Bedford Camper MOT reliability

Bedford Campers passed their MOT first time 59% of the time across 34 tests in 2025.

These figures come from 34 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

First-time pass rate

59%

MOTs analysed

34

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

1988 petrol

5 MOTs

These figures come from only 5 MOT tests. With so few cars, a single pass or fail changes the percentages a lot, so treat them as a rough guide rather than a true average.

Passed first time 20%. Typical mileage 61,361 (most between 44,844 and 73,358).

2005: 67% → 2006: 52% → 2007: 63% → 2008: 41% → 2009: 54% → 2010: 55% → 2011: 58% → 2012: 81% → 2013: 67% → 2014: 43% → 2015: 43% → 2016: 46% → 2017: 64% → 2018: 58% → 2019: 50% → 2020: 56% → 2021: 42% → 2022: 46% → 2023: 44% → 2024: 60% → 2025: 20%

Most common failures

Service brake imbalance: across an axle (20.0%)
Catalyst emissions: hydrocarbon content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits (20.0%)
Chassis condition: or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of a body mounting (20.0%)
Non catalyst emissions: emissions carbon monoxide content excessive (20.0%)
Catalyst emissions: carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits (20.0%)

Where 1988 Campers fail

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

40.0%

Body, structure & corrosion

20.0%

Brakes

20.0%

Lights & electrics

20.0%

Steering

20.0%

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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.