2012 Renault Trafic: MOT pass rate and reliability

54.8% of 2012 Renault Trafics pass the MOT first time, measured across 5,468 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 139,457 miles.

How the 2012 compares

  • Against all Renault Trafics (62%, 109,546 tests): -7.2 points
  • Against all 2012 cars (70.8%): -16 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Renault Trafic model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2012 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Renault Trafic:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2002 57.1% 581 153,583
2003 55.5% 1,412 153,359
2004 54.2% 2,342 155,439
2005 56% 2,911 155,400
2006 54.8% 3,846 154,761
2007 55.9% 4,344 154,287
2008 54% 4,161 151,410
2009 55.8% 3,048 150,133
2010 54.7% 5,235 148,683
2011 53.1% 6,320 141,443
2012 54.8% 5,468 139,457
2013 57.9% 5,220 133,114
2014 59.2% 8,020 121,100
2015 61.9% 11,409 109,360
2016 65.6% 13,959 101,512
2017 67.9% 11,951 92,558
2018 72.5% 8,798 82,881
2019 76.6% 8,636 70,691

What this means if you are buying a 2012 Trafic

The 2012 is a weaker year for this model, passing 7.2 points less often than the Renault Trafic average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2012 figure for all cars above rather than against newer examples. Check the exact car with the free MOT history checker before you buy, and run its VIN and mileage through our free VIN decoder and clocking check.

What a 14-year-old car fails on

A 2012 car is 14 years old now, and age drives the failure mix more than the badge does. Across all cars tested, these are the categories that actually cause failures:

  • Lights and electrical: 10.36% of all cars tested
  • Suspension: 8.65% of all cars tested
  • Tyres: 6.23% of all cars tested
  • Brakes: 6.1% of all cars tested
  • Visibility: wipers, washers, glass: 4.65% of all cars tested
  • Body, chassis and structure: 3.18% of all cars tested

That is high mileage, so timing belts, clutches, suspension bushes and corrosion are the items worth budgeting for rather than the MOT itself. On a 2012 Renault Trafic the average at test was 139,457 miles, so treat anything far above that as a car that has worked harder than its peers, and anything far below as one worth checking for the faults that come from standing still.

The strongest year for this model is 2019 at 76.6%, and the weakest in our data is 2011 at 53.1%. That 23.5 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2012 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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