Pass rate
98.2%
Above average — 6.2 pts ahead of the 92.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 57 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £37–£93
2022 Volkswagen Grand California MOT pass rate
- 2022
- Motorhome
- typical 11,438 mi
Only 57 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
33.3% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2022 98.2% pass · this year
- Avoid 2021 96.5% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 1.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 98.2%
- Typical mileage
- 11k mi
The 2022 Volkswagen Grand California MOT pass rate is 98.2% of its MOT tests — 6.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 33.3% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Volkswagen Grand California does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Visibility: 6.7× the national share
Visibility accounts for 33.3% of everything recorded on the 2022 Volkswagen Grand California, against 5.0% nationally — 28.3 points above. Tyres are still the single largest share at 33.3%, but at 19.8% nationally that one is ordinary. Wipers, washers and a chip in the driver’s eyeline are the three quickest ways to fail a test that the car otherwise deserves to pass.
- 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 92.0% and this one manages 98.2% — 6.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 57 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 2022 Volkswagen Grand California compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 92.0%, so this figure is 6.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 98.2%. The median 2022 Volkswagen Grand California in this dataset had covered 11,438 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 3.51% of tests.
- 57 recorded tests behind this page.
- 98.2% overall pass rate, 98.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Volkswagen Grand California, the average is 96.9% — best year 2022 (98.2%), worst 2021 (96.5%).
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
- 57
- Typical mileage (median)
- 11,438 mi
- Make and model
- Volkswagen Grand California
- 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 Grand California MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 90% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Grand California
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 17 | 100.0% |
| South West | 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 2022 Grand California
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 2022 Grand California
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 3.5% 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 lights 1.8% of tests
“rear fog lamp not working”
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 tyre pressures and valves 1.8% of tests
“tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative”
Set the pressures to the figures on the door pillar, not the tyre wall, and check the valves do not hiss. A leaking valve is a two-minute fix that fails a test.
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 2022 Grand California through its MOT
Across the 5 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £37–£93 — and 50% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 5 common items
- £37–£93
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp not working
- £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
- 50%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 57 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 Grand California, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2020 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 96.5% to 98.2% — a spread of 1.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2020 97.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2021 96.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2022 98.2%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 2022 Volkswagen Grand California 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 2022 motorhomes with a similar record
- Peugeot Motorhome 97.4%
- Fiat Motorhome 96.7%
- Ford Motorhome 95.7%
- Suzuki Motorhome 95.5%
- Mercedes-Benz Motorhome 94.0%
- Jeep Motorhome 89.6%
Closest pass rates among 2022 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 2022 Volkswagen Grand California 5 failure items · 3 advisories · 4 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 9 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 | 3 | 33.30% | 19.76% | +13.54 |
| Visibility | 3 | 33.30% | 4.97% | +28.33 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 2 | 22.20% | 12.21% | +9.99 |
| Non-component advisories | 1 | 11.10% | 4.18% | +6.92 |
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 | 3.5% | £80–200 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.8% | £3–15 |
| Trailer electrical socket (13 pin) not functioning at all Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.8% | £5–25 |
| Tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative Tyres | Rectified | 1.8% | £45–95 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.8% | £8–22 |
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 cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 1.8% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Vehicles internal headlight adjuster altered to recheck lights Non-component advisories | Advisory | 1.8% | £3–15 |
| Valve stem seriously damaged Tyres | Advisory | 1.8% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 54 | 98.1% | 11,599 mi |
| 30-60k | 3 | 100.0% | 33,919 mi |
Source: 57 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.
2022 Grand California MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2022 Volkswagen Grand California?
98.2% of the 57 2022 Volkswagen Grand California tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 92.0% for cars first used in 2022. First-attempt pass rate: 98.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2022 Volkswagen Grand California?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.51%), rear fog lamp not working (1.75%), trailer electrical socket (13 pin) not functioning at all (1.75%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2022 Volkswagen Grand California MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 98.1% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2022 Volkswagen Grand California in this dataset had covered 11,438 mi.