76.1%
Renault Captur
Renault Captur MOT pass rate and common problems
The Renault Captur passed 76.1% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 3.8 percentage points above the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was ball joint excessively worn.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Captur compares
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. A car that failed and was repaired at the test station counts as a fail.
62.5%
Renault average
72.3%
UK average, all cars
The Captur runs 13.6 points ahead of the Renault average. It is 3rd of the 16 Renault models in the data. The average Captur arrived at its test 7.7 years old with 51,615 miles recorded.
A pass rate records whether cars met the roadworthiness standard on test day. It is not a reliability score, and part of any gap reflects how old the tested cars were.
Captur MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Renault Captur cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 86.9% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 58.9%, a drop of 28 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 38,655 | 86.9% | 14.6 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 104,118 | 73% | 0.7 pts above |
| 11 years and over | 12,647 | 58.9% | 13.4 pts below |
That is a steep decline with age, so the headline rate flatters older examples. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Captur failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Renault Captur cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Suspension and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment together account for 44.7% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Captur MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Renault Captur cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 46.9% of everything testers recorded against failed Renault Captur cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Captur
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Suspension
Recorded most often: ball joint excessively worn, coil spring fractured or broken and linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn. 17.6% of failure items.
2
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm and condition has ply or cords exposed. 10.2% of failure items.
3
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: headlamp aim too low and stop lamp not working. 7% of failure items.
4
Brakes
Recorded most often: service brake performance excessively binding and brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick. 6.5% of failure items.
The car's own MOT history matters more than any model average. A free MOT history check shows whether a specific Captur has failed on these items before, or had them noted as advisories. Buying one? See the used Renault Captur buying guide.
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Renault Captur MOT FAQs
What is the Renault Captur MOT pass rate?
76.1% of Renault Captur cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 162,557 tests. That is 3.8 percentage points above the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 247th of 575 models.
What does a Renault Captur most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Renault Captur cars failing their 2025 MOT was ball joint excessively worn, on 8.5% of failure items. Next were tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (6.3%) and coil spring fractured or broken (5.9%).
Which area causes the most Renault Captur MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was suspension at 26.3%, followed by lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 18.4%.
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, against 58.9% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Renault Captur has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Renault Captur that failed in 2025. They show where the model most often needs attention, not the condition of any individual car.
How do I see a specific Renault Captur's MOT history?
Enter its registration on the free Carpeep MOT history check to see that car's own test results, failures, advisories and recorded mileages.
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025: class 4 initial tests, retests excluded, with failure items from failed tests (advisories and minor defects excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.