Registration plate lamp inoperative (single lamp) on the Ford Transit
Registration plate lamp inoperative (single lamp) on the Ford Transit is recorded on 34,498 tests — 3.1% of all its MOT tests, against 0.9% across every car in the data. That is 3.4× 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 3.4× that share |
| The 277 models compared | 13 of 277, 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 2000, 0.8% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2023, 0.2%. The share has fallen 0.5 points over that time. Worst year 2012 at 4.9%; best 2023 at 0.2%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 58 | 7,540 | 0.8% |
| 2001 | 93 | 9,636 | 1.0% |
| 2002 | 153 | 14,260 | 1.1% |
| 2003 | 254 | 17,092 | 1.5% |
| 2004 | 219 | 16,008 | 1.4% |
| 2005 | 310 | 22,364 | 1.4% |
| 2006 | 740 | 41,476 | 1.8% |
| 2007 | 1,602 | 72,618 | 2.2% |
| 2008 | 2,229 | 92,798 | 2.4% |
| 2009 | 2,138 | 85,192 | 2.5% |
| 2010 | 3,356 | 123,174 | 2.7% |
| 2011 | 4,180 | 147,714 | 2.8% |
| 2012 | 5,963 | 121,984 | 4.9% |
| 2013 | 5,450 | 156,358 | 3.5% |
| 2014 | 1,285 | 217,984 | 0.6% |
| 2015 | 1,240 | 267,112 | 0.5% |
| 2016 | 1,755 | 304,404 | 0.6% |
| 2017 | 2,463 | 317,734 | 0.8% |
| 2018 | 855 | 133,932 | 0.6% |
| 2019 | 74 | 19,476 | 0.4% |
| 2020 | 38 | 10,222 | 0.4% |
| 2021 | 28 | 8,350 | 0.3% |
| 2023 | 5 | 2,108 | 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 MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Ford model →