Pass rate
74.3%
Below average — 1.9 pts ahead of the 72.4% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 167 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £30–£95
2005 Volkswagen motorhome MOT pass rate
- 2005
- Motorhome
- 4 trims combined
- typical 50,808 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
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
- 66.9%
- Typical mileage
- 51k mi
The 2005 Volkswagen motorhome MOT pass rate is 74.3% of its MOT tests — 1.9 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
Emissions & leaks: 2.2× the national share
Emissions & leaks make up 12.3% of everything recorded on the 2005 Volkswagen Motorhome, against 5.5% nationally — 6.8 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 19.0%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. A smoky diesel or a leaking joint fails on emissions more often than on wear, so ask for a recent emissions printout.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 20% 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. 167 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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Every Volkswagen motorhome first registered in 2005 is combined here — 4 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2005 Volkswagen motorhome compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.4%, so this figure is 1.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 66.9%. The median 2005 Volkswagen motorhome in this dataset had covered 50,808 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Petrol — 80% of tests, with a 75.2% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 74.1% of the time, April–September 74.3%.
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 4.79% of tests.
- 167 recorded tests behind this page.
- 74.3% overall pass rate, 66.9% 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
- 167
- Typical mileage (median)
- 50,808 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 56% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (80% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Motorhome
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 47 | 70.2% |
| South West | 32 | 75.0% |
| North East | 19 | 78.9% |
| East of England | 17 | 64.7% |
| Yorkshire | 17 | 76.5% |
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 2005 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 2005 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 4.8% 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 2.4% of tests
“headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect”
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 wipers and washers 2.4% of tests
“wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
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 2005 Motorhome through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £30–£95 — and 20% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £30–£95
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp not working
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 20%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 167 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 2005 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 2005 motorhomes with a similar record
- Ci Motorhome Motorhome 76.9%
- Renault Motorhome 77.8%
- Auto Trail Motorhome 78.7%
- Ford Motorhome 78.8%
- Fiat Motorhome 79.2%
- Suzuki Motorhome 68.4%
Closest pass rates among 2005 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 2005 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 297 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 | 57 | 19.00% | 20.89% | −1.89 |
| Suspension | 49 | 16.30% | 20.98% | −4.68 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 45 | 15.00% | 12.21% | +2.79 |
| Tyres | 37 | 12.30% | 19.76% | −7.46 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 37 | 12.30% | 5.52% | +6.78 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 25 | 8.30% | 5.57% | +2.73 |
| Steering | 22 | 7.30% | 2.57% | +4.73 |
| Visibility | 15 | 5.00% | 4.97% | +0.03 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 6 | 2.00% | 0.82% | +1.18 |
| Non-component advisories | 4 | 1.30% | 4.18% | −2.88 |
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 | 4.8% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 3.0% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.4% | £30–80 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 2.4% | £45–110 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.4% | £3–15 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 2.4% | £8–22 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 1.8% | £18–45 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.8% | £60–250 |
| Emissions not tested unable to be completed Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.8% | £60–250 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 1.8% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 10.8% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 10.2% | £200–700 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 9.0% | £40–150 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 7.2% | £80–180 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 5.4% | £45–120 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 5.4% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 37 | 64.9% | 17,528 mi |
| 30-60k | 68 | 80.9% | 45,926 mi |
| 60-90k | 40 | 75.0% | 71,949 mi |
| 90-120k | 13 | 69.2% | 103,079 mi |
| 120k+ | 9 | 66.7% | 151,107 mi |
Source: 167 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.
2005 Motorhome MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2005 Volkswagen motorhome?
74.3% of the 167 2005 Volkswagen motorhome tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.4% for cars first used in 2005. First-attempt pass rate: 66.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2005 Volkswagen motorhome?
The three most recorded items are track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (4.79%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (2.99%), headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (2.40%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2005 Volkswagen motorhome MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 64.9% of the time, falling to 66.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2005 Volkswagen motorhome in this dataset had covered 50,808 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2005 Volkswagen motorhome?
Petrol: 75.2% pass rate across 133 tests. Diesel: 70.6% pass rate across 34 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2005 Volkswagen motorhome MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 74.1% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 74.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.