2005 Ford Transit Connect 1.8L Diesel · FH54 LXT

The 2005 Ford Transit Connect shows a current roadworthy status following a pass on 28 January 2022, with the maintenance trend appearing stable on paper as no defects were logged at that test. The earlier failure on 19 January 2022 carries no recorded defects, which points to an administrative or unlogged non-mechanical rejection rather than a flagged wear issue. Relative to today's date of 8 July 2026, the most recent MOT is over four years old, so the vehicle has since run without verified statutory testing and its present condition is unconfirmed by DVLA data. Mileage is unknown across the entire record, which prevents any comparison of usage against the van's twenty-one years of age. With only two January 2022 entries and no prior or subsequent tests supplied, the history is too sparse to identify rapid accumulation or long idle gaps. The clean pass with no advisories suggests the tester found no consumable or structural concerns at 28 January 2022, but the absence of longitudinal data means previous owner care patterns cannot be established from this extract alone. A buyer should commission a fresh MOT and independent inspection before purchase, prioritising structural integrity given the vehicle's age and unknown storage conditions since early 2022. Suspension bushes, coil springs, brake discs and exhaust emissions should be physically checked, as corrosion and binding calipers commonly escape notice on older vans left untaxed. The unexplained January 2022 failure warrants a request for the original refusal sheet to confirm no hidden mechanical fault was simply cleared and retested without repair evidence.