Ford Transit vs Renault Trafic

On MOT-testable defects the Ford Transit comes out ahead: 24.1% of its tests record a failure against 27.5% for the Renault Trafic, a 3.4-point gap. The biggest single difference is steering, where the Trafic records failures noticeably more often.

24.1%
Transit fail rate
27.5%
Trafic fail rate
3.41pp
Difference

Side by side

MOT figures compared
MetricFord TransitRenault Trafic
MOT tests analysed1,975,676672,424
Pass rate75.9%72.5%
Fail rate24.1%27.5%
Fail rate compared (lower is better) Ford Transit 24.1% Renault Trafic 27.5%
Overall MOT fail rate across comparable model years.

Where they differ

Failure-area share, by category
CategoryTransitTrafic
Steering0.0%8.5%
Body, structure & corrosion8.1%0.0%
Suspension10.5%15.0%
Brakes9.3%10.4%
Visibility6.0%5.6%
Lighting & signalling14.3%14.4%

Methodology & source. Dataset: DVSA MOT testing data (2021,2022,2023,2024,2025). Data last updated 2026-07-27. Figures reflect MOT-testable defects only — read the methodology for how these are calculated and what they don't measure.

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