Fiat Ducato Motorcaravan MOT Pass Rate & Official DVSA Failure Statistics

Fiat Ducato Motorcaravan MOT History and Failure Rates vs UK National Average

The Fiat Ducato Motorcaravan passed on its first attempt in 70.6%, and its overall record sits −4.6 percentage points below the national average for all cars. These figures come from every recorded DVSA MOT test for the Fiat Ducato Motorcaravan in the 2023–2025 data: 369 tests across 6 model years (2002–2007). A test still carries exactly one pass or fail verdict.

Figures are computed from every recorded DVSA test for this model in the 2023–2025 data.

Most Common Fiat Ducato Motorcaravan MOT Problems by Failure Category

Every MOT failure a tester records belongs to one inspection section of the DVSA manual. For the Fiat Ducato Motorcaravan, the Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment section leads the record — the breakdown below shows where the recorded failures cluster, then the exact strings behind the three biggest sections.

Shares are over the Fiat Ducato Motorcaravan's recorded defect strings, merged across its year pages.

Top Recorded Fiat Ducato Motorcaravan DVSA MOT Test Statistics & Defect Descriptions

The descriptions below are the exact DVSA failure strings testers recorded most often for the Fiat Ducato Motorcaravan, each with how many of the model's 369 tests it was noted on.

• "Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength" (Major) — noted on about 22 Fiat Ducato Motorcaravan tests, 6.0% of the model's MOT record.
• "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources" (Minor) — noted on about 19 Fiat Ducato Motorcaravan tests, 5.1% of the model's MOT record.
• "Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements" (Major) — noted on about 15 Fiat Ducato Motorcaravan tests, 4.1% of the model's MOT record.
• "Service brake performance excessively binding" (Major) — noted on about 14 Fiat Ducato Motorcaravan tests, 3.8% of the model's MOT record.
• "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view" (Minor) — noted on about 10 Fiat Ducato Motorcaravan tests, 2.7% of the model's MOT record.
• "Stop lamp not working" (Rectified) — noted on about 8 Fiat Ducato Motorcaravan tests, 2.2% of the model's MOT record.

Best and Worst Fiat Ducato Motorcaravan Model Years by Pass Rate

The strongest Fiat Ducato Motorcaravan model year on record is 2006 (81.1% across 74 tests), and the weakest is 2002 (71.4%). The gap between them is 9.7 points. Years with fewer than 50 recorded tests are excluded, so these are the years with enough MOT history to mean something.

Fiat Ducato Motorcaravan reliability is improving in the DVSA data — the pass rate moves about 1.8 points a year across the most recent model years shown above.

Newest model year first. Only years with at least 50 recorded tests are listed.

Pre-MOT Inspection Checklist for Fiat Ducato Motorcaravan Owners

These checks follow this Fiat Ducato Motorcaravan's own most-recorded failure strings, starting with what a tester is most likely to flag on a Fiat Ducato Motorcaravan.

• corrosion — “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.

• the lights — “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.

• the windscreen — “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.

Derived from the DVSA failure strings testers recorded for the Fiat Ducato Motorcaravan. A check that finds nothing means the item is likely fine, not that the test is guaranteed.

Frequently Asked Questions: Fiat Ducato Motorcaravan MOT & Reliability