Pass rate
79.7%
Around average — 7.3 pts ahead of the 72.4% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 64 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £52–£136
2005 Fiat Ducato Motorcaravan MOT pass rate
- 2005
- Van
- typical 49,893 mi
Only 64 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.
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Most common fault
Brakes
22.0% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2006 81.1% pass
- Avoid 2002 71.4% pass
Across the 6 years on record, a spread of 9.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 75.5%
- Typical mileage
- 50k mi
The 2005 Fiat Ducato Motorcaravan MOT pass rate is 79.7% of its MOT tests — 7.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 22.0% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 2.9× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 16.3% of everything recorded on the 2005 Fiat Ducato Motorcaravan, against 5.6% nationally — 10.7 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 22.0%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. Look underneath for corrosion near the jacking points and suspension mounts; surface rust is normal, flaking metal is not.
- 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 72.4% and this one manages 79.7% — 7.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 61% 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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How does the 2005 Fiat Ducato Motorcaravan compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.4%, so this figure is 7.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 75.5%. The median 2005 Fiat Ducato Motorcaravan in this dataset had covered 49,893 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength", noted on 6.25% of tests.
- 64 recorded tests behind this page.
- 79.7% overall pass rate, 75.5% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Fiat Ducato Motorcaravan, the average is 76.4% — best year 2006 (81.1%), worst 2002 (71.4%).
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
- 64
- Typical mileage (median)
- 49,893 mi
- Make and model
- Fiat Ducato Motorcaravan
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Corrosion Welding Repair
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Ducato Motorcaravan MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 52% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Ducato Motorcaravan
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| North West | 29 | 82.8% |
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 2005 Ducato Motorcaravan
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 2005 Ducato Motorcaravan
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 corrosion 6.3% 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 lights 4.7% 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 the wipers and washers 4.7% of tests
“wipers blade defective”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the 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 2005 Ducato Motorcaravan through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £52–£136 — and 61% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £52–£136
- 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
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 61%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 64 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 Motorcaravan, side by side
6 model years on record, from 2002 to 2007. Across them the pass rate runs from 71.4% to 81.1% — a spread of 9.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2002 71.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2003 72.5% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2004 75.0% component mounting prescribed…
- 2005 79.7%component mounting prescribed…
- 2006 81.1% component mounting prescribed…
- 2007 78.0% windscreen damaged but not…
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 2005 Fiat Ducato Motorcaravan 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 2005 vans with a similar record
- Peugeot Boxer 76.1%
- Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 74.4%
- Renault Master 72.8%
- Volkswagen Caddy 72.2%
- Volkswagen Transporter 71.3%
- Ford Transit 70.2%
Closest pass rates among 2005 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 2005 Fiat Ducato Motorcaravan 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 123 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 | 27 | 22.00% | 20.89% | +1.11 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 23 | 18.70% | 12.21% | +6.49 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 20 | 16.30% | 5.57% | +10.73 |
| Suspension | 15 | 12.20% | 20.98% | −8.78 |
| Tyres | 12 | 9.80% | 19.76% | −9.96 |
| Steering | 12 | 9.80% | 2.57% | +7.23 |
| Visibility | 9 | 7.30% | 4.97% | +2.33 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 3 | 2.40% | 5.52% | −3.12 |
| Non-component advisories | 2 | 1.60% | 4.18% | −2.58 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 6.3% | £180–450 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.7% | £5–20 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 4.7% | £60–150 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 4.7% | £8–22 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.1% | £5–25 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.1% | £3–12 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Rectified | 3.1% | £5–15 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 3.1% | £8–22 |
| Attachment bracket and mounting attachment bracket/mounting likely to become detached Suspension | Major | 1.6% | £40–150 |
| Chassis condition or chassis has excessive corrosion to the extent that overall security or stability of the body is… Body, chassis, structure | Major | 1.6% | £180–450 |
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 | 14.1% | £45–95 |
| Individual direction indicators incorrect colour Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Advisory | 10.9% | £3–12 |
| Integral vehicle structure condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 9.4% | £180–450 |
| Pipes and hoses excessively corroded Steering | Advisory | 7.8% | £180–450 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 6.3% | £45–110 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 6.3% | £80–180 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 4 | 100.0% | 27,955 mi |
| 30-60k | 48 | 81.3% | 44,289 mi |
| 60-90k | 10 | 60.0% | 68,561 mi |
| 90-120k | 2 | 100.0% | 100,181 mi |
Source: 64 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.
2005 Ducato Motorcaravan MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2005 Fiat Ducato Motorcaravan?
79.7% of the 64 2005 Fiat Ducato Motorcaravan tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.4% for cars first used in 2005. First-attempt pass rate: 75.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2005 Fiat Ducato Motorcaravan?
The three most recorded items are component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (6.25%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.69%), service brake performance excessively binding (4.69%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2005 Fiat Ducato Motorcaravan MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2005 Fiat Ducato Motorcaravan in this dataset had covered 49,893 mi.