Pass rate
79.6%
Around average — 6.3 pts ahead of the 73.3% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 93 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £27–£74
2001 Volkswagen motorhome MOT pass rate
- 2001
- Motorhome
- 5 trims combined
- typical 86,000 mi
Only 93 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
Brakes
19.0% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2002 83.3% pass
- Avoid 2015 71.2% pass
Across the 16 years on record, a spread of 12.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 76.9%
- Typical mileage
- 86k mi
The 2001 Volkswagen motorhome MOT pass rate is 79.6% of its MOT tests — 6.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 19.0% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Volkswagen motorhome does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Steering: 4.4× the national share
Steering accounts for 11.4% of everything recorded on the 2001 Volkswagen Motorhome, against 2.6% nationally — 8.8 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 19.0%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. Ask for the steering to be checked for play with the wheels on the ground, not on a jack.
- 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 73.3% and this one manages 79.6% — 6.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 32% 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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Every Volkswagen motorhome first registered in 2001 is combined here — 5 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2001 Volkswagen motorhome compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.3%, so this figure is 6.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 76.9%. The median 2001 Volkswagen motorhome in this dataset had covered 86,000 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 57% of tests, with a 79.2% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 84.4% of the time, April–September 77.0%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt", noted on 8.60% of tests.
- 93 recorded tests behind this page.
- 79.6% overall pass rate, 76.9% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Volkswagen motorhome, the average is 78.1% — best year 2002 (83.3%), worst 2015 (71.2%).
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
- 93
- Typical mileage (median)
- 86,000 mi
- Make and model
- Volkswagen Motorhome
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Ball Joint
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Motorhome MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 60% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (57% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Motorhome
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 27 | 81.5% |
| Yorkshire | 22 | 63.6% |
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 2001 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 2001 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 suspension joints 8.6% of tests
“track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated,”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
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Check the lights 4.3% of tests
“mirrors slightly damaged”
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 horn 3.2% of tests
“horn not working”
Press it. That is the whole check, and a surprising number of cars fail on 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 2001 Motorhome through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £27–£74 — and 32% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £27–£74
- Cheapest common item: mirrors slightly damaged
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 32%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 93 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
16 model years on record, from 2000 to 2015. Across them the pass rate runs from 71.2% to 83.3% — a spread of 12.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 83.3% component mounting prescribed…
- 2001 79.6%track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2002 83.3% switch faulty
- 2003 80.0% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2004 73.5% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2005 74.3% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2006 72.3% catalyst emissions lambda reading…
- 2007 80.4% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2008 79.7% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2009 79.4% rear fog lamp not working
- 2010 80.0% exhaust system has a major leak…
- 2011 79.8% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2012 80.9% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2013 77.3% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2014 78.2% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2015 71.2% rear fog lamp not working
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 2001 Volkswagen 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 2001 motorhomes with a similar record
- Auto Trail Motorhome 78.7%
- Mercedes-Benz Motorhome 75.4%
- Fiat Motorhome 73.4%
- Suzuki Motorhome 71.7%
Closest pass rates among 2001 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 2001 Volkswagen 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 209 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 | 40 | 19.00% | 20.89% | −1.89 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 29 | 13.80% | 12.21% | +1.59 |
| Tyres | 28 | 13.30% | 19.76% | −6.46 |
| Suspension | 24 | 11.40% | 20.98% | −9.58 |
| Steering | 24 | 11.40% | 2.57% | +8.83 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 23 | 11.00% | 5.57% | +5.43 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 21 | 10.00% | 5.52% | +4.48 |
| Visibility | 13 | 6.20% | 4.97% | +1.23 |
| Non-component advisories | 5 | 2.40% | 4.18% | −1.78 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 2 | 1.00% | 0.82% | +0.18 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 8.6% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 6.5% | £18–45 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 4.3% | £80–250 |
| Mirrors slightly damaged Visibility | Minor | 4.3% | £3–15 |
| Service brake performance efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 4.3% | £60–150 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.2% | £30–80 |
| Horn not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.2% | £8–25 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.2% | £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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 16.1% | £200–700 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 9.7% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 9.7% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 7.5% | £45–95 |
| Valve stem seriously damaged Tyres | Advisory | 7.5% | £45–95 |
| Chassis condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 5.4% | £180–450 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 9 | 88.9% | 15,566 mi |
| 30-60k | 20 | 85.0% | 42,320 mi |
| 60-90k | 19 | 68.4% | 71,633 mi |
| 90-120k | 17 | 88.2% | 102,946 mi |
| 120k+ | 28 | 75.0% | 165,721 mi |
Source: 93 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.
2001 Motorhome MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2001 Volkswagen motorhome?
79.6% of the 93 2001 Volkswagen motorhome tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.3% for cars first used in 2001. First-attempt pass rate: 76.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2001 Volkswagen motorhome?
The three most recorded items are track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (8.60%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (6.45%), joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (4.30%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2001 Volkswagen motorhome MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 88.9% of the time, falling to 75.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2001 Volkswagen motorhome in this dataset had covered 86,000 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2001 Volkswagen motorhome?
Diesel: 79.2% pass rate across 53 tests. Petrol: 85.3% pass rate across 34 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2001 Volkswagen motorhome MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 84.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 77.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.