Pass rate
77.6%
Around average — 5.0 pts ahead of the 72.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 1,475 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £51–£131
2003 Auto Trail motorhome MOT pass rate
- 2003
- Motorhome
- 48 trims combined
- typical 50,045 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
21.9% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2007 86.2% pass
- Avoid 2002 76.2% pass
Across the 7 years on record, a spread of 10 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 72.8%
- Typical mileage
- 50k mi
The 2003 Auto Trail motorhome MOT pass rate is 77.6% of its MOT tests — 5.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 21.9% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Auto Trail motorhome does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.6× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 20.0% of everything recorded on the 2003 Auto Trail Motorhome, against 12.2% nationally — 7.8 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 21.9%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these motorhomes have been driven, the expected pass rate is 72.6% and this one manages 77.6% — 5.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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Every Auto Trail motorhome first registered in 2003 is combined here — 48 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2003 Auto Trail motorhome compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.6%, so this figure is 5.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 72.8%. The median 2003 Auto Trail motorhome in this dataset had covered 50,045 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 75.4% of the time, April–September 78.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 4.41% of tests.
- 1,475 recorded tests behind this page.
- 77.6% overall pass rate, 72.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Auto Trail motorhome, the average is 78.5% — best year 2007 (86.2%), worst 2002 (76.2%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 1,475
- Typical mileage (median)
- 50,045 mi
- Make and model
- Auto Trail Motorhome
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Number Plate Lamp
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Motorhome MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 42% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Motorhome
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 234 | 75.2% |
| South East | 200 | 75.5% |
| East of England | 160 | 81.9% |
| Yorkshire | 152 | 76.3% |
| North West | 150 | 79.3% |
| West Midlands | 146 | 80.1% |
| East Midlands | 131 | 79.4% |
| Wales | 124 | 75.0% |
| Scotland | 98 | 74.5% |
| North East | 71 | 80.3% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2003 Motorhome
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2003 Motorhome
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the lights 4.4% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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Check corrosion 4.2% of tests
“component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength”
Look under the sills, around the jacking points and where the suspension mounts meet the body. Flaking, holed or crumbly metal fails; a brown stain on sound metal does not.
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Check the windscreen 2.4% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2003 Motorhome through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £51–£131 — and 52% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £51–£131
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp not working
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 52%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 1,475 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the Motorhome, side by side
7 model years on record, from 2001 to 2007. Across them the pass rate runs from 76.2% to 86.2% — a spread of 10 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2001 78.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2002 76.2% component mounting prescribed…
- 2003 77.6%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2004 79.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2005 78.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2006 82.3% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2007 86.2% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2003 Auto Trail Motorhome with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2003 motorhomes with a similar record
- Ci Motorhome Motorhome 77.8%
- Fiat Motorhome 75.5%
- Mercedes-Benz Motorhome 80.8%
- Suzuki Motorhome 73.1%
Closest pass rates among 2003 motorhomes with at least 150 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. Full rankings: best motorhomes and worst motorhomes for MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2003 Auto Trail Motorhome 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 2,788 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 615 | 21.90% | 20.89% | +1.01 |
| Suspension | 574 | 20.50% | 20.98% | −0.48 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 560 | 20.00% | 12.21% | +7.79 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 325 | 11.60% | 5.57% | +6.03 |
| Visibility | 201 | 7.20% | 4.97% | +2.23 |
| Tyres | 190 | 6.80% | 19.76% | −12.96 |
| Steering | 137 | 4.90% | 2.57% | +2.33 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 117 | 4.20% | 5.52% | −1.32 |
| Non-component advisories | 49 | 1.70% | 4.18% | −2.48 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 20 | 0.70% | 0.82% | −0.12 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.4% | £5–20 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 4.2% | £180–450 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.1% | £5–25 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.4% | £80–200 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.3% | £3–15 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 2.2% | £60–150 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 2.1% | £8–22 |
| Mirrors slightly damaged Visibility | Minor | 2.0% | £3–15 |
| Service brake performance efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 2.0% | £60–150 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 1.8% | £45–110 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 8.1% | £45–95 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 7.4% | £80–180 |
| Pipes and hoses excessively corroded Steering | Advisory | 6.6% | £180–450 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Advisory | 5.8% | £180–450 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 5.7% | £45–110 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 5.7% | £200–700 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 141 | 77.3% | 21,595 mi |
| 30-60k | 928 | 79.7% | 45,725 mi |
| 60-90k | 332 | 73.2% | 70,829 mi |
| 90-120k | 58 | 77.6% | 99,321 mi |
| 120k+ | 14 | 50.0% | 197,321 mi |
Source: 1,475 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2003 Motorhome MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2003 Auto Trail motorhome?
77.6% of the 1,475 2003 Auto Trail motorhome tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.6% for cars first used in 2003. First-attempt pass rate: 72.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2003 Auto Trail motorhome?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.41%), component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (4.20%), headlamp lens slightly defective (3.12%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2003 Auto Trail motorhome MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 77.3% of the time, falling to 50.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2003 Auto Trail motorhome in this dataset had covered 50,045 mi.
Does the season affect the 2003 Auto Trail motorhome MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 75.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 78.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.