54.5%
Renault Kangoo
Renault Kangoo MOT pass rate and common problems
The Renault Kangoo passed 54.5% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 17.8 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Kangoo 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 Kangoo runs 8 points behind the Renault average. It is 13th of the 16 Renault models in the data. The average Kangoo arrived at its test 12.6 years old with 98,525 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.
Kangoo MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Renault Kangoo cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 69.8% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 49.9%, a drop of 19.9 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 5,995 | 69.8% | 2.5 pts below |
| 6 to 10 years | 14,851 | 56.8% | 15.5 pts below |
| 11 years and over | 30,773 | 49.9% | 22.4 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 Kangoo failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Renault Kangoo cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and brakes together account for 44.9% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Kangoo MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Renault Kangoo cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 44.6% of everything testers recorded against failed Renault Kangoo cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Kangoo
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: stop lamp not working, registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps and position lamp not working. 12.9% of failure items.
2
Suspension
Recorded most often: coil spring fractured or broken and ball joint excessively worn. 8.5% of failure items.
3
Body, chassis, structure
Recorded most often: joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt. 6.1% of failure items.
4
Steering
Recorded most often: track rod end ball joint has excessive play. 4.9% of failure items.
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Renault Kangoo MOT FAQs
What is the Renault Kangoo MOT pass rate?
54.5% of Renault Kangoo cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 52,143 tests. That is 17.8 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 543rd of 575 models.
What does a Renault Kangoo most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Renault Kangoo cars failing their 2025 MOT was joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt, on 6.1% of failure items. Next were coil spring fractured or broken (5.3%) and track rod end ball joint has excessive play (4.9%).
Which area causes the most Renault Kangoo MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 27.1%, followed by brakes at 17.9%.
Do older Renault Kangoo cars fail their MOT more often?
Renault Kangoo cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 69.8% of MOT tests in 2025, against 49.9% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Renault Kangoo has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Renault Kangoo 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 Kangoo'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.