2007 Ford Transit 2.2L Diesel · BN07 LDC

This 2007 Ford Transit passed its most recent MOT on 6 August 2022 at 147,600 miles, and that certificate is now four years out of date as of June 2026. The maintenance trend across the record is broadly stable rather than sharply worsening, but the sheer age of the current certificate raises serious concerns. The 2022 pass was not clean. The tester flagged corrosion on all four inner structural steps and wheel arches, noting that rigidity was not yet significantly reduced. Front brake discs were worn, pitted or scored. The offside front seat belt webbing was frayed, and the windscreen was already damaged. None of these items were new; the windscreen and seat belt advisories appear in every single test back to 2020, and structural corrosion advisories have been accumulating since at least 2019. A vehicle sitting on a four-year-old MOT with known corrosion and a compromised seat belt demands thorough re-examination before any purchase decision. The mileage progression tells a story of very light recent use. The van covered roughly 13,826 miles between March 2019 and June 2020, then only 8,624 miles between June 2020 and August 2022. Since the last test in August 2022, the recorded mileage has not moved at all, still showing 147,600 miles today. That suggests the vehicle has either been standing unused for four years or the mileage is not being recorded. Long periods of inactivity are punishing on commercial vehicles. Brake discs corrode, tyres develop flat spots, seals dry out, and moisture accelerates corrosion in exactly the structural areas the MOT has already flagged. The gap between the 2022 test and today is the most significant concern in the entire record. Corrosion is the dominant theme. The 2019 test noted corrosion on the offside front inner sill near the arch, and by 2022 the tester found corrosion on all four inner structural steps and wheel arches. On a 19-year-old Transit, inner sills, step mounts, and wheel arch junctions are critical load-bearing areas. The tester judged that structural rigidity was not significantly reduced in 2022, but four years of additional exposure without a fresh inspection means that assessment is no longer reliable. A buyer should get the vehicle on a lift and probe every flagged area with a screwdriver, paying particular attention to the inner sills, rear wheel arch lips, and the step mounting points where the advisories cluster. Beyond corrosion, the recurring mechanical flags deserve attention. The offside front seat belt has been frayed or slightly damaged in every test from 2020 onward, and the windscreen has been damaged across the same period. Neither was repaired, which suggests a pattern of deferred maintenance on basic safety items. The 2020 failure revealed missing and excessively worn anti-roll bar linkage ball joints and worn D bushes, and while the van passed three days later, the advisories on slight play in the lower suspension arm ball joint and worn anti-roll bar bushes reappeared in the subsequent pass. Front brake discs were flagged as worn and pitted in 2022, and the 2019 test noted a corroded nearside front brake pipe. A buyer should test the seat belt retraction and webbing integrity carefully, verify the windscreen replacement is not imminent, and inspect the front brake discs, pads, and flexible hoses for wear and corrosion. The suspension and steering joints should be checked with a pry bar, particularly the front anti-roll bar links and lower arm ball joints, which have a documented history of wear on this vehicle.