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Renault Kangoo wiper blade replacement: MOT fails on these items more often than other cars of the same age

At MOT, the Renault Kangoo fails on items fixed by wiper blade replacement at least 2.0 times as often as cars of the same ages and fuel. From 229,058 MOT tests at 21 ages (3 to 23 years), DVSA data 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated

Renault Kangoo, at least, per 100 MOTs (n=229,058)4.46
Cars of the same ages and fuel, per 100 MOTs2.16
Times as often≥ 2.0
Ages compared21

What this shows

These are MOT fail items that wiper blade replacement fixes, as testers found them on the day of the test. Repairs done between MOTs never show up in MOT data, and mileage is not taken into account, so this is not how often owners pay for the repair.

By age

Fail items fixed by wiper blade replacement, per 100 MOT tests, against cars of the same age and the same fuel mix. The model figure is a floor: DVSA data lists each model’s 25 most recorded items per age, and an item outside that list is counted as zero. The comparison figure is a ceiling: an item too rare to be listed for a fuel is counted at its highest possible value.

Renault Kangoo: ages with at least 1,000 tests.
AgeRenault Kangoo per 100Same age and fuel per 100Tests (n)
3 years1.862.017,745
4 years6.692.499,849
5 years6.001.9010,342
6 years4.541.5811,714
7 years4.041.5412,663
8 years4.301.5413,468
9 years4.031.5713,362
10 years3.981.6813,329
11 years4.301.7714,913
12 years4.411.8716,705
13 years3.841.9815,989
14 years4.352.1815,508
15 years4.552.3413,924
16 years4.822.5512,105
17 years4.402.7412,020
18 years4.542.9511,046
19 years4.643.188,856
20 years5.133.376,826
21 years4.733.464,651
22 years4.703.502,682
23 years5.073.511,361

How we decide: a page exists only when the main generation’s rate, weighted to its own mix of ages and fuels, is at least 1.5 times the rate of cars of the same ages and fuel, from at least 50,000 tests at 3 or more ages, with at least 100 expected items.

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.

What it costs

Prices are national. They are not specific to the Renault Kangoo.

Median price (78 shops)£9.99
Middle half of prices£6.99 to £13.99

ONS price quotes for “WINDSCREEN WIPER BLADES”, September 2025 to August 2026, UK, 1,658 quotes from 78 shops. This is the price of wiper blades as the ONS collects it. Consumer prices as quoted.

If a garage also charges labour

Local garage labour, per hour (65 shops)£78
Local garage, middle half£70 to £96
Main dealer labour, per hour (62 shops)£156
Main dealer, middle half£144 to £174

Median hourly rate charged for car repairs, from 1,058 local garage and 953 main dealer price quotes collected by the ONS, September 2025 to August 2026. The same shops are priced each month, so the number of shops is the real sample.

Wiper blade replacement: cost and all models

MOT defects this repair fixes

More on the Renault Kangoo

Other models that fail on these items more often

ModelTimes as oftenTests (n)
Nissan NV200at least 2.6122,396
Citroen C4 Cactusat least 2.582,843
Citroen Dispatchat least 2.3189,276
Mitsubishi Coltat least 2.293,891
Vauxhall Comboat least 2.2423,103
Suzuki Celerioat least 2.1110,627
Nissan Jukeat least 2.11,225,209
Chevrolet Sparkat least 2.159,796
Suzuki Altoat least 2.0196,008
Ford Transit Customat least 1.9499,881

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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, and the MOT inspection manual published on GOV.UK. Prices: ONS consumer price inflation price quotes, September 2025 to August 2026, UK.

MOT data updated . Prices updated .

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