Auto Trail Camper MOT reliability

Auto Trail Campers passed their MOT first time 78% of the time across 124 tests in 2025.

First-time pass rate

78%

MOTs analysed

124

Still licensed (GB)

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Body type

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Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age. Years with very few MOTs can show extreme pass rates, even 0% or 100%, so give more weight to years with more tests.

In detail:

First registered

2005 diesel

28 MOTs

These figures come from 28 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

Passed first time 68%. Typical mileage 50,527 (most between 33,242 and 66,874).

2008: 79% → 2009: 88% → 2010: 77% → 2011: 85% → 2012: 89% → 2013: 69% → 2014: 85% → 2015: 81% → 2016: 68% → 2017: 63% → 2018: 68% → 2019: 74% → 2020: 73% → 2021: 80% → 2022: 65% → 2023: 74% → 2024: 78% → 2025: 68%

Most common failures

Rear fog lamp: not working (10.7%)
Headlamp aim: too low (7.1%)
Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (7.1%)
Integral vehicle structure condition: is deformed and structural rigidity is significantly reduced (3.6%)
Sub-frame mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (3.6%)

Where 2005 Campers fail

Lights & electrics

17.9%

Suspension & axles

17.9%

Brakes

10.7%

Body, structure & corrosion

3.6%

Steering

3.6%

Visibility & wipers

3.6%

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Based on 2025 initial MOT tests in DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset (cars and light vans). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Model details: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB.