Pass rate
72.4%
Below average — 4.8 pts behind the 77.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 2,673 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £26–£74
2012 Jeep motorhome MOT pass rate
- 2012
- Motorhome
- 5 trims combined
- typical 81,789 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
Suspension
35.2% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Part only £35–£75 for Suspension pin or bush excessively worn. What fitting it takes →
11.2 pts down across model years — 13.3% in 2011, 2.1% in 2021.
Which year to buy
- Best 2022 89.6% pass
- Avoid 2009 67.3% pass
Across the 14 years on record, a spread of 22.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 64.8%
- Typical mileage
- 82k mi
The 2012 Jeep motorhome MOT pass rate is 72.4% of its MOT tests — 4.8 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 35.2% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Jeep motorhome does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.7× the national share
Suspension accounts for 35.2% of everything recorded on the 2012 Jeep Motorhome, against 21.0% nationally — 14.2 points above. Ask for the front and rear suspension to be checked on a ramp before you buy — worn bushes and broken springs are cheap to look at and expensive to discover at test time.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, motorhomes this age and mileage expect about 77.2%; this one manages 72.4% — 4.8 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 29% 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 Jeep motorhome first registered in 2012 is combined here — 5 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2012 Jeep motorhome compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 77.2%, so this figure is 4.8 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 64.8%. The median 2012 Jeep motorhome in this dataset had covered 81,789 mi.
52% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 70.3% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 73.0% of the time, April–September 71.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated", noted on 8.31% of tests.
- 2,673 recorded tests behind this page.
- 72.4% overall pass rate, 64.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Jeep motorhome, the average is 83.2% — best year 2022 (89.6%), worst 2009 (67.3%).
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
- 2,673
- Typical mileage (median)
- 81,789 mi
- Make and model
- Jeep Motorhome
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Ball Joint
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Motorhome MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 61% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (52% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Motorhome
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 627 | 74.6% |
| North West | 283 | 68.9% |
| Scotland | 266 | 68.0% |
| South West | 259 | 66.4% |
| West Midlands | 259 | 73.7% |
| East of England | 253 | 75.1% |
| Yorkshire | 205 | 71.7% |
| London | 176 | 80.7% |
| East Midlands | 143 | 74.8% |
| Wales | 112 | 67.9% |
| North East | 90 | 74.4% |
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 2012 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 2012 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 suspension joints 8.3% of tests
“ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
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Check the lights 6.5% 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 corrosion 2.6% of tests
“sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened”
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 2012 Motorhome through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £26–£74 — and 29% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £26–£74
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: sub-frame corroded
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 29%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 2,673 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
14 model years on record, from 2007 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 67.3% to 89.6% — a spread of 22.3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2007 73.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 70.4% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2009 67.3% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2011 70.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 72.4%ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2013 76.2% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2014 77.8% ball joint excessively worn
- 2017 80.0% linkage ball joints ball joint…
- 2018 83.6% wipers does not clear the…
- 2019 85.2% wipers does not clear the…
- 2020 89.2% wipers does not clear the…
- 2021 89.4% tread depth below requirements of…
- 2022 89.6% tread depth below requirements of…
- 2023 88.7% washers provides insufficient…
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 2012 Jeep 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 2012 motorhomes with a similar record
- Chrysler Jeep Motorhome 73.8%
- Peugeot Independence 69.7%
- Volkswagen Motorhome 80.9%
- Suzuki Motorhome 81.2%
- Volkswagen California 81.9%
- Ford Motorhome 84.7%
Closest pass rates among 2012 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 2012 Jeep 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 7,144 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 2,541 | 35.20% | 20.98% | +14.22 |
| Brakes | 1,198 | 16.60% | 20.89% | −4.29 |
| Tyres | 940 | 13.00% | 19.76% | −6.76 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 782 | 10.80% | 12.21% | −1.41 |
| Non-component advisories | 438 | 6.10% | 4.18% | +1.92 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 380 | 5.30% | 5.52% | −0.22 |
| Visibility | 283 | 3.90% | 4.97% | −1.07 |
| Steering | 267 | 3.70% | 2.57% | +1.13 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 226 | 3.10% | 5.57% | −2.47 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 89 | 1.20% | 1.76% | −0.56 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 8.3% | £18–45 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 6.5% | £5–20 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 5.7% | £18–45 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 4.9% | £40–150 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 3.4% | £18–45 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 3.1% | £3–12 |
| Headlamp not working on main beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.7% | £5–25 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 2.7% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 2.6% | £18–45 |
| Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Major | 2.6% | £180–450 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 19.2% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 18.7% | £40–150 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 15.9% | £45–110 |
| Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 11.0% | £180–450 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 10.1% | £30–75 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 9.1% | £200–700 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 54 | 85.2% | 22,470 mi |
| 30-60k | 478 | 77.2% | 48,656 mi |
| 60-90k | 1,152 | 72.5% | 76,049 mi |
| 90-120k | 760 | 69.3% | 102,328 mi |
| 120k+ | 228 | 69.3% | 134,216 mi |
Source: 2,673 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.
2012 Motorhome MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2012 Jeep motorhome?
72.4% of the 2,673 2012 Jeep motorhome tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 77.2% for cars first used in 2012. First-attempt pass rate: 64.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2012 Jeep motorhome?
The three most recorded items are ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (8.31%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (6.55%), ball joint excessively worn (5.72%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2012 Jeep motorhome MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 85.2% of the time, falling to 69.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2012 Jeep motorhome in this dataset had covered 81,789 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2012 Jeep motorhome?
Diesel: 70.3% pass rate across 1,385 tests. Petrol: 74.8% pass rate across 1,283 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2012 Jeep motorhome MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 73.0% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 71.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.