Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded on the Ford Transit Connect
Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded on the Ford Transit Connect is recorded on 81,340 tests — 13.4% of all its MOT tests, against 4.6% across every car in the data. That is 2.9× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 4.6% of tests record it — this model is 2.9× that share |
| The 318 models compared | 49 of 318, 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, 17.0% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2016, 0.5%. The share has fallen 16.5 points over that time. Worst year 2003 at 17.0%; best 2016 at 0.5%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 3,334 | 19,610 | 17.0% |
| 2004 | 5,046 | 42,033 | 12.0% |
| 2005 | 6,915 | 58,842 | 11.8% |
| 2006 | 10,555 | 83,973 | 12.6% |
| 2007 | 11,168 | 95,667 | 11.7% |
| 2008 | 10,364 | 86,052 | 12.0% |
| 2009 | 6,764 | 58,617 | 11.5% |
| 2010 | 6,382 | 59,652 | 10.7% |
| 2011 | 7,882 | 67,671 | 11.7% |
| 2012 | 6,488 | 66,624 | 9.7% |
| 2013 | 3,721 | 49,419 | 7.5% |
| 2014 | 848 | 77,570 | 1.1% |
| 2015 | 742 | 142,086 | 0.5% |
| 2016 | 486 | 97,516 | 0.5% |
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 £80–£180 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
- Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded: 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 →