75.3%
Renault Koleos
Renault Koleos MOT pass rate and common problems
The Renault Koleos passed 75.3% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 3 percentage points above the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Koleos 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 Koleos runs 12.8 points ahead of the Renault average. It is 4th of the 16 Renault models in the data. The average Koleos arrived at its test 8.6 years old with 69,144 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.
Koleos MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Renault Koleos cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 84.4% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 50.1%, a drop of 34.2 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 1,170 | 84.4% | 12.1 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,901 | 80.8% | 8.5 pts above |
| 11 years and over | 838 | 50.1% | 22.2 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 Koleos failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Renault Koleos cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Suspension and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment together account for 42.5% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Koleos MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Renault Koleos cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 50.9% of everything testers recorded against failed Renault Koleos cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Koleos
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Suspension
Recorded most often: ball joint excessively worn and pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn. 11.5% of failure items.
2
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working and headlamp not working on dipped beam. 8% of failure items.
3
Brakes
Recorded most often: brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick. 7.8% of failure items.
4
Steering
Recorded most often: track rod end ball joint has excessive play. 7.1% of failure items.
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Renault Koleos MOT FAQs
What is the Renault Koleos MOT pass rate?
75.3% of Renault Koleos cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 3,909 tests. That is 3 percentage points above the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 262nd of 575 models.
What does a Renault Koleos most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Renault Koleos cars failing their 2025 MOT was brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick, on 7.8% of failure items. Next were track rod end ball joint has excessive play (7.1%) and malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction (6%).
Which area causes the most Renault Koleos MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was suspension at 21.5%, followed by lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 21%.
Do older Renault Koleos cars fail their MOT more often?
Renault Koleos cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 84.4% of MOT tests in 2025, against 50.1% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Renault Koleos has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Renault Koleos 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 Koleos'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.