Pass rate
82.8%
Around average — 2.6 pts ahead of the 80.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 64 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £27–£72
2014 Mercedes-Benz motorhome MOT pass rate
- 2014
- Motorhome
- 6 trims combined
- typical 37,342 mi
Only 64 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
27.6% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2017 95.0% pass
- Avoid 2001 75.4% pass
Across the 21 years on record, a spread of 19.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 79.6%
- Typical mileage
- 37k mi
The 2014 Mercedes-Benz motorhome MOT pass rate is 82.8% of its MOT tests — 2.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 27.6% of what testers record.
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MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Mercedes-Benz motorhome does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Steering: 5.1× the national share
Steering accounts for 13.2% of everything recorded on the 2014 Mercedes-Benz Motorhome, against 2.6% nationally — 10.6 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 27.6%, 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.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 59% 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.
- Based on a small sample. 64 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 Mercedes-Benz motorhome first registered in 2014 is combined here — 6 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2014 Mercedes-Benz motorhome compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 80.2%, so this figure is 2.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 79.6%. The median 2014 Mercedes-Benz motorhome in this dataset had covered 37,342 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 7.81% of tests.
- 64 recorded tests behind this page.
- 82.8% overall pass rate, 79.6% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Mercedes-Benz motorhome, the average is 85.6% — best year 2017 (95.0%), worst 2001 (75.4%).
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
- 64
- Typical mileage (median)
- 37,342 mi
- Make and model
- Mercedes-Benz 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 2014 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 2014 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 7.8% 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 6.3% 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 suspension joints 1.6% of tests
“ball joint excessively worn”
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.
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 2014 Motorhome through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £27–£72 — and 59% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £27–£72
- Cheapest common item: anti-lock braking system warning lamp…
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 59%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 64 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 2000 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 75.4% to 95.0% — a spread of 19.6 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 77.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2001 75.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2002 78.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2003 80.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2004 81.4% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2005 81.2% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2006 84.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2007 87.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 84.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 87.2% drag link end ball joint dust…
- 2010 93.6% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2011 84.1% service brake performance…
- 2014 82.8%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2015 86.8% track rod end ball joint has…
- 2016 91.4% stop lamp with a multiple light…
- 2017 95.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2018 92.8% wipers does not clear the…
- 2019 92.0% wipers does not clear the…
- 2020 94.3% headlamp aim too high
- 2021 94.3% wipers does not clear the…
- 2022 94.0% windscreen damaged but not…
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 2014 Mercedes-Benz 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 2014 motorhomes with a similar record
- Volkswagen California 83.3%
- Suzuki Motorhome 84.6%
- Jeep Motorhome 77.8%
- Peugeot Independence 77.8%
- Ford Motorhome 89.0%
- Fiat Motorhome 90.6%
Closest pass rates among 2014 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 2014 Mercedes-Benz Motorhome 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 8 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 76 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 | 21 | 27.60% | 20.89% | +6.71 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 14 | 18.40% | 12.21% | +6.19 |
| Steering | 10 | 13.20% | 2.57% | +10.63 |
| Visibility | 8 | 10.50% | 4.97% | +5.53 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 7 | 9.20% | 5.52% | +3.68 |
| Non-component advisories | 7 | 9.20% | 4.18% | +5.02 |
| Suspension | 5 | 6.60% | 20.98% | −14.38 |
| Tyres | 4 | 5.30% | 19.76% | −14.46 |
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 | 7.8% | £80–200 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 6.3% | £5–20 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault Brakes | Major | 3.1% | £3–15 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault Brakes | Major | 3.1% | £3–15 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.1% | £5–25 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 3.1% | £45–110 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.1% | £3–15 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.6% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.6% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.6% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 10.9% | £45–110 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Advisory | 9.4% | £18–45 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 7.8% | £200–700 |
| Non-component advisories Play in steering rack inner joint(s) Non-component advisories | Advisory | 4.7% | £120–300 |
| Service brake performance excessively fluctuating Brakes | Advisory | 4.7% | £60–150 |
| Anchor pins and bushes anchor pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 3.1% | £40–150 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 22 | 81.8% | 21,200 mi |
| 30-60k | 25 | 88.0% | 43,013 mi |
| 60-90k | 1 | 100.0% | 61,449 mi |
| 120k+ | 16 | 75.0% | 190,153 mi |
Source: 64 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.
2014 Motorhome MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2014 Mercedes-Benz motorhome?
82.8% of the 64 2014 Mercedes-Benz motorhome tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 80.2% for cars first used in 2014. First-attempt pass rate: 79.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2014 Mercedes-Benz motorhome?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (7.81%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (6.25%), anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an abs fault (3.13%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2014 Mercedes-Benz motorhome MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 81.8% of the time, falling to 75.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2014 Mercedes-Benz motorhome in this dataset had covered 37,342 mi.