Renault Captur MOT pass rate and common failures
What the MOTs of 154,627 Renault Captur cars in 2025 show. These are patterns across all tests recorded by DVSA, not a verdict on any one car.
How often does a Renault Captur pass its MOT first time?
In 2025, 75.7% of the 154,627 Renault Captur cars tested passed their MOT first time. Cars of all makes from the same registration years passed 78.6% of the time, so the Renault Captur was 2.9 points below them.
Pass rate by registration year
First-time pass rate in 2025 for each year the car was first registered, next to all cars registered in the same year. Older cars fail more often, so compare like with like. Years with fewer than 1,000 cars tested are not shown.
Compared with all cars registered in the same year, the Renault Captur did best for 2021 registrations (2.2 points above all cars of that year) and worst for 2013 registrations (11.2 points below all cars of that year).
See the figures
| Registered | Renault Captur | All cars | Cars tested |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 91.2% | 89.1% | 6,837 |
| 2021 | 90.4% | 88.2% | 9,348 |
| 2020 | 87.0% | 86.8% | 12,754 |
| 2019 | 81.5% | 84.2% | 19,176 |
| 2018 | 78.6% | 81.7% | 19,982 |
| 2017 | 76.7% | 78.9% | 18,711 |
| 2016 | 72.9% | 75.5% | 23,317 |
| 2015 | 66.6% | 72.4% | 21,754 |
| 2014 | 63.7% | 68.9% | 17,288 |
| 2013 | 54.7% | 65.9% | 5,383 |
What the Renault Captur failed on most
Of the 37,631 Renault Captur cars that failed first time in 2025, the share with each fault on the MOT. One car can fail on several faults.
- 1.Worn suspension joint or bush21.3%
- 2.Broken or weak suspension spring10.0%
- 3.Tyre tread below the legal limit9.6%
- 4.Wiper blade not clearing the screen9.2%
- 5.Windscreen washers not working8.0%
By area of the car: suspension 37.2%, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 26.0%, tyres 24.8%, brakes 22.0%, visibility 17.2%.
Typical mileage by age
The median odometer reading at the MOT, by the car's age at the test to the nearest year, up to 20 years. Half the cars had covered more and half less. A rough guide when a car's mileage looks high or low for its age.
| Age | Renault Captur | All cars |
|---|---|---|
| 3 years | 18,700 | 23,200 |
| 4 years | 24,700 | 30,600 |
| 5 years | 29,800 | 36,100 |
| 6 years | 36,100 | 42,400 |
| 7 years | 43,300 | 50,100 |
| 8 years | 49,700 | 58,200 |
| 9 years | 56,900 | 65,200 |
| 10 years | 65,800 | 72,100 |
| 11 years | 73,900 | 78,800 |
| 12 years | 79,800 | 84,700 |
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Source
Calculated by Carhealth from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), Anonymised MOT tests and results, 2025: 28,468,316 cars. How we worked it out.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).