MOT pass rate · 2025 data
Renault ZOE MOT pass rate
The Renault ZOE passed 80.79% of its 24,457 initial MOT tests in 2025 — above the 77.3% average across all cars tested that year. That is 3.5 percentage points better than average.
How the Renault ZOE holds up with age
Every car fails the MOT more often as it gets older. What matters when you are buying is how steeply that happens for this particular model. These are the 2025 pass rates for the Renault ZOE grouped by the vehicle's age at the time of the test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3–5 years | 15,162 | 88.93% |
| 6–10 years | 8,199 | 67.91% |
| 11 years and over | 1,065 | 63.94% |
The Renault ZOE drops 25 percentage points between its early years and the 11-plus bracket, which is a steep decline. On an older example, the MOT history is worth reading closely before you buy.
Why the Renault ZOE fails its MOT
Across every Renault ZOE that failed its 2025 MOT, the most common area of failure was tyres, accounting for 33.16% of all recorded failure items. These are the areas worth having checked before you buy, and worth budgeting for on an older example.
| Failure area | Share of failure items | Recorded items |
|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 33.16% | 3,164 |
| Suspension | 29.85% | 2,848 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 15.3% | 1,460 |
| Brakes | 12.04% | 1,149 |
| Visibility | 4.74% | 452 |
| Steering | 1.92% | 183 |
How the Renault ZOE compares
Ranked on pass rate, the Renault ZOE sits 299th of 651 models in this data , and 2nd of the 16 Renault models covered . Renault as a whole averaged 67.86%, so this model runs 12.9 points ahead of its own brand average.
What this means when buying a used Renault ZOE
A pass rate is a population average, not a verdict on the specific car in front of you. The average Renault ZOE came to its 2025 test at 34,154 miles and 5.7 years old. Most examples tested were electric.
The useful check is the individual car's own MOT record: how many times it has failed, what for, and whether advisories keep reappearing. A recurring advisory on corrosion, suspension or brakes tells you far more than a model-wide average, and a mileage that does not move consistently between tests is a warning in itself.
Check a specific Renault ZOE
Run the registration through a free MOT history check to see that car's test results, advisories and recorded mileages. For the risks an MOT never covers — outstanding finance, insurance write-off records, stolen markers and ownership history — a full car history check brings them together in one £15 report.
Also useful: mileage check · write-off check · free car check
Other Renault models
- Renault Clio 62.96% pass rate · 302,795 tests
- Renault Captur 79.84% pass rate · 157,763 tests
- Renault Trafic 64.42% pass rate · 103,254 tests
- Renault Megane 62.2% pass rate · 92,984 tests
- Renault Kadjar 78.16% pass rate · 68,716 tests
- Renault Kangoo 61.99% pass rate · 50,647 tests
Models with a similar pass rate
- Toyota Yaris 80.34% pass rate
- Audi A3 79.9% pass rate
- Honda Jazz 80.64% pass rate
- Kia Sportage 80.57% pass rate
- Toyota Aygo 81.42% pass rate
- Land Rover Discovery 81.32% pass rate
Figures aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025, class 4 initial tests only, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Retests are excluded, so these are first-time pass rates.