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MOT reliability

Volkswagen Motor home

190 vehicles · 3,270 completed MOT tests analysed
71%
MOT pass rate

Based on 190 Volkswagen Motor home vehicles and 3,270 completed MOT tests, the Volkswagen Motor home has an overall 71% pass rate, with an average recorded mileage of 109,799 miles.

190
Vehicles
3,270
MOT tests
3,312
Avg miles / year
2.3
Faults per test
1%
Dangerous-fault share

Volkswagen Motor home problem areas

Where faults occur most across all Volkswagen Motor home MOT tests:

  • Other78%
  • Tyres, wheels & suspension11%
  • Brakes10%
  • Steering6%
  • Emissions & nuisance6%
  • Lamps & electrical4%
  • Body & structure3%
  • Seatbelts & equipment2%

Volkswagen Motor home pass rate by age

How the Volkswagen Motor home's MOT pass rate changes as it ages (buckets with 20+ tests).

Age (years)TestsPass rate
11567%
21872%
33773%
44078%
54477%
65275%
75673%
85872%
95285%
105379%
116273%
126276%
136080%
146274%
156680%
167279%
178373%
187577%
198569%
208771%

Fuel types: Petrol (127), Diesel (61), LPG (2)

Most common Volkswagen Motor home MOT faults

These are the faults and advisories recorded most often across Volkswagen Motor home MOT tests:

  1. Oil leak (97 times)
  2. Parking brake: efficiency below requirements (3.7.B.7) (90 times)
  3. Offside Rear wheel bearing has slight play (2.6.2) (89 times)
  4. Oil leak, but not excessive (8.4.1 (a) (i)) (84 times)
  5. Nearside Rear wheel bearing has slight play (2.6.2) (74 times)
  6. Windscreen washer provides insufficient washer liquid (8.2.3) (69 times)
  7. Horn not working (1.6.2a) (54 times)
  8. Offside Front Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c) (51 times)
  9. Nearside Front Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c) (46 times)
  10. Windscreen has damage to an area less than a 40mm circle outside zone 'A' (8.3.1d) (41 times)
  11. Offside Front wheel bearing has slight play (2.5.A.3c) (39 times)
  12. Nearside Rear Wheel bearing has slight play (5.1.3 (a) (i)) (37 times)
  13. Offside Rear Wheel bearing has slight play (5.1.3 (a) (i)) (36 times)
  14. Offside Rear Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c) (36 times)
  15. Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3) (33 times)

Volkswagen Motor home pass rate by registration year

YearVehiclesTestsPass rateAvg mileage
2013 1 7 86% 69,989
2012 3 21 81% 45,065
2011 2 26 65% 145,782
2010 2 41 71% 83,045
2009 1 23 61% 58,278
2008 5 88 72% 68,169
2007 4 85 75% 60,242
2006 8 148 80% 56,112
2004 3 70 81% 91,183
2003 3 74 76% 96,541
2002 4 58 66% 92,394
2001 1 14 64% 98,956
2000 4 79 81% 78,377
1999 3 62 76% 192,668
1998 3 61 69% 111,961
1997 4 90 71% 122,806
1996 3 71 79% 80,952
1995 2 41 85% 155,188
1994 1 17 88% 83,512
1993 2 23 65% 198,199
1992 3 89 64% 228,796
1991 7 142 80% 134,179
1990 9 181 67% 149,619
1989 6 135 78% 139,528
1988 2 33 70% 238,822
1987 3 69 64% 78,823
1986 7 100 68% 261,388
1985 7 121 72% 173,119
1984 1 12 67% 213,987
1983 8 170 61% 101,522
1982 7 150 68% 116,789
1981 8 97 61% 103,093
1980 9 128 63% 111,253
1979 2 20 80% 59,486
1978 2 19 74% 68,845
1976 2 31 58% 167,346
1975 2 24 83% 111,283
1974 4 54 89% 52,010
1973 7 84 71% 129,129
1972 11 154 63% 63,337
1971 7 108 71% 52,526
1970 3 39 77% 67,749
1969 1 11 82% 33,061
1968 1 6 67% 95,934
1967 1 26 62% 94,375
1966 2 26 73% 29,756
1965 1 22 59% 40,913
1964 2 30 93% 70,220
1960 1 16 69% 42,113

Volkswagen Motor home reliability FAQ

Across 190 Volkswagen Motor home vehicles in our MOT data, 71% pass the MOT (a 29% failure rate), with about 2.3 faults or advisories recorded per test.

The most frequently recorded Volkswagen Motor home MOT issues are: Oil leak; Parking brake: efficiency below requirements (3.7.B.7); Offside Rear wheel bearing has slight play (2.6.2).

The typical Volkswagen Motor home in our data has covered around 109,799 miles.

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