | 1.7% |
| 2008 | 926 | 57,368 | 1.6% |
| 2009 | 595 | 39,078 | 1.5% |
| 2010 | 544 | 39,768 | 1.4% |
| 2011 | 655 | 45,114 | 1.4% |
| 2012 | 576 | 44,416 | 1.3% |
| 2013 | 373 | 32,946 | 1.1% |
| 2014 | 1,130 | 77,570 | 1.5% |
| 2015 | 1,087 | 94,724 | 1.1% |
| 2016 | 799 | 97,516 | 0.8% |
| 2017 | 921 | 122,856 | 0.8% |
| 2018 | 554 | 111,900 | 0.5% |
| 2019 | 241 | 101,362 | 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 £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 (single lamp): 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 →