Pass rate
93.7%
Above average — 15.1 pts ahead of the 78.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 79 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £34–£90
2013 Hymer motorhome MOT pass rate
- 2013
- Motorhome
- 23 trims combined
- typical 39,919 mi
Only 79 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
20.5% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2013 93.7% pass · this year
- Avoid 2002 77.4% pass
Across the 10 years on record, a spread of 16.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 93.3%
- Typical mileage
- 40k mi
The 2013 Hymer motorhome MOT pass rate is 93.7% of its MOT tests — 15.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 20.5% of what testers record.
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Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.7× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 20.5% of everything recorded on the 2013 Hymer Motorhome, against 12.2% nationally — 8.3 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 20.5%, 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 78.6% and this one manages 93.7% — 15.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 79 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 2013 is combined here — 23 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2013 Hymer motorhome compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 78.6%, so this figure is 15.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 93.3%. The median 2013 Hymer motorhome in this dataset had covered 39,919 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 96.7% of the time, April–September 91.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 3.80% of tests.
- 79 recorded tests behind this page.
- 93.7% overall pass rate, 93.3% 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
- 79
- Typical mileage (median)
- 39,919 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
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 67% so small gaps stay visible.
What fails a 2013 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 2013 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 3.8% 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 exhaust and emissions 1.3% of tests
“exhaust system system insecure”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
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Check the lights 1.3% of tests
“headlamp aim too far to the left”
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.
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 2013 Motorhome through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £34–£90 — and 42% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £34–£90
- Cheapest common item: individual direction indicators incorrect…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 42%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 79 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 2013 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 2013 motorhomes with a similar record
- Fiat Motorhome 90.6%
- Peugeot Motorhome 90.3%
- Ford Motorhome 86.7%
- Volkswagen California 83.7%
- Suzuki Motorhome 82.9%
- Jeep Motorhome 76.2%
Closest pass rates among 2013 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 2013 Hymer Motorhome 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 44 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 | 9 | 20.50% | 20.89% | −0.39 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 9 | 20.50% | 12.21% | +8.29 |
| Suspension | 6 | 13.60% | 20.98% | −7.38 |
| Tyres | 6 | 13.60% | 19.76% | −6.16 |
| Visibility | 5 | 11.40% | 4.97% | +6.43 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 3 | 6.80% | 5.57% | +1.23 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 3 | 6.80% | 5.52% | +1.28 |
| Non-component advisories | 2 | 4.50% | 4.18% | +0.32 |
| Steering | 1 | 2.30% | 2.57% | −0.27 |
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 | 3.8% | £80–200 |
| Exhaust system system insecure Body, chassis, structure | Major | 1.3% | £45–120 |
| Headlamp aim too far to the left Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.3% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.3% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.3% | £5–25 |
| Headlamp light intensity severely reduced Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.3% | £5–25 |
| Individual direction indicators incorrect colour Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.3% | £3–12 |
| Individual direction indicators not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.3% | £3–12 |
| Lever has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment Brakes | Major | 1.3% | £45–110 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Rectified | 1.3% | £3–12 |
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 | 6.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 3.8% | £45–110 |
| Wheel bearings has excessive play Suspension | Advisory | 3.8% | £20–55 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 2.5% | £40–150 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 2.5% | £80–180 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 1.3% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 8 | 100.0% | 22,355 mi |
| 30-60k | 67 | 94.0% | 41,874 mi |
| 60-90k | 4 | 75.0% | 73,684 mi |
Source: 79 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.
2013 Motorhome MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2013 Hymer motorhome?
93.7% of the 79 2013 Hymer motorhome tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 78.6% for cars first used in 2013. First-attempt pass rate: 93.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2013 Hymer motorhome?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.80%), exhaust system system insecure (1.27%), headlamp aim too far to the left (1.27%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2013 Hymer motorhome MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 75.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2013 Hymer motorhome in this dataset had covered 39,919 mi.
Does the season affect the 2013 Hymer motorhome MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 96.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 91.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.