Pass rate
73.1%
Below average — 0.5 pts ahead of the 72.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 290 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £57–£164
2003 Suzuki motorhome MOT pass rate
- 2003
- Motorhome
- typical 55,386 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
Brakes
21.5% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 98.5% pass
- Avoid 2005 68.4% pass
Across the 23 years on record, a spread of 30.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 66.7%
- Typical mileage
- 55k mi
The 2003 Suzuki motorhome MOT pass rate is 73.1% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 21.5% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Suzuki motorhome does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 2.9× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 16.3% of everything recorded on the 2003 Suzuki Motorhome, against 5.6% nationally — 10.7 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 21.5%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. Look underneath for corrosion near the jacking points and suspension mounts; surface rust is normal, flaking metal is not.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 30% 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.
- Based on a small sample. 290 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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How does the 2003 Suzuki motorhome compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.6%, so this figure is 0.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 66.7%. The median 2003 Suzuki motorhome in this dataset had covered 55,386 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 73.6% of the time, April–September 72.4%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength", noted on 5.17% of tests.
- 290 recorded tests behind this page.
- 73.1% overall pass rate, 66.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Suzuki motorhome, the average is 82.6% — best year 2023 (98.5%), worst 2005 (68.4%).
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
- 290
- Typical mileage (median)
- 55,386 mi
- Make and model
- Suzuki Motorhome
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Corrosion Welding Repair
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 58% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Motorhome
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 75 | 78.7% |
| South West | 65 | 67.7% |
| East of England | 41 | 75.6% |
| West Midlands | 29 | 69.0% |
| North West | 23 | 69.6% |
| Yorkshire | 18 | 72.2% |
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 2003 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 2003 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 corrosion 5.2% of tests
“component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength”
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.
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Check the lights 5.2% 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 exhaust and emissions 3.5% of tests
“exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases”
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.
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 2003 Motorhome through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £57–£164 — and 30% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £57–£164
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 40%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 30%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 290 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
23 model years on record, from 2000 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 68.4% to 98.5% — a spread of 30.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 73.1% component mounting prescribed…
- 2001 71.7% component mounting prescribed…
- 2002 72.6% service brake imbalance across an…
- 2003 73.1%component mounting prescribed…
- 2005 68.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2006 68.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 69.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 70.0% ball joint excessively worn
- 2009 71.2% ball joint excessively worn
- 2010 73.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 78.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 81.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 82.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 84.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2015 86.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2016 87.8% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2017 88.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2018 90.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 92.4% wipers does not clear the…
- 2020 94.5% wipers blade defective
- 2021 94.9% wipers blade defective
- 2022 95.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2023 98.5% 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 2003 Suzuki 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 2003 motorhomes with a similar record
- Fiat Motorhome 75.5%
- Auto Trail Motorhome 77.6%
- Ci Motorhome Motorhome 77.8%
- Mercedes-Benz Motorhome 80.8%
Closest pass rates among 2003 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 2003 Suzuki 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 845 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 | 184 | 21.50% | 20.89% | +0.61 |
| Suspension | 178 | 20.80% | 20.98% | −0.18 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 140 | 16.30% | 5.57% | +10.73 |
| Tyres | 110 | 12.80% | 19.76% | −6.96 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 107 | 12.50% | 12.21% | +0.29 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 51 | 6.00% | 5.52% | +0.48 |
| Visibility | 27 | 3.20% | 4.97% | −1.77 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 18 | 2.10% | 1.76% | +0.34 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 18 | 2.10% | 0.82% | +1.28 |
| Steering | 12 | 1.40% | 2.57% | −1.17 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 5.2% | £180–450 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 5.2% | £5–20 |
| Service brake imbalance across an axle Brakes | Major | 5.2% | £45–110 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.8% | £5–25 |
| Prescribed areas prescribed area strength or continuity significantly reduced Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 3.8% | £40–120 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 3.5% | £45–120 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 3.1% | £60–250 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 2.8% | £80–250 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.1% | £5–25 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 2.1% | £80–250 |
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 | 16.6% | £45–95 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 16.6% | £80–180 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 13.8% | £45–95 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 13.1% | £25–65 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 12.8% | £40–150 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 11.7% | £45–120 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 48 | 75.0% | 19,277 mi |
| 30-60k | 118 | 77.1% | 44,796 mi |
| 60-90k | 89 | 68.5% | 71,425 mi |
| 90-120k | 33 | 66.7% | 96,920 mi |
| 120k+ | 1 | 100.0% | 177,449 mi |
Source: 290 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.
2003 Motorhome MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2003 Suzuki motorhome?
73.1% of the 290 2003 Suzuki motorhome tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.6% for cars first used in 2003. First-attempt pass rate: 66.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2003 Suzuki motorhome?
The three most recorded items are component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (5.17%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (5.17%), service brake imbalance across an axle (5.17%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2003 Suzuki motorhome MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 75.0% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2003 Suzuki motorhome in this dataset had covered 55,386 mi.
Does the season affect the 2003 Suzuki motorhome MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 73.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 72.4%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.