Pass rate
94.5%
Above average — 3.3 pts ahead of the 91.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 127 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £40–£114
2021 Rapido motorhome MOT pass rate
- 2021
- Motorhome
- 8 trims combined
- typical 10,685 mi
Most common fault
Lamps & electrics
32.4% 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 2018 95.1% pass
- Avoid 2017 89.2% pass
Across the 6 years on record, a spread of 5.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 94.3%
- Typical mileage
- 11k mi
The 2021 Rapido motorhome MOT pass rate is 94.5% of its MOT tests — 3.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Lamps & electrics is the biggest single reason it fails, at 32.4% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Rapido motorhome does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 2.7× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 32.4% of everything recorded on the 2021 Rapido Motorhome, against 12.2% nationally — 20.2 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 91.2% and this one manages 94.5% — 3.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 127 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 Rapido motorhome first registered in 2021 is combined here — 8 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2021 Rapido motorhome compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 91.2%, so this figure is 3.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 94.3%. The median 2021 Rapido motorhome in this dataset had covered 10,685 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 95.3% of the time, April–September 93.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 2.36% of tests.
- 127 recorded tests behind this page.
- 94.5% overall pass rate, 94.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Rapido motorhome, the average is 92.8% — best year 2018 (95.1%), worst 2017 (89.2%).
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
- 127
- Typical mileage (median)
- 10,685 mi
- Make and model
- Rapido 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 86% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Motorhome
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 22 | 100.0% |
| South East | 17 | 94.1% |
| East Midlands | 17 | 94.1% |
| East of England | 16 | 93.8% |
| Yorkshire | 15 | 93.3% |
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 2021 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 2021 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 2.4% 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 wipers and washers 1.6% of tests
“wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”
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 corrosion 0.8% of tests
“chassis condition modified such that structural rigidity is significantly reduced”
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 2021 Motorhome through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £40–£114 — and 50% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £40–£114
- Cheapest common item: front fog lamps not working
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: chassis condition modified such that…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 50%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 127 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
6 model years on record, from 2017 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 89.2% to 95.1% — a spread of 5.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2017 89.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2018 95.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2019 92.4% service brake performance…
- 2020 93.2% headlamp aim too low
- 2021 94.5%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2022 94.2% wipers blade defective
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 2021 Rapido 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 2021 motorhomes with a similar record
- Mercedes-Benz Motorhome 94.3%
- Suzuki Motorhome 94.9%
- Fiat Motorhome 94.9%
- Volkswagen California Coast 94.0%
- Peugeot Motorhome 95.3%
- Volkswagen California Beach 92.8%
Closest pass rates among 2021 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 2021 Rapido Motorhome 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 7 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 34 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 | 11 | 32.40% | 12.21% | +20.19 |
| Brakes | 9 | 26.50% | 20.89% | +5.61 |
| Tyres | 4 | 11.80% | 19.76% | −7.96 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 4 | 11.80% | 5.57% | +6.23 |
| Visibility | 4 | 11.80% | 4.97% | +6.83 |
| Non-component advisories | 1 | 2.90% | 4.18% | −1.28 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 2.90% | 1.76% | +1.14 |
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 | 2.4% | £5–20 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 1.6% | £80–250 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.6% | £8–22 |
| Chassis condition modified such that structural rigidity is significantly reduced Body, chassis, structure | Major | 0.79% | £180–450 |
| Front fog lamps not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.79% | £3–15 |
| Has a lump, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 0.79% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too high and too far to the right. Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.79% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.79% | £30–80 |
| Hinge insecure Body, chassis, structure | Major | 0.79% | £80–250 |
| Outline marker lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.79% | £3–15 |
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 | 3.9% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 2.4% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 1.6% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 0.79% | £45–110 |
| Non-component advisories Vehicles internal headlight adjuster altered to recheck lights Non-component advisories | Advisory | 0.79% | £3–15 |
| Registration plates inscription illegible Identification of the vehicle | Advisory | 0.79% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 121 | 94.2% | 11,091 mi |
| 30-60k | 6 | 100.0% | 36,480 mi |
Source: 127 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.
2021 Motorhome MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2021 Rapido motorhome?
94.5% of the 127 2021 Rapido motorhome tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 91.2% for cars first used in 2021. First-attempt pass rate: 94.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2021 Rapido motorhome?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (2.36%), joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (1.57%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (1.57%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2021 Rapido motorhome MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 94.2% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2021 Rapido motorhome in this dataset had covered 10,685 mi.
Does the season affect the 2021 Rapido motorhome MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 95.3% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 93.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.