2018 Ford Transit Connect 1.5L Diesel · AF18 LXS

The 2018 Ford Transit Connect presents as roadworthy with a stable maintenance trend. The most recent test on 30 March 2026 at 76,028 miles passed with no defects recorded, and the three preceding annual tests from March 2023 to March 2025 also passed clean. The only anomaly is a failed entry logged on 1 March 2023 at 64,841 miles carrying no recorded defects, immediately followed by a pass on the same date at identical mileage, which points to an administrative or process error at the testing station rather than a mechanical fault. Annual mileage averages around 9,500 miles, which is typical for an eight-year-old light commercial vehicle. The record shows steady, linear accumulation: 64,841 miles in March 2023, 69,399 in March 2024, 72,594 in March 2025, and 76,028 in March 2026. No gaps or sudden jumps appear. The clean pass history across four years suggests the previous keeper kept on top of consumable wear and avoided letting advisories lapse into failures. Given the absence of any flagged advisories on brakes, suspension bushes, coil springs, exhaust emissions, or structural corrosion, no recurring fault trend exists to investigate. A buyer should still carry out a physical inspection of underside structural integrity and brake disc condition, as MOT passes with no defects do not capture wear below test thresholds. The phantom failure on 1 March 2023 warrants a check of the DVSA certificate to confirm it was a data-entry duplicate rather than a concealed rejection.