Pass rate
77.9%
Around average — 3.9 pts ahead of the 74.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 95 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £26–£68
2009 Renault motorhome MOT pass rate
- 2009
- Motorhome
- 6 trims combined
- typical 45,676 mi
Only 95 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
32.3% 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 2007 80.5% pass
- Avoid 2002 72.5% pass
Across the 6 years on record, a spread of 8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 72.4%
- Typical mileage
- 46k mi
The 2009 Renault motorhome MOT pass rate is 77.9% of its MOT tests — 3.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Lamps & electrics is the biggest single reason it fails, at 32.3% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Renault motorhome does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 2.6× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 32.3% of everything recorded on the 2009 Renault Motorhome, against 12.2% nationally — 20.1 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 74.0% and this one manages 77.9% — 3.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 61% 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.
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 Renault motorhome first registered in 2009 is combined here — 6 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2009 Renault motorhome compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 74.0%, so this figure is 3.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 72.4%. The median 2009 Renault motorhome in this dataset had covered 45,676 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 80.4% of the time, April–September 75.5%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 7.37% of tests.
- 95 recorded tests behind this page.
- 77.9% overall pass rate, 72.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Renault motorhome, the average is 78.7% — best year 2007 (80.5%), worst 2002 (72.5%).
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
- 95
- Typical mileage (median)
- 45,676 mi
- Make and model
- Renault 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 54% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Motorhome
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 19 | 63.2% |
| South East | 16 | 75.0% |
| Yorkshire | 15 | 80.0% |
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 2009 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 2009 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 7.4% 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 3.2% 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 wipers and washers 3.2% 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.
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 2009 Motorhome through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £26–£68 — and 61% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £26–£68
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 61%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 95 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 2002 to 2009. Across them the pass rate runs from 72.5% to 80.5% — a spread of 8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2002 72.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2005 77.8% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2006 77.7% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2007 80.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 79.3% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2009 77.9%registration plate lamp(s)…
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 2009 Renault 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 2009 motorhomes with a similar record
- Volkswagen Motorhome 79.4%
- Volkswagen California 80.5%
- Ci Motorhome Motorhome 82.6%
- Suzuki Motorhome 71.2%
- Fiat Motorhome 86.5%
- Ford Motorhome 86.7%
Closest pass rates among 2009 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 2009 Renault 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 133 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 | 43 | 32.30% | 12.21% | +20.09 |
| Brakes | 42 | 31.60% | 20.89% | +10.71 |
| Suspension | 14 | 10.50% | 20.98% | −10.48 |
| Tyres | 12 | 9.00% | 19.76% | −10.76 |
| Visibility | 11 | 8.30% | 4.97% | +3.33 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 4 | 3.00% | 5.57% | −2.57 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 2 | 1.50% | 5.52% | −4.02 |
| Non-component advisories | 2 | 1.50% | 4.18% | −2.68 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 2 | 1.50% | 1.76% | −0.26 |
| Steering | 1 | 0.80% | 2.57% | −1.77 |
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 | 7.4% | £5–20 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 6.3% | £5–25 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 3.2% | £45–110 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.2% | £3–15 |
| Service brake performance efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 3.2% | £60–150 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 3.2% | £60–150 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.2% | £3–12 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.2% | £80–200 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 3.2% | £8–22 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 2.1% | £45–95 |
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 pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 8.4% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 6.3% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 6.3% | £45–95 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 4.2% | £18–45 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 4.2% | £80–180 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 3.2% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 6 | 83.3% | 26,944 mi |
| 30-60k | 63 | 81.0% | 42,476 mi |
| 60-90k | 14 | 64.3% | 72,922 mi |
| 90-120k | 8 | 62.5% | 113,968 mi |
| 120k+ | 4 | 100.0% | 127,854 mi |
Source: 95 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.
2009 Motorhome MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2009 Renault motorhome?
77.9% of the 95 2009 Renault motorhome tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 74.0% for cars first used in 2009. First-attempt pass rate: 72.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2009 Renault motorhome?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (7.37%), position lamp not working (6.32%), rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements (3.16%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2009 Renault motorhome MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 83.3% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2009 Renault motorhome in this dataset had covered 45,676 mi.
Does the season affect the 2009 Renault motorhome MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 80.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 75.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.