Pass rate
77.5%
Around average — 5.3 pts ahead of the 72.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 80 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £25–£68
2004 Fiat Ducato Motor Home MOT pass rate
- 2004
- Van
- 2 trims combined
- typical 50,535 mi
Only 80 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
Most common fault
Lamps & electrics
29.4% of faults · 12.2% nationally
Part only £6–£18 for Registration plate lamp inoperative (multiple lamps). What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2007 79.4% pass
- Avoid 2002 66.7% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 12.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 71.4%
- Typical mileage
- 51k mi
The 2004 Fiat Ducato Motor Home MOT pass rate is 77.5% of its MOT tests — 5.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Lamps & electrics is the biggest single reason it fails, at 29.4% of what testers record.
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MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Fiat Ducato Motor Home does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 2.4× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 29.4% of everything recorded on the 2004 Fiat Ducato Motor Home, against 12.2% nationally — 17.2 points above. 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 vans have been driven, the expected pass rate is 72.2% and this one manages 77.5% — 5.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 70% of the repairs this model fails on cost under £30 in parts. The pass rate matters less than what a bad afternoon at the test centre actually costs you.
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 Fiat Ducato Motor Home first registered in 2004 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2004 Fiat Ducato Motor Home compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.2%, so this figure is 5.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 71.4%. The median 2004 Fiat Ducato Motor Home in this dataset had covered 50,535 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 66.7% of the time, April–September 87.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 13.75% of tests.
- 80 recorded tests behind this page.
- 77.5% overall pass rate, 71.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Fiat Ducato Motor Home, the average is 75.0% — best year 2007 (79.4%), worst 2002 (66.7%).
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
- 80
- Typical mileage (median)
- 50,535 mi
- Make and model
- Fiat Ducato Motor Home
- 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 Ducato Motor Home MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 58% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Ducato Motor Home
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 19 | 73.7% |
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 2004 Ducato Motor Home
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 2004 Ducato Motor Home
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 13.8% 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 3.8% 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 suspension joints 2.5% of tests
“ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
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 2004 Ducato Motor Home through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £25–£68 — and 70% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £25–£68
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 70%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 80 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 Ducato Motor Home, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2002 to 2007. Across them the pass rate runs from 66.7% to 79.4% — a spread of 12.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2002 66.7% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2004 77.5%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 79.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
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 2004 Fiat Ducato Motor Home 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 2004 vans with a similar record
- Peugeot Boxer 75.8%
- Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 72.9%
- Volkswagen Caddy 71.9%
- Volkswagen Transporter 71.0%
- Ford Transit 70.3%
- Citroen Berlingo 70.2%
Closest pass rates among 2004 vans with at least 1,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. Full rankings: best vans and worst vans for MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2004 Fiat Ducato Motor Home 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 9 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 160 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 47 | 29.40% | 12.21% | +17.19 |
| Suspension | 31 | 19.40% | 20.98% | −1.58 |
| Brakes | 31 | 19.40% | 20.89% | −1.49 |
| Tyres | 16 | 10.00% | 19.76% | −9.76 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 13 | 8.10% | 5.57% | +2.53 |
| Steering | 8 | 5.00% | 2.57% | +2.43 |
| Visibility | 5 | 3.10% | 4.97% | −1.87 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 5 | 3.10% | 1.76% | +1.34 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 4 | 2.50% | 5.52% | −3.02 |
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 | 13.8% | £5–20 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 3.8% | £180–450 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 3.8% | £30–80 |
| Outline marker lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.8% | £3–15 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.8% | £3–12 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 2.5% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.5% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.5% | £5–25 |
| Individual direction indicators incorrect colour Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.5% | £3–12 |
| Outline marker lamp with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.5% | £3–15 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Advisory | 16.3% | £180–450 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 13.8% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 10.0% | £45–110 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 8.8% | £25–65 |
| Chassis condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 6.3% | £180–450 |
| Pipes and hoses excessively corroded Steering | Advisory | 6.3% | £180–450 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 9 | 77.8% | 17,119 mi |
| 30-60k | 47 | 80.9% | 45,464 mi |
| 60-90k | 17 | 70.6% | 66,647 mi |
| 90-120k | 6 | 66.7% | 109,055 mi |
| 120k+ | 1 | 100.0% | 123,635 mi |
Source: 80 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.
2004 Ducato Motor Home MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2004 Fiat Ducato Motor Home?
77.5% of the 80 2004 Fiat Ducato Motor Home tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.2% for cars first used in 2004. First-attempt pass rate: 71.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2004 Fiat Ducato Motor Home?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (13.75%), component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (3.75%), headlamp aim too low (3.75%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2004 Fiat Ducato Motor Home MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 77.8% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2004 Fiat Ducato Motor Home in this dataset had covered 50,535 mi.
Does the season affect the 2004 Fiat Ducato Motor Home MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 66.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 87.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.