76.1%
Renault Captur pass rate
Used Renault Captur buying guide
In 2025, Renault Captur cars passed 76.1% of 162,557 initial MOT tests, 3.8 points above the 72.3% UK average. Here is where it fails and what to check before you buy.
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Renault Captur MOT record in brief
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded.
72.3%
UK average, all cars
+3.8
percentage points above average
Ranked on pass rate the Captur sits 247th of 575 models in the data. Renault as a brand averaged 62.5%, so this model runs 13.6 points ahead of its own brand. Renault Captur cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 86.9% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 58.9%.
A pass rate is not a reliability score. The full Renault Captur MOT record has the pass rate by age, every common failure and how the Captur compares with similar cars.
Captur fuel types
Petrol was the most common fuel among Renault Captur cars tested in 2025. Diesel still made up 39.8% of tests.
Where the Captur fails its MOT
Where Renault Captur cars that failed their 2025 MOT were marked down, as a share of all recorded failure items.
The specific items testers recorded most often were ball joint excessively worn (8.5%), tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (6.3%) and coil spring fractured or broken (5.9%). See every common Captur MOT failure.
These are DVSA failure records across every Renault Captur that failed, not a claim that every Captur has these problems.
What should you check when buying a used Captur?
The areas above, most common first, and what an MOT tester looks at in each.
1
Suspension
Listen for knocks over bumps, check the car sits level, and look for leaking shock absorbers and split rubber gaiters. 26.3% of Captur failure items.
2
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Walk round with every light on: headlights, brake lights, indicators, fog lights and the number plate lamp. Check no warning lights stay on after starting. 18.4% of Captur failure items.
3
Tyres
Check tread depth across the full width of every tyre (the legal minimum is 1.6mm), and look for cuts, bulges and uneven wear. 17.4% of Captur failure items.
4
Brakes
Make sure the pedal feels firm, the car stops in a straight line, the handbrake holds on a slope and no brake warning light is showing. 17.4% of Captur failure items.
5
Visibility
Check the windscreen for chips or cracks in the driver's view, and that the wipers and washers clear it properly. 10.4% of Captur failure items.
None of this replaces the car's own record. Run a free MOT history check on the registration to see every test, advisory and recorded mileage for that car.
Captur vs similar cars
Head-to-head comparisons on the same 2025 DVSA data.
What the MOT record doesn't tell you
Knowing Renault Captur failures cluster around suspension and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment tells you what to inspect. It tells you nothing about whether the car is safe to buy. An MOT does not show money still owed on the car, a write-off, a theft record or a clocked odometer.
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- Outstanding finance
- Write-off records
- Stolen markers
- Mileage history
- Previous keepers
Other used Renault models
The most-tested Renault models in 2025, with how their MOT pass rate compares with the Captur.
Used Renault Captur FAQs
Is the Renault Captur reliable?
MOT data does not measure reliability. It records whether a car met the roadworthiness standard on the day of its test. What it does show is a 76.1% first-time pass rate for the Renault Captur across 162,557 tests in 2025, above the 72.3% average for all cars.
Do older Renault Captur cars fail their MOT more often?
Renault Captur cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 86.9% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 58.9%. On an older example, the car's own MOT history tells you more than the model average.
What should I check before buying a used Renault Captur?
On the car itself, start with the areas it most often fails on: suspension, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and tyres. Then check the individual car's history: outstanding finance, insurance write-off records, stolen markers, mileage and previous keepers. None of these appear in the MOT record or on the V5C.
How do I check a Renault Captur's history?
Enter the registration of the specific car. A Carpeep car history check reports outstanding finance, write-off category, stolen markers, mileage history, previous keepers, MOT and tax status, import and export markers and scrapped status in one £15 report.
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025 (class 4 initial tests, retests excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.