2013 Renault Zoe: MOT pass rate and reliability

65.5% of 2013 Renault Zoes pass the MOT first time, measured across 316 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 56,274 miles.

How the 2013 compares

  • Against all Renault Zoes (69.6%, 9,597 tests): -4.1 points
  • Against all 2013 cars (72.9%): -7.4 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Renault Zoe model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2013 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Renault Zoe:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2013 65.5% 316 56,274
2014 64.1% 820 51,474
2015 67.5% 1,716 46,725
2016 69.4% 1,539 41,140
2017 67.8% 1,031 46,992
2018 69.6% 1,822 39,149
2019 74.4% 2,311 30,673

What this means if you are buying a 2013 Zoe

The 2013 is a weaker year for this model, passing 4.1 points less often than the Renault Zoe average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2013 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 13-year-old car fails on

A 2013 car is 13 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 around average, so condition and service history will tell you more than the odometer does. On a 2013 Renault Zoe the average at test was 56,274 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 74.4%, and the weakest in our data is 2014 at 64.1%. That 10.3 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2013 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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