Pass rate
84.3%
Around average — 11.7 pts ahead of the 72.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 51 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £49–£122
2003 Ford motorhome MOT pass rate
- 2003
- Motorhome
- 5 trims combined
- typical 63,058 mi
Only 51 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
Brakes
23.8% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£55 for Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2021 96.5% pass
- Avoid 2008 77.8% pass
Across the 21 years on record, a spread of 18.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 82.6%
- Typical mileage
- 63k mi
The 2003 Ford motorhome MOT pass rate is 84.3% of its MOT tests — 11.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 23.8% of what testers record.
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Expert verdict
Steering: 3.5× the national share
Steering accounts for 9.0% of everything recorded on the 2003 Ford Motorhome, against 2.6% nationally — 6.4 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 23.8%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. Ask for the steering to be checked for play with the wheels on the ground, not on a jack.
- 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 84.3% — 11.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 33% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
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 Ford motorhome first registered in 2003 is combined here — 5 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2003 Ford motorhome compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.6%, so this figure is 11.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 82.6%. The median 2003 Ford motorhome in this dataset had covered 63,058 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 69% of tests, with a 85.7% pass rate.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 9.80% of tests.
- 51 recorded tests behind this page.
- 84.3% overall pass rate, 82.6% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Ford motorhome, the average is 92.1% — best year 2021 (96.5%), worst 2008 (77.8%).
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
- 51
- Typical mileage (median)
- 63,058 mi
- Make and model
- Ford Motorhome
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Windscreen
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Motorhome MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 0% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (69% of tests).
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 windscreen 9.8% 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.
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Check the lights 5.9% of tests
“rear fog lamp not working”
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 battery 3.9% of tests
“battery(ies) insecure and likely to cause a short circuit”
Check the battery is secure and its terminals are clean and tight — a loose battery is a fail on its own, and a weak one shows up as slow cranking on a cold morning.
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 £49–£122 — and 33% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £49–£122
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: air
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 33%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 51 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
21 model years on record, from 2002 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 77.8% to 96.5% — a spread of 18.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2002 84.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2003 84.3%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2004 83.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2005 78.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2006 81.9% service brake imbalance across an…
- 2007 81.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 77.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 86.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 79.0% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2011 81.5% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2012 84.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 86.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 89.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2015 86.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2016 91.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2017 93.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2018 93.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2019 95.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 95.4% headlamp aim too high
- 2021 96.5% headlamp aim too high
- 2022 95.7% headlamp aim too high
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 Ford 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
- Mercedes-Benz Motorhome 80.8%
- Ci Motorhome Motorhome 77.8%
- Auto Trail Motorhome 77.6%
- Fiat Motorhome 75.5%
- 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 Ford 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 120 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 | 29 | 23.80% | 20.89% | +2.91 |
| Suspension | 22 | 18.00% | 20.98% | −2.98 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 20 | 16.40% | 12.21% | +4.19 |
| Steering | 11 | 9.00% | 2.57% | +6.43 |
| Tyres | 10 | 8.20% | 19.76% | −11.56 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 10 | 8.20% | 5.57% | +2.63 |
| Visibility | 6 | 4.90% | 4.97% | −0.07 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 4 | 3.30% | 5.52% | −2.22 |
| Non-component advisories | 4 | 3.30% | 4.18% | −0.88 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 4 | 3.30% | 0.82% | +2.48 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 9.8% | £80–200 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.9% | £3–15 |
| Battery(ies) insecure and likely to cause a short circuit Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.9% | £60–140 |
| Position lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.9% | £5–25 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Major | 3.9% | £80–180 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.9% | £3–12 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 3.9% | £45–95 |
| Air and vacuum systems heavily corroded Brakes | Major | 2.0% | £180–450 |
| Ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 2.0% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 2.0% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 21.6% | £80–180 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 17.6% | £40–150 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 9.8% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 7.8% | £200–700 |
| Wheel bearings has excessive play Suspension | Advisory | 7.8% | £20–55 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 5.9% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 1 | 0.0% | 27,714 mi |
| 30-60k | 22 | 90.9% | 43,137 mi |
| 60-90k | 14 | 85.7% | 72,539 mi |
| 90-120k | 5 | 80.0% | 95,664 mi |
| 120k+ | 9 | 77.8% | 180,916 mi |
Source: 51 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 Ford motorhome?
84.3% of the 51 2003 Ford motorhome tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.6% for cars first used in 2003. First-attempt pass rate: 82.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2003 Ford motorhome?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (9.80%), rear fog lamp not working (5.88%), battery(ies) insecure and likely to cause a short circuit (3.92%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2003 Ford motorhome MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 0.0% of the time, falling to 77.8% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2003 Ford motorhome in this dataset had covered 63,058 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2003 Ford motorhome?
Diesel: 85.7% pass rate across 35 tests. Petrol: 86.7% pass rate across 15 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.