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Renault Grand Scenic MOT fail rate by age

How often the Renault Grand Scenic fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 98,535 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated

At 12 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 12 (n=13,704)50.7%
All cars at 12 years (n=7,303,151)36.0%
Median mileage at test99,539
All cars, median mileage87,673

293 of 299 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 12 years.

What stands out

  • At 3 years the Renault Grand Scenic fails 20.9% of MOTs (1,176 tests), 8.9 points above the 12.1% for all cars that age. At 19 years it fails 49.4% (1,033 tests), 6.2 points above the 43.2% average.
  • The gap is widest at 10 years: 14.7 points above all cars.
  • Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 12 years: Coil spring broken, at 14.7 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

3 years 19 years 59.3%

Solid line: this model. Dashed line: all cars at the same age.

Renault Grand Scenic: share of MOT tests that failed, by age, against all cars. Ages with fewer than 1,000 tests are not shown.
AgeMOT fail rateTests (n)All carsDifferenceMedian mileage
3 years20.9%1,17612.1%+8.9 pts21,904 miles
4 years22.2%1,87513.4%+8.8 pts30,316 miles
5 years25.4%3,00115.3%+10.1 pts38,614 miles
6 years28.6%4,02817.8%+10.8 pts48,578 miles
7 years31.3%4,58520.6%+10.7 pts58,525 miles
8 years37.3%4,88723.8%+13.6 pts67,909 miles
9 years40.2%5,05627.1%+13.0 pts77,615 miles
10 years45.0%5,83230.3%+14.7 pts86,421 miles
11 years47.8%9,07833.3%+14.5 pts93,251 miles
12 years50.7%13,70436.0%+14.7 pts99,539 miles
13 years50.9%12,92238.3%+12.6 pts105,065 miles
14 years51.2%11,40740.3%+11.0 pts108,365 miles
15 years52.5%8,53841.6%+10.9 pts109,817 miles
16 years53.9%5,04942.6%+11.3 pts106,465 miles
17 years53.8%4,02043.1%+10.7 pts97,004 miles
18 years51.8%2,34443.3%+8.5 pts92,961 miles
19 years49.4%1,03343.2%+6.2 pts85,850 miles

Most common fail items at 12 years

Split into structural or mechanical items and wear items. Wear items (tyres, brake pads, wipers, bulbs) say more about upkeep than about the design.

Structural and mechanical

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Coil spring broken Major14.7
Steering track rod end: ball joint play Major11.6
Anti-roll bar link worn Major6.3
Suspension ball joint worn Major5.1
Driveshaft CV boot split Major3.8

Out of 13,704 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Brake light not working Major11.3
Brake pads under 1.5 mm Dangerous5.2
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous5.2
Side/position light not working Major4.9
Wipers not clearing screen Major3.2

Out of 13,704 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 12 years

ModelMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
Renault Clio50.6%80,92936.0%
Renault Megane49.0%48,76036.0%
Renault Scenic45.5%17,57136.0%

MOT fail rate by first-use year

Each year has its own page: the fail rate for cars first used that year at each MOT from 2022 to 2025 with at least 1,000 tests, the most common faults at that age, and the car tax and ULEZ rules for that year.

First-use year data updated .

Latest MOT age with at least 1,000 tests for each first-use year.
First usedAge at testMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
200717 years in 202453.8%1,10543.1%
200816 years in 202453.7%1,10342.6%
200915 years in 202449.5%1,28041.6%
201015 years in 202551.3%3,74741.6%
201114 years in 202549.4%3,15940.3%
201213 years in 202549.5%1,65138.3%
201312 years in 202548.9%1,09536.0%
201510 years in 202540.6%1,39030.3%
20169 years in 202537.1%1,30927.1%
20178 years in 202535.9%1,10123.8%

More on the Renault Grand Scenic

Read this with care. A fail rate is not a measure of build quality. How far cars are driven, how they are used and how well owners maintain them all change it, and wear items such as tyres and brake pads are common fails. Compare a model only with cars of the same age. Methodology and limits.

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Source

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data, class 4 normal MOT tests, 2022 to 2025. MOT data updated 22 September 2026.

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