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Renault Kangoo MOT fail rate by age

How often the Renault Kangoo fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 229,058 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated

At 12 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 12 (n=16,705)51.9%
All cars at 12 years (n=7,303,151)36.0%
Median mileage at test111,593
All cars, median mileage87,673

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

What stands out

  • At 3 years the Renault Kangoo fails 24.3% of MOTs (7,745 tests), 12.2 points above the 12.1% for all cars that age. At 23 years it fails 48.4% (1,361 tests), 8.7 points above the 39.6% average.
  • The gap is widest at 8 years: 20.3 points above all cars.
  • Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 12 years: Driveshaft CV boot split, at 14.2 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

3 years 23 years 57.0%

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

Renault Kangoo: 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 years24.3%7,74512.1%+12.2 pts27,377 miles
4 years30.7%9,84913.4%+17.3 pts40,066 miles
5 years34.7%10,34215.3%+19.3 pts53,976 miles
6 years37.9%11,71417.8%+20.1 pts69,751 miles
7 years40.4%12,66320.6%+19.8 pts83,324 miles
8 years44.1%13,46823.8%+20.3 pts93,033 miles
9 years45.7%13,36227.1%+18.6 pts100,763 miles
10 years49.0%13,32930.3%+18.7 pts106,464 miles
11 years50.3%14,91333.3%+17.1 pts108,381 miles
12 years51.9%16,70536.0%+15.9 pts111,593 miles
13 years50.5%15,98938.3%+12.2 pts110,299 miles
14 years50.2%15,50840.3%+10.0 pts105,439 miles
15 years49.1%13,92441.6%+7.5 pts98,148 miles
16 years48.0%12,10542.6%+5.4 pts91,797 miles
17 years47.9%12,02043.1%+4.8 pts93,222 miles
18 years48.7%11,04643.3%+5.4 pts96,960 miles
19 years50.9%8,85643.2%+7.7 pts98,484 miles
20 years50.0%6,82642.8%+7.2 pts97,392 miles
21 years48.5%4,65142.1%+6.5 pts95,111 miles
22 years50.0%2,68241.0%+9.0 pts90,498 miles
23 years48.4%1,36139.6%+8.7 pts87,782 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
Driveshaft CV boot split Major14.2
Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded Major12.8
Steering track rod end: ball joint play Major11.4
Coil spring broken Major10.3
Suspension ball joint worn Major7

Out of 16,705 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Brake light not working Major8.2
Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Major7.4
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous6.4
Wipers not clearing screen Major5.8
Dipped headlight not working Major4

Out of 16,705 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 12 years

ModelMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
Renault Trafic52.4%21,21336.0%
Ford Transit48.0%74,07536.0%
Volkswagen Transporter31.7%50,23136.0%

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
200221 years in 202348.6%1,10842.1%
200321 years in 202448.6%1,29742.1%
200421 years in 202548.4%1,55142.1%
200520 years in 202549.6%1,94742.8%
200619 years in 202548.4%2,20943.2%
200718 years in 202547.0%2,89543.3%
200817 years in 202545.8%2,66843.1%
200916 years in 202550.6%1,92342.6%
201015 years in 202552.6%4,34141.6%
201114 years in 202551.9%4,79340.3%
201213 years in 202547.8%3,02038.3%
201312 years in 202551.7%2,19036.0%
201411 years in 202548.6%3,10433.3%
201510 years in 202546.6%3,87730.3%
20169 years in 202543.1%3,32827.1%
20178 years in 202541.9%2,34923.8%
20187 years in 202538.0%2,40820.6%
20196 years in 202534.3%3,12117.8%
20205 years in 202529.6%2,03415.3%
20214 years in 202528.5%1,93113.4%

More on the Renault Kangoo

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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