Renault Kangoo: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Renault Kangoo fails its first MOT more often than the average UK vehicle, by 15.6 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 54,883 individual Renault Kangoo tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 61.1% first-time pass rate means roughly 39 in every 100 Renault Kangoos 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 Kangoo tested had covered 97,917 miles and was built around 2012.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. On a Renault Kangoo 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 Kangoo 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 Kangoos actually sold for at UK salvage auction.

Most common MOT failures on a Renault Kangoo

1. Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded, 5.9% of tests (7.13x the national rate for this defect)
2. A steering ball joint with excessive wear or free play, 6.1% of tests (6.45x the national rate for this defect)
3. A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc, 6.6% of tests (5.85x the national rate for this defect)
4. A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps, 3.7% of tests (5.73x the national rate for this defect)
5. Stop lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 3.1% of tests (3.16x the national rate for this defect)
6. A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened, 5% of tests (3.04x the national rate for this defect)
7. Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake, 2.1% of tests (2.78x the national rate for this defect)
8. Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen, 3.4% of tests (2.73x the national rate for this defect)
9. Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen, 3.6% of tests (2.62x the national rate for this defect)
10. A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 3.4% of tests (2.06x the national rate for this defect)

From 76,933 DVSA-tracked Renault Kangoo tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 5.01% of these flagged Renault Kangoo defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

Renault Kangoo 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 Kangoo year:

• 2001 Renault Kangoo - 55% first-time pass, 400 tests
• 2002 Renault Kangoo - 58.5% first-time pass, 846 tests
• 2003 Renault Kangoo - 56.8% first-time pass, 1,278 tests
• 2004 Renault Kangoo - 56.3% first-time pass, 1,919 tests
• 2005 Renault Kangoo - 55.8% first-time pass, 2,315 tests
• 2006 Renault Kangoo - 59.7% first-time pass, 2,618 tests
• 2007 Renault Kangoo - 58.1% first-time pass, 3,237 tests
• 2008 Renault Kangoo - 61.2% first-time pass, 3,000 tests
• 2009 Renault Kangoo - 57.3% first-time pass, 2,131 tests
• 2010 Renault Kangoo - 55.1% first-time pass, 4,758 tests
• 2011 Renault Kangoo - 55.7% first-time pass, 5,233 tests
• 2012 Renault Kangoo - 57.2% first-time pass, 3,225 tests
• 2013 Renault Kangoo - 56.3% first-time pass, 2,327 tests
• 2014 Renault Kangoo - 57.9% first-time pass, 3,316 tests
• 2015 Renault Kangoo - 62% first-time pass, 4,017 tests
• 2016 Renault Kangoo - 65.7% first-time pass, 3,415 tests
• 2017 Renault Kangoo - 70.1% first-time pass, 2,438 tests
• 2018 Renault Kangoo - 73.3% first-time pass, 2,467 tests
• 2019 Renault Kangoo - 75.7% first-time pass, 2,899 tests
• 2020 Renault Kangoo - 81.3% first-time pass, 1,341 tests
• 2021 Renault Kangoo - 83.1% first-time pass, 1,120 tests

Renault Kangoo by fuel type

Diesel and petrol versions of the same car fail on different things, so the fuel type moves the number:

• Diesel Renault Kangoo - 59.6% first-time pass, 40,754 tests
• Petrol Renault Kangoo - 63.2% first-time pass, 10,732 tests
• Electric Renault Kangoo - 80.8% first-time pass, 3,047 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 Scenic - 62.3%
• Renault Twingo - 66.3%
• Renault Grand Scenic - 60.6%

Models with a similar pass rate

• Peugeot 407 - 61.3%
• Vauxhall Corsavan - 61.2%
• Renault Megane - 61.1%
• Vauxhall Vectra - 61.1%
• Citroen Saxo - 61.1%
• Dodge Journey - 61.1%

If this van is a salvage or write-off

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