Common problems

Renault Captur common problems

What MOT testers find on the Renault Captur: the parts that fail or get advisories most often at each age, against all cars of the same age. From 597,036 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated 28 September 2026

At 7 years, the most tested age

Suspension fails per 100 MOTs (n=87,708)6.4

All cars at 7 years (n=10,537,318)4.4

Tyres advisories and minor defects per 100 MOTs (n=87,708)28.7

All cars, same age (n=10,537,318)24.8

What stands out

Suspension fails show up on 6.4 of every 100 MOTs of a Renault Captur at 7 years old (n=87,708), against 4.4 for all cars of that age (n=10,537,318).
The fail item testers record most often at 7 years: suspension ball joint worn, on 3.2 per 100 MOTs (all cars 0.7).
The most common advisory or minor defect: tread depth: worn close to legal limit/worn on edge, on 16.5 per 100 MOTs.

Problems by part at 7 years

How many of every 100 MOTs found a fail, or an advisory or minor defect, in each area. A test with faults in two areas counts in both.

Renault Captur at 7 years (n=87,708) against all cars at 7 years (n=10,537,318). Per 100 MOTs.
Area	Fails	All cars	Advisories	All cars
Suspension	6.4	4.4	6.1	8.7
Tyres	6.1	6.0	28.7	24.8
Lights and electrics	5.3	5.8	3.8	2.5
Brakes	5.1	4.1	17.1	17.9
Windscreen, wipers and mirrors	3.6	3.4	2.0	3.3
Body and structure	1.4	1.3	0.7	1.6
Exhaust, emissions and leaks	0.9	1.7	0.3	1.7
Seat belts and airbags	0.2	0.4	0.1	0.3
Steering	0.2	0.8	0.2	1.1
Road wheels	0.2	0.3	0.9	0.6
Number plates and VIN	0.1	0.2	0.7	1.2

What testers fail most on the Captur at 7 years

Fail items on the Renault Captur at 7 years (n=87,708), per 100 MOTs, with all cars at the same age (n=10,537,318).
Item	Area	Per 100 MOTs	All cars	Typical repair (estimate)
Suspension ball joint worn	Suspension	3.2	0.7	£75 to £237 per side (rough guide)
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm	Tyres	2.4	2.2	£88 to £145 per tyre
Wipers not clearing screen	Windscreen, wipers and mirrors	1.7	1.7	£15 to £30 per blade
Brake pads under 1.5 mm	Brakes	1.6	2.0	£72 to £174 per axle (rough guide)
Headlamp aim: too low	Lights and electrics	1.4	0.9	£16 to £39 per car (rough guide)
Tyre with cords exposed	Tyres	1.4	1.1	£88 to £145 per tyre
Brake light not working	Lights and electrics	1.3	0.9	£10 to £47 per lamp
Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid	Windscreen, wipers and mirrors	1.2	1.0	£2 to £14 per car (rough guide)
Anti-roll bar link worn	Suspension	1.2	0.2	£33 to £102 per link (rough guide)
Service brake performance: excessively binding	Brakes	1.1	0.2	£55 to £267 per wheel (rough guide)

Early warnings: advisories and minor defects at 7 years

Advisories and minor defects are recorded, but the car still passes. Across all cars, a part with an advisory or minor defect failed at the next MOT 5.5 times in 100 (n=88,666,940 pairs of consecutive MOTs), against 0.3 times in 100 when the same part had none (n=12,936,860,350).

Advisories and minor defects on the Renault Captur at 7 years (n=87,708), per 100 MOTs, with all cars at the same age (n=10,537,318).
Item	Area	Per 100 MOTs	All cars	If it needs replacing (estimate)
Tread depth: worn close to legal limit/worn on edge	Tyres	16.5	15.0	£88 to £145 per tyre
Tyre condition: slightly damaged/cracking or perishing	Tyres	13.5	8.9	£88 to £145 per tyre
Brake pads: wearing thin	Brakes	7.2	9.0	£72 to £174 per axle (rough guide)
Brake discs: worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened	Brakes	7.0	8.0	£148 to £376 per axle (rough guide)
Brake discs: worn, but not excessively	Brakes	3.6	2.6	£148 to £376 per axle (rough guide)
Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt	Other	3.3	2.4
Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources	Lights and electrics	2.5	1.4
Nail in tyre	Other	2.2	2.0
Tread depth: worn close to legal limit/worn on edge	Tyres	2.2	2.0	£88 to £145 per tyre
Linkage ball joints: ball joint has slight play	Suspension	1.9	0.4	£33 to £102 per link (rough guide)

Repair estimates are a guide for an independent garage: labour at the national median local garage rate (median £78 an hour from 65 garages, ONS price quotes) times estimated labour hours, plus a parts band. Labour hours and most parts bands are estimates, not quotes, and prices vary by model, engine and region. A warning light fault shows the cost of the diagnosis only.

How problems change with age

Fails per 100 MOTs in the three most common areas at 7 years. Ages with fewer than 1,000 tests are not shown.
Age	Tests (n)	Suspension	Tyres	Lights and electrics
3 years	53,253	0.7	3.3	1.9
4 years	64,491	0.9	3.3	2.1
5 years	73,724	1.8	4.4	3.0
6 years	84,646	3.5	5.5	4.4
7 years	87,708	6.4	6.1	5.3
8 years	85,405	9.6	6.5	6.2
9 years	71,544	13.3	7.1	7.2
10 years	46,812	17.2	7.5	8.4
11 years	23,827	20.1	7.6	9.5
12 years	5,626	28.7	7.9	11.9

Mileage

At 7 years, Renault Captur cars showing under 30,000 miles failed 12.1% of MOTs (n=17,143); the band that failed most, 90,000 to 120,000 miles, failed 36.4% (n=2,437). For pass and fail rates by age, see Renault Captur MOT fail rates.

What to check on a viewing

On the Renault Captur, testers most often record suspension ball joint worn; tyre tread below 1.6 mm; wipers not clearing screen. Look at these first, then the areas below.

Suspension

Listen for knocks or clonks over speed bumps and rough roads on the test drive.
Push down hard on each corner: the car should settle at once rather than keep bouncing.
Look behind the wheels for broken or heavily rusted coil springs and split rubber bushes.
Check that the car sits level and that no tyre is worn on one edge only.

Tyres

Check the tread across the full width of all four tyres, and the spare if there is one.
Look for cuts, bulges and cracking in the sidewalls.
Wear on one edge only can point to worn suspension or the tracking being out.

Lights and electrics

With someone outside, try every light: dipped and main beam, indicators, brake lights, fog lights and number plate lamps.
Check that the warning lights come on with the ignition and go out once the engine runs.
Look for misted, cracked or yellowed headlamp lenses.

Ask for the car's MOT history and service record: advisories that repeat from one year to the next show what has been left. GOV.UK MOT history.

Questions

What are the most common problems on the Renault Captur?

At 7 years, the age with the most MOT tests (87,708), the fail items testers record most often on the Renault Captur are suspension ball joint worn (3.2 per 100 MOTs), tyre tread below 1.6 mm (2.4 per 100 MOTs), wipers not clearing screen (1.7 per 100 MOTs). The most common advisories or minor defects are tread depth: worn close to legal limit/worn on edge (16.5) and tyre condition: slightly damaged/cracking or perishing (13.5).

Which parts of the Renault Captur fail more often than on other cars?

At 7 years: suspension (6.4 per 100 MOTs against 4.4 for all cars); brakes (5.1 per 100 MOTs against 4.1 for all cars). Compared with 10,537,318 MOTs of all cars the same age.

Renault Captur problems by area

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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.

The all cars figures cover all class 4 vehicles (cars and light vans) tested at the same age.

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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 28 September 2026.

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