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Renault Grand Scenic, Buying guide, MOT record and UK numbers

17,480 Renault Grand Scenics are licensed in the UK. In 2025 they passed 53.9% of initial MOT tests, 18.4 points below the 72.3% UK average.

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Renault Grand Scenic at the MOT

53.9% of 19,398 initial tests passed in 2025, ranking the Grand Scenic 548th of 575 models. Renault Grand Scenics aged 3 to 5 years passed 71.9% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 49.4%.

First-time pass rate, 2025

Share of initial tests passed, retests excluded.

  • Renault Grand Scenic53.9%
  • All Renault modelsThe Grand Scenic is 8.6 pts behind62.5%
  • All cars72.3%

Pass rate by age at test

Renault Grand Scenic tests in 2025.

  • 3 to 5 years849 tests71.9%
  • 6 to 10 years5,250 tests62.5%
  • 11 years and over13,299 tests49.4%

Where Grand Scenics fail

Share of all failure items recorded on Renault Grand Scenic tests in 2025.

  • Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment32.6%
  • Suspension23.3%
  • Brakes13.1%
  • Tyres8.5%
  • Steering6.7%

The items testers recorded most often were coil spring fractured or broken (8.7%), stop lamp not working (7.4%) and track rod end ball joint has excessive play (5.3%).

The MOT page lists every common Grand Scenic MOT failure. For one car's own results and advisories, run a free MOT history check.

Full Renault Grand Scenic MOT record

What to look at on a viewing

The Grand Scenic's most common failure areas, and what a tester checks in each.

  1. 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.32.6% of Grand Scenic failure items

  2. Suspension

    Listen for knocks over bumps, check the car sits level, and look for leaking shock absorbers and split rubber gaiters.23.3% of Grand Scenic failure items

  3. 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.13.1% of Grand Scenic failure items

Renault Grand Scenics in the UK

17,480 were licensed at the end of June 2026. The number licensed has fallen 74% since the end of 2014.

Change since 2014
−74%from 67,725 licensed
Typical year of first use
2012half of those licensed at the end of 2025 were first used in 2012 or earlier
First registered in 2025
2against 1,828 in 2015
Declared off the road
5,10723% of those registered, under SORN

Licensed Renault Grand Scenics since 2014

Licensed at each year end and in the latest quarter.

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DateLicensed
End of 201467,725
End of 201565,610
End of 201661,974
End of 201756,074
End of 201849,658
End of 201943,626
End of 202038,243
End of 202133,860
End of 202230,260
End of 202326,509
End of 202422,649
End of 202519,270
End of June 202617,480

How old they are

Licensed Renault Grand Scenics by year of first use.

  • Licensed at the end of 2025
  • First registered that year

A further 43 were first used before 2005.

Show the figures
First usedLicensed, end 2025First registered that year
2020267278
2019871935
2018602697
20171,0221,179
20161,2311,500
20151,4691,828
20141,675
20131,108
20121,531
20112,777
20103,756
2009871
2008649
2007593
2006381
2005266

1,469 Grand Scenics first used in 2015 were still licensed at the end of 2025, roughly 80% of the 1,828 first registered that year.

Grand Scenic engines and fuel

1.5 litre engines made up 57% of Renault Grand Scenic MOT tests in 2025, followed by 1.6 litre at 22%. Diesel accounts for 79% of licensed Grand Scenics and petrol for 21%.

Engine size at MOT, 2025

Share of 19,395 initial MOT tests in 2025.

  • 1.5 litre56.5%
  • 1.6 litre22%
  • 2.0 litre6.7%
  • 1.9 litre5.9%
  • 1.3 litre5.2%

Fuel type, licensed Grand Scenics

DfT licensing statistics, June 2026.

FuelLicensedShare
Petrol3,60321%
Diesel13,82979%
Gas480.3%

Other Renault models

The most-tested Renault models in 2025, against the Grand Scenic's 53.9% MOT pass rate.

All 16 Renault models

Renault Grand Scenic FAQs

How many Renault Grand Scenics are there in the UK?

17,480 Renault Grand Scenics were licensed in the UK at the end of June 2026, with a further 5,107 declared off the road (SORN), according to DfT vehicle licensing statistics.

Is the Renault Grand Scenic 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 53.9% first-time pass rate for the Renault Grand Scenic across 19,398 tests in 2025, below the 72.3% average for all cars.

What should I check before buying a used Renault Grand Scenic?

On the car itself, start with the areas it most often fails on: lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment, suspension and brakes. Then check the individual car's own records. Outstanding finance, insurance write-offs and police stolen markers are not part of the MOT record, so they take a history check.

How do I check a Renault Grand Scenic'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.

Already found a Grand Scenic?

Check its finance, write-off, theft, mileage and keeper history with a £15 vehicle history report.

Across the 1,548 vehicles of every make Carpeep has checked since November 2025, 19% had outstanding finance recorded and 13% an insurance write-off. More on the Renault history check. To confirm a car's identity, see the Renault VIN check.

  • Outstanding finance
  • Write-off records
  • Stolen markers
  • Mileage history
  • Previous keepers

MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025 (class 4 initial tests, retests excluded), which also gives the engine sizes. Licensed, SORN, fuel and registration figures are from the Department for Transport vehicle licensing statistics (VEH0120, VEH0124, VEH0160). Government data is used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability. History-check findings are anonymous counts from reports bought on Carpeep, each vehicle counted once, and are published only where at least 100 vehicles returned an answer.