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Renault Megane MOT fail rate by age

How often the Renault Megane fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 441,407 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated

At 13 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 13 (n=49,487)50.1%
All cars at 13 years (n=6,612,160)38.3%
Median mileage at test97,568
All cars, median mileage92,305

280 of 293 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 13 years.

What stands out

  • At 3 years the Renault Megane fails 17.7% of MOTs (5,772 tests), 5.7 points above the 12.1% for all cars that age. At 24 years it fails 43.4% (1,393 tests), 5.6 points above the 37.8% average.
  • The gap is widest at 10 years: 15.3 points above all cars.
  • Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 13 years: Coil spring broken, at 13.5 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

3 years 24 years 57.6%

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

Renault Megane: 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 years17.7%5,77212.1%+5.7 pts22,093 miles
4 years20.8%6,56113.4%+7.4 pts29,984 miles
5 years21.1%10,48015.3%+5.8 pts39,142 miles
6 years24.1%14,25717.8%+6.3 pts46,877 miles
7 years29.7%18,44320.6%+9.1 pts58,183 miles
8 years36.9%23,81523.8%+13.2 pts67,766 miles
9 years41.7%26,44927.1%+14.6 pts76,022 miles
10 years45.6%30,85730.3%+15.3 pts84,911 miles
11 years47.8%38,59933.3%+14.5 pts89,921 miles
12 years49.0%48,76036.0%+13.0 pts93,994 miles
13 years50.1%49,48738.3%+11.9 pts97,568 miles
14 years51.0%45,30640.3%+10.7 pts99,428 miles
15 years51.4%38,57041.6%+9.8 pts99,974 miles
16 years52.1%26,50142.6%+9.6 pts97,799 miles
17 years52.4%18,62943.1%+9.3 pts95,122 miles
18 years50.8%12,63143.3%+7.6 pts95,100 miles
19 years50.2%7,30043.2%+7.1 pts94,449 miles
20 years46.0%5,92042.8%+3.2 pts92,776 miles
21 years44.2%5,00142.1%+2.1 pts91,911 miles
22 years45.0%3,87741.0%+4.0 pts88,951 miles
23 years42.9%2,79939.6%+3.2 pts85,601 miles
24 years43.4%1,39337.8%+5.6 pts82,098 miles

Most common fail items at 13 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 Major13.5
Steering track rod end: ball joint play Major11.3
Driveshaft CV boot split Major6.4
Anti-roll bar link worn Major6
Suspension ball joint worn Major5.7
Handbrake too weak Major4

Out of 49,487 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Brake light not working Major8.7
Side/position light not working Major6.9
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous4.8
Dipped headlight not working Major4

Out of 49,487 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 13 years

ModelMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
Renault Clio52.2%77,92038.3%
Renault Scenic45.9%16,07338.3%
Renault Grand Scenic50.9%12,92238.3%

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
200122 years in 202344.9%1,22841.0%
200223 years in 202542.5%1,11539.6%
200320 years in 202344.6%1,04042.8%
200420 years in 202449.9%1,06942.8%
200520 years in 202548.4%1,43142.8%
200619 years in 202550.4%2,33143.2%
200718 years in 202549.7%4,07343.3%
200817 years in 202549.7%3,97843.1%
200916 years in 202551.4%7,01942.6%
201015 years in 202550.9%13,25541.6%
201114 years in 202549.4%11,29940.3%
201213 years in 202548.0%8,03338.3%
201312 years in 202547.3%6,71236.0%
201411 years in 202547.5%6,74433.3%
201510 years in 202542.5%6,28030.3%
20169 years in 202534.2%4,77827.1%
20178 years in 202530.0%4,71923.8%
20187 years in 202524.7%1,93420.6%
20196 years in 202523.1%2,50017.8%
20205 years in 202519.8%1,05315.3%

More on the Renault Megane

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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