Renault Grand Espace: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Renault Grand Espace fails its first MOT more often than the average UK car, by 17.3 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 1,606 individual Renault Grand Espace tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 59.4% first-time pass rate means roughly 41 in every 100 Renault Grand Espaces presented for MOT fail on the first attempt. That is worse than average, so budget for remedial work and treat a fresh 12-month MOT as a genuine selling point rather than a given. The average Renault Grand Espace tested had covered 123,104 miles and was built around 2008.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. On a Renault Grand Espace bought as a repairable salvage, assume the mechanical side needs more than the visible accident damage, and pad your repair estimate accordingly.

Before you bid: run the lot through the analyzer, check the car's own record, check the mileage, decode the VIN, and if it carries a marker use the write-off value calculator. Or compare it against another model.

Looking at a specific Renault Grand Espace rather than the model in general? The free check covers its MOT and mileage history, and the full HPI report confirms the insurance write-off category, outstanding finance and whether it is recorded stolen, from licensed data for 5 credits. Already own one that has been damaged? Work out whether fixing it beats selling it with the repair or scrap calculator, and see what damaged Renault Grand Espaces actually sold for at UK salvage auction.

Most common MOT failures on a Renault Grand Espace

1. Warning device shows system malfunction, 3.4% of tests (10.89x the national rate for this defect)
2. A steering ball joint with excessive wear or free play, 6.7% of tests (7.12x the national rate for this defect)
3. A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc, 4.1% of tests (3.66x the national rate for this defect)
4. A suspension joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc, 4.6% of tests (3.42x the national rate for this defect)
5. A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened, 4.4% of tests (2.7x the national rate for this defect)
6. Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement, 2.6% of tests (2.62x the national rate for this defect)
7. Stop lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 2.3% of tests (2.39x the national rate for this defect)
8. A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn, 8.8% of tests (2.37x the national rate for this defect)
9. The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements, 3.9% of tests (2.24x the national rate for this defect)
10. Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen, 2.6% of tests (2.14x the national rate for this defect)

From 2,387 DVSA-tracked Renault Grand Espace tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 4.4% of these flagged Renault Grand Espace defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

Renault Grand Espace pass rate by model year

Pass rates fall steadily as cars age, so the model year matters as much as the model. First-time pass rate for each Renault Grand Espace year:

• 2007 Renault Grand Espace - 55.2% first-time pass, 319 tests
• 2008 Renault Grand Espace - 56.8% first-time pass, 287 tests
• 2010 Renault Grand Espace - 61% first-time pass, 205 tests
• 2011 Renault Grand Espace - 61.4% first-time pass, 223 tests

Other Renault models

• Renault Clio - 61.6%
• Renault Captur - 79.7%
• Renault Megane - 61.1%
• Renault Trafic - 61.6%
• Renault Kadjar - 81.7%
• Renault Kangoo - 61.1%
• Renault Scenic - 62.3%
• Renault Twingo - 66.3%

Models with a similar pass rate

• Hyundai Accent - 59.6%
• Nissan Pickup - 59.6%
• Ford Focus C-Max - 59.5%
• Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin - 59.1%
• Mazda 5 - 59%
• Nissan Pathfinder - 58.8%

If this car is a salvage or write-off

• What does Cat N mean? Category N explained
• What does Cat S mean? Category S explained
• Cat S vs Cat N: the real differences

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