2018 Renault Zoe: MOT pass rate and reliability

69.6% of 2018 Renault Zoes pass the MOT first time, measured across 1,822 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 39,149 miles.

How the 2018 compares

  • Against all Renault Zoes (69.6%, 9,597 tests): +0 points
  • Against all 2018 cars (85.9%): -16.3 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 2018 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 2018 Zoe

The 2018 sits close to the Renault Zoe average, so there is no strong model-year signal either way. Judge the individual car on its own history. 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 an 8-year-old car fails on

A 2018 car is 8 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 below average for a car this age, worth a mileage-consistency check since an unusually low reading is sometimes clocking rather than luck. On a 2018 Renault Zoe the average at test was 39,149 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 2018 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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