Pass rate
85.6%
Above average — 2.3 pts behind the 87.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 139 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £34–£86
2018 Volkswagen Jerba MOT pass rate
- 2018
- Motorhome
- typical 32,950 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
37.2% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £60–£90 for Brake discs seriously weakened. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2019 91.4% pass
- Avoid 2018 85.6% pass · this year
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 5.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 83.3%
- Typical mileage
- 33k mi
The 2018 Volkswagen Jerba MOT pass rate is 85.6% of its MOT tests — 2.3 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 37.2% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Volkswagen Jerba does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.8× the national share
Brakes make up 37.2% of everything recorded on the 2018 Volkswagen Jerba, against 20.9% nationally — 16.3 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 11% 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. 139 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 2018 Volkswagen Jerba compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 87.9%, so this figure is 2.3 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 83.3%. The median 2018 Volkswagen Jerba in this dataset had covered 32,950 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 86.3% of the time, April–September 84.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Coil spring fractured or broken", noted on 10.07% of tests.
- 139 recorded tests behind this page.
- 85.6% overall pass rate, 83.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Volkswagen Jerba, the average is 88.2% — best year 2019 (91.4%), worst 2018 (85.6%).
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
- 139
- Typical mileage (median)
- 32,950 mi
- Make and model
- Volkswagen Jerba
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Coil Spring
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Jerba MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 58% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Jerba
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 83 | 84.3% |
| North West | 16 | 81.3% |
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 2018 Jerba
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 2018 Jerba
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 coil springs 10.1% of tests
“coil spring fractured or broken”
Look up inside each wheel arch with a torch, all the way round the spring. A snapped spring usually breaks at the very bottom coil, where a quick glance will not reach.
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Check the windscreen 2.9% 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 brakes 1.4% of tests
“brake discs significantly and obviously worn”
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 2018 Jerba through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £34–£86 — and 11% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £34–£86
- Cheapest common item: anti-lock braking system warning lamp…
- £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
- 11%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 139 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 Jerba, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2018 to 2019. Across them the pass rate runs from 85.6% to 91.4% — a spread of 5.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2018 85.6%coil spring fractured or broken
- 2019 91.4% coil spring fractured or broken
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 2018 Volkswagen Jerba 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 2018 motorhomes with a similar record
- Jeep Motorhome 83.6%
- Hymer Motorhome 89.3%
- Suzuki Motorhome 90.0%
- Mercedes-Benz Motorhome 92.8%
- Ford Motorhome 93.7%
- Mobilvetta Motorhome 94.1%
Closest pass rates among 2018 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 2018 Volkswagen Jerba 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 78 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 | 29 | 37.20% | 20.89% | +16.31 |
| Suspension | 23 | 29.50% | 20.98% | +8.52 |
| Tyres | 15 | 19.20% | 19.76% | −0.56 |
| Visibility | 5 | 6.40% | 4.97% | +1.43 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 2 | 2.60% | 12.21% | −9.61 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 2 | 2.60% | 0.82% | +1.78 |
| Non-component advisories | 1 | 1.30% | 4.18% | −2.88 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 1.30% | 1.76% | −0.46 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 10.1% | £25–65 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.9% | £80–200 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 1.4% | £45–110 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault Brakes | Major | 0.72% | £3–15 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Major | 0.72% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.72% | £18–45 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault Brakes | Major | 0.72% | £3–15 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 0.72% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.72% | £30–80 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.72% | £5–25 |
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 | 10.1% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 6.5% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 2.9% | £18–45 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 2.9% | £40–150 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 2.2% | £80–180 |
| Buckle damaged Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Advisory | 1.4% | £40–120 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 50 | 88.0% | 22,268 mi |
| 30-60k | 80 | 83.8% | 40,232 mi |
| 60-90k | 6 | 100.0% | 67,716 mi |
| 90-120k | 3 | 66.7% | 94,068 mi |
Source: 139 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.
2018 Jerba MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2018 Volkswagen Jerba?
85.6% of the 139 2018 Volkswagen Jerba tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 87.9% for cars first used in 2018. First-attempt pass rate: 83.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2018 Volkswagen Jerba?
The three most recorded items are coil spring fractured or broken (10.07%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (2.88%), brake discs significantly and obviously worn (1.44%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2018 Volkswagen Jerba MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 88.0% of the time, falling to 66.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2018 Volkswagen Jerba in this dataset had covered 32,950 mi.
Does the season affect the 2018 Volkswagen Jerba MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 86.3% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 84.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.