Is the Ford Transit Custom ULEZ Compliant?

How ULEZ rules apply to the Transit Custom

Cars that miss the standard pay £12.50 for each day they're driven in the zone. Diesels need Euro 6 (most from September 2015).

• Diesel (100% of Transit Customs tested): every year in our data is likely to comply.

Transit Customs from 2014 and 2015 sit on the boundary (0% of those tested): some were built to the required standard before it became compulsory. The Euro standard is sometimes on the V5C logbook, or Ford can confirm it. Our ULEZ calculator can help.

Thinking of buying one? Check how Transit Customs fare at the MOT too: see the Ford Transit Custom MOT failure rate.

Buying a used Ford Transit Custom for London: what the MOT data shows

The Ford Transit Customs in this data were first registered between 2014 and 2022. 2019 was the most common year, with 42,305 tests (40% of the total), and half were registered in 2019 or later.

Every Transit Custom in the data is from a year likely to comply, so age and condition matter more than ULEZ when choosing one. The newest (2022) passed first time 96% of the time at 17,673 miles on average, and the oldest (2014) passed 64% at 115,230 miles.

On a budget, the oldest diesel Transit Customs likely to comply are from 2016. 287 of them were tested; 2016 cars passed first time 78% of the time and averaged 89,219 miles. Check the Euro standard on the V5C before you buy one from around then.

Whichever year you choose, check the Transit Custom's weak spots. The most common MOT failures were visibility: "does not clear the windscreen effectively" (4.8% of tests); brakes: "less than 1.5 mm thick" (3.0%); lights and electrics: "not working" (2.1%). The most frequent advisory was "less than 1.5 mm thick", on 11.2% of tests.

Overall, 79% of Transit Customs passed first time, noticeably above the 71% average for all cars, and they had covered 58,001 miles on average, fewer than the 73,145-mile average.