Pass rate
84.0%
Around average — 7.2 pts behind the 91.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 94 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £47–£118
2021 Volkswagen California Beach Tour MOT pass rate
- 2021
- Motorhome
- typical 30,072 mi
Only 94 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
Tyres
38.9% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2021 84.0% pass · this year
- Avoid 2021 84.0% pass · this year
Across the 1 years on record, a spread of 0 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 81.7%
- Typical mileage
- 30k mi
The 2021 Volkswagen California Beach Tour MOT pass rate is 84.0% of its MOT tests — 7.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 38.9% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Volkswagen California Beach Tour does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.0× the national share
Tyres make up 38.9% of everything recorded on the 2021 Volkswagen California Beach Tour, against 19.8% nationally — 19.1 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, motorhomes this age and mileage expect about 91.2%; this one manages 84.0% — 7.2 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 0% 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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How does the 2021 Volkswagen California Beach Tour compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 91.2%, so this figure is 7.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 81.7%. The median 2021 Volkswagen California Beach Tour in this dataset had covered 30,072 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 8.51% of tests.
- 94 recorded tests behind this page.
- 84.0% overall pass rate, 81.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Volkswagen California Beach Tour, the average is 84.0% — best year 2021 (84.0%), worst 2021 (84.0%).
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
- 94
- Typical mileage (median)
- 30,072 mi
- Make and model
- Volkswagen California Beach Tour
- 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 California Beach Tour MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 52% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the California Beach Tour
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 29 | 79.3% |
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 California Beach Tour
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 California Beach Tour
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 8.5% 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 shock absorbers 5.3% of tests
“shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak”
Press down hard on each corner of the car and let go. It should settle in one bounce; if it keeps rocking, or you can see oil weeping down a shock absorber, that is the fault a tester will find.
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Check the brakes 3.2% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
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 California Beach Tour through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £47–£118 — and 0% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £47–£118
- Cheapest common item: brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- £18–£45
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 0%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 94 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 →
Compare the 2021 Volkswagen California Beach Tour 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
- Jeep Motorhome 89.4%
- Dethleffs Motorhome 90.0%
- Mercedes-Benz Motorhome 94.3%
- Suzuki Motorhome 94.9%
- Fiat Motorhome 94.9%
- Peugeot Motorhome 95.3%
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 Volkswagen California Beach Tour 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 95 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 37 | 38.90% | 19.76% | +19.14 |
| Brakes | 20 | 21.10% | 20.89% | +0.21 |
| Suspension | 19 | 20.00% | 20.98% | −0.98 |
| Visibility | 9 | 9.50% | 4.97% | +4.53 |
| Non-component advisories | 7 | 7.40% | 4.18% | +3.22 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 1 | 1.10% | 12.21% | −11.11 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1 | 1.10% | 5.57% | −4.47 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1 | 1.10% | 5.52% | −4.42 |
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 | 8.5% | £80–200 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 5.3% | £30–75 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 3.2% | £18–45 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 3.2% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 2.1% | £45–110 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 2.1% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.1% | £40–150 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Rectified | 1.1% | £18–45 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 1.1% | £25–65 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 1.1% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 19.1% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 10.6% | £18–45 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 6.4% | £20–80 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 5.3% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 4.3% | £45–95 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 4.3% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 47 | 91.5% | 22,781 mi |
| 30-60k | 42 | 78.6% | 42,199 mi |
| 60-90k | 5 | 60.0% | 69,421 mi |
Source: 94 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 California Beach Tour MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2021 Volkswagen California Beach Tour?
84.0% of the 94 2021 Volkswagen California Beach Tour tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 91.2% for cars first used in 2021. First-attempt pass rate: 81.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2021 Volkswagen California Beach Tour?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (8.51%), shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak (5.32%), brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (3.19%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2021 Volkswagen California Beach Tour MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 91.5% of the time, falling to 60.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2021 Volkswagen California Beach Tour in this dataset had covered 30,072 mi.