Pass rate
78.8%
Around average — 6.4 pts ahead of the 72.4% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 151 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £16–£43
2005 Ford motorhome MOT pass rate
- 2005
- Motorhome
- 3 trims combined
- typical 49,567 mi
This is a generic motorhome filing record rather than a named converter, so there is no manufacturer to compare against. The test figures are real and included in our totals.
Most common fault
Brakes
29.0% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 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
- 74.4%
- Typical mileage
- 50k mi
The 2005 Ford motorhome MOT pass rate is 78.8% of its MOT tests — 6.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 29.0% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Ford motorhome does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.7× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 20.8% of everything recorded on the 2005 Ford Motorhome, against 12.2% nationally — 8.6 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 29.0%, 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 72.4% and this one manages 78.8% — 6.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 74% 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 Ford motorhome first registered in 2005 is combined here — 3 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2005 Ford motorhome compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.4%, so this figure is 6.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 74.4%. The median 2005 Ford motorhome in this dataset had covered 49,567 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 79% of tests, with a 79.2% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 68.5% of the time, April–September 84.5%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 3.97% of tests.
- 151 recorded tests behind this page.
- 78.8% overall pass rate, 74.4% 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
- 151
- Typical mileage (median)
- 49,567 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
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 58% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (79% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Motorhome
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 31 | 77.4% |
| Scotland | 19 | 68.4% |
| South West | 18 | 94.4% |
| Yorkshire | 16 | 87.5% |
| North West | 15 | 73.3% |
| East Midlands | 15 | 80.0% |
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 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 2005 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 4.0% 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 2.6% of tests
“washers provides insufficient washer liquid”
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.
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Check the battery 2.0% of tests
“battery(ies) insecure”
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 2005 Motorhome through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £16–£43 — and 74% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £16–£43
- Cheapest common item: outline marker lamp not working
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: battery(ies) insecure
- £60–£140
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 100%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 74%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 151 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 2005 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 2005 motorhomes with a similar record
- Auto Trail Motorhome 78.7%
- Fiat Motorhome 79.2%
- Renault Motorhome 77.8%
- Ci Motorhome Motorhome 76.9%
- Mercedes-Benz Motorhome 81.2%
- Volkswagen Motorhome 74.3%
Closest pass rates among 2005 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 2005 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 256 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 | 75 | 29.00% | 20.89% | +8.11 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 54 | 20.80% | 12.21% | +8.59 |
| Suspension | 35 | 13.50% | 20.98% | −7.48 |
| Visibility | 21 | 8.10% | 4.97% | +3.13 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 20 | 7.70% | 5.52% | +2.18 |
| Tyres | 17 | 6.60% | 19.76% | −13.16 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 16 | 6.20% | 5.57% | +0.63 |
| Steering | 8 | 3.10% | 2.57% | +0.53 |
| Non-component advisories | 7 | 2.70% | 4.18% | −1.48 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 3 | 1.20% | 1.76% | −0.56 |
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 | 4.0% | £5–20 |
| Outline marker lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.3% | £3–15 |
| Service brake imbalance across an axle Brakes | Major | 3.3% | £45–110 |
| Mirrors slightly damaged Visibility | Minor | 2.6% | £3–15 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.6% | £5–25 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.6% | £3–15 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.6% | £5–20 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Major | 2.6% | £5–15 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.0% | £60–140 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 2.0% | £45–95 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 12.6% | £45–110 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 11.9% | £200–700 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 11.9% | £80–180 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 7.3% | £40–150 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 6.6% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 3.3% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 19 | 94.7% | 22,864 mi |
| 30-60k | 72 | 80.6% | 43,377 mi |
| 60-90k | 38 | 73.7% | 73,130 mi |
| 90-120k | 11 | 72.7% | 102,619 mi |
| 120k+ | 3 | 66.7% | 193,532 mi |
Source: 151 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 Motorhome MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2005 Ford motorhome?
78.8% of the 151 2005 Ford motorhome tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.4% for cars first used in 2005. First-attempt pass rate: 74.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2005 Ford motorhome?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (3.97%), outline marker lamp not working (3.31%), service brake imbalance across an axle (3.31%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2005 Ford motorhome MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 94.7% of the time, falling to 66.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2005 Ford motorhome in this dataset had covered 49,567 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2005 Ford motorhome?
Diesel: 79.2% pass rate across 120 tests. Petrol: 76.7% pass rate across 30 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2005 Ford motorhome MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 68.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 84.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.