Pass rate
77.4%
Around average — 4.5 pts ahead of the 72.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 53 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £41–£108
2002 Hymer motorhome MOT pass rate
- 2002
- Motorhome
- 11 trims combined
- typical 72,756 mi
Only 53 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
23.4% 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 2013 93.7% pass
- Avoid 2002 77.4% pass · this year
Across the 10 years on record, a spread of 16.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 74.4%
- Typical mileage
- 73k mi
The 2002 Hymer motorhome MOT pass rate is 77.4% of its MOT tests — 4.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Lamps & electrics is the biggest single reason it fails, at 23.4% of what testers record.
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Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.9× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 23.4% of everything recorded on the 2002 Hymer Motorhome, against 12.2% nationally — 11.2 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 motorhomes have been driven, the expected pass rate is 72.9% and this one manages 77.4% — 4.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 53 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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 Hymer motorhome first registered in 2002 is combined here — 11 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2002 Hymer motorhome compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.9%, so this figure is 4.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 74.4%. The median 2002 Hymer motorhome in this dataset had covered 72,756 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 9.43% of tests.
- 53 recorded tests behind this page.
- 77.4% overall pass rate, 74.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Hymer motorhome, the average is 90.8% — best year 2013 (93.7%), worst 2002 (77.4%).
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
- 53
- Typical mileage (median)
- 72,756 mi
- Make and model
- Hymer 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.
What fails a 2002 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 2002 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 9.4% 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 windscreen 9.4% 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 corrosion 5.7% 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.
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 2002 Motorhome through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £41–£108 — and 52% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £41–£108
- Cheapest common item: outline marker lamp not working
- £3–£15
- 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
- 52%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 53 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
10 model years on record, from 2002 to 2021. Across them the pass rate runs from 77.4% to 93.7% — a spread of 16.3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2002 77.4%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 93.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2014 91.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2015 91.8% srs malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2016 92.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2017 89.4% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2018 89.3% stop lamp with a multiple light…
- 2019 91.4% headlamp aim too high
- 2020 90.3% individual direction indicators…
- 2021 92.9% 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 2002 Hymer 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 2002 motorhomes with a similar record
- Mercedes-Benz Motorhome 78.6%
- Auto Trail Motorhome 76.2%
- Fiat Motorhome 72.7%
- Suzuki Motorhome 72.6%
Closest pass rates among 2002 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 2002 Hymer 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 128 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 | 30 | 23.40% | 12.21% | +11.19 |
| Brakes | 27 | 21.10% | 20.89% | +0.21 |
| Suspension | 25 | 19.50% | 20.98% | −1.48 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 15 | 11.70% | 5.57% | +6.13 |
| Tyres | 8 | 6.20% | 19.76% | −13.56 |
| Visibility | 8 | 6.20% | 4.97% | +1.23 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 4 | 3.10% | 5.52% | −2.42 |
| Non-component advisories | 4 | 3.10% | 4.18% | −1.08 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 4 | 3.10% | 1.76% | +1.34 |
| Steering | 3 | 2.30% | 2.57% | −0.27 |
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 | 9.4% | £5–20 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 9.4% | £80–200 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 5.7% | £180–450 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.7% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.7% | £30–80 |
| Outline marker lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.8% | £3–15 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.8% | £5–25 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 3.8% | £5–25 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.8% | £3–15 |
| Side repeaters not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.8% | £5–25 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheel bearings has excessive play Suspension | Advisory | 20.8% | £20–55 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 15.1% | £45–110 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 13.2% | £80–180 |
| Chassis condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 9.4% | £180–450 |
| Exhaust system system insecure Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 9.4% | £45–120 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 9.4% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 13 | 69.2% | 47,298 mi |
| 60-90k | 21 | 90.5% | 71,284 mi |
| 90-120k | 9 | 66.7% | 107,709 mi |
| 120k+ | 10 | 70.0% | 137,088 mi |
Source: 53 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.
2002 Motorhome MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2002 Hymer motorhome?
77.4% of the 53 2002 Hymer motorhome tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.9% for cars first used in 2002. First-attempt pass rate: 74.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2002 Hymer motorhome?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (9.43%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (9.43%), component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (5.66%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2002 Hymer motorhome MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 69.2% of the time, falling to 70.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2002 Hymer motorhome in this dataset had covered 72,756 mi.