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Renault Koleos, Buying guide, MOT record, UK numbers and recalls

3,525 Renault Koleoses are licensed in the UK. In 2025 they passed 75.3% of initial MOT tests, 3 points above the 72.3% UK average.

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Renault Koleos at the MOT

75.3% of 3,909 initial tests passed in 2025, ranking the Koleos 262nd of 575 models. Renault Koleoses aged 3 to 5 years passed 84.4% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 50.1%.

First-time pass rate, 2025

Share of initial tests passed, retests excluded.

  • Renault Koleos75.3%
  • All Renault modelsThe Koleos is 12.8 pts ahead62.5%
  • All cars72.3%

Pass rate by age at test

Renault Koleos tests in 2025.

  • 3 to 5 years1,170 tests84.4%
  • 6 to 10 years1,901 tests80.8%
  • 11 years and over838 tests50.1%

Where Koleoses fail

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

  • Suspension21.5%
  • Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment21%
  • Brakes16%
  • Steering10.1%
  • Tyres9.8%

The items testers recorded most often were brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (7.8%), track rod end ball joint has excessive play (7.1%) and malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction (6%).

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

Full Renault Koleos MOT record

What to look at on a viewing

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

  1. Suspension

    Listen for knocks over bumps, check the car sits level, and look for leaking shock absorbers and split rubber gaiters.21.5% of Koleos 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.21% of Koleos 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.16% of Koleos failure items

Renault Koleoses in the UK

3,525 were licensed at the end of June 2026. The number licensed has grown 30% since the end of 2014, although it peaked at 4,987 at the end of 2020.

Change since 2014
+30%from 2,707 licensed
Typical year of first use
2018half of those licensed at the end of 2025 were first used in 2018 or earlier
Declared off the road
41310% of those registered, under SORN

Licensed Renault Koleoses since 2014

Licensed at each year end and in the latest quarter.

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DateLicensed
End of 20142,707
End of 20152,667
End of 20162,615
End of 20173,157
End of 20183,875
End of 20194,743
End of 20204,987
End of 20214,733
End of 20224,485
End of 20234,179
End of 20243,896
End of 20253,673
End of June 20263,525

How old they are

Licensed Renault Koleoses by year of first use.

  • Licensed at the end of 2025
  • First registered that year
Show the figures
First usedLicensed, end 2025First registered that year
20211516
2020467508
20199461,008
2018887970
2017642707
20160
20150
20140
20130
20120
20110
201047
2009508
2008141

Koleos engine sizes

2.0 litre engines made up 83% of Renault Koleos MOT tests in 2025, followed by 1.7 litre at 8.4%. Diesel accounts for 100% of licensed Koleoses.

Engine size at MOT, 2025

Share of 3,909 initial MOT tests in 2025.

  • 2.0 litre83.1%
  • 1.7 litre8.4%
  • 1.6 litre8.4%

Renault Koleos recalls

1 DVSA safety recall launched from 1992 to October 2026 names the Renault Koleos. Each covers vehicles built in a set period, so a recall does not mean every Koleos is affected.

  1. Nov 2009 R/2009/109

    Steering control may be lost

    2,774 vehicles across the whole recall

    Defect and remedy
    Defect
    The steering column mounting nut on the steering rack may become loose which may lead to the column coming out of position and loss of steering control.
    Remedy
    Recall affected vehicles to fit a retaining flange for the column mounting nut.
How to check a specific Koleos for recalls

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Renault Koleos FAQs

How many Renault Koleoses are there in the UK?

3,525 Renault Koleoses were licensed in the UK at the end of June 2026, with a further 413 declared off the road (SORN), according to DfT vehicle licensing statistics.

Is the Renault Koleos 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 75.3% first-time pass rate for the Renault Koleos across 3,909 tests in 2025, above the 72.3% average for all cars.

Has the Renault Koleos had any recalls?

1 DVSA safety recall launched from 1992 to October 2026 names the Renault Koleos. The most recent was published in November 2009. A recall applies to vehicles built in a set period, so check a specific car on the GOV.UK vehicle recall checker.

What should I check before buying a used Renault Koleos?

On the car itself, start with the areas it most often fails on: suspension, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 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 Koleos'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.

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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). Recalls are from the DVSA vehicle recalls data, with recalls launched up to October 2026. 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.