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Renault Wind Roadster, Buying guide, MOT record and UK numbers

1,742 Renault Wind Roadsters are licensed in the UK. In 2025 they passed 58.6% of initial MOT tests, 13.7 points below the 72.3% UK average.

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Renault Wind Roadster at the MOT

58.6% of 1,976 initial tests passed in 2025, ranking the Wind Roadster 505th of 575 models.

First-time pass rate, 2025

Share of initial tests passed, retests excluded.

  • Renault Wind Roadster58.6%
  • All Renault modelsThe Wind Roadster is 3.9 pts behind62.5%
  • All cars72.3%

Where Wind Roadsters fail

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

  • Suspension29%
  • Brakes23.8%
  • Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment18.4%
  • Tyres8.7%
  • Steering7.8%

The items testers recorded most often were coil spring fractured or broken (14.4%), track rod end ball joint has excessive play (6.5%) and ball joint excessively worn (5.8%).

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

Full Renault Wind Roadster MOT record

What to look at on a viewing

The Wind Roadster'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.29% of Wind Roadster failure items

  2. 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.23.8% of Wind Roadster failure items

  3. 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.18.4% of Wind Roadster failure items

Renault Wind Roadsters in the UK

1,742 were licensed at the end of June 2026. The number licensed has fallen 23% since the end of 2014.

Change since 2014
−23%from 2,250 licensed
Typical year of first use
2011half of those licensed at the end of 2025 were first used in 2011 or earlier
Declared off the road
24712% of those registered, under SORN

Licensed Renault Wind Roadsters since 2014

Licensed at each year end and in the latest quarter.

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DateLicensed
End of 20142,250
End of 20152,265
End of 20162,243
End of 20172,201
End of 20182,172
End of 20192,129
End of 20202,104
End of 20212,090
End of 20222,021
End of 20231,935
End of 20241,877
End of 20251,779
End of June 20261,742

How old they are

Licensed Renault Wind Roadsters by year of first use.

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First usedLicensed, end 2025
201235
20111,141
2010590

Wind Roadster engine sizes

1.2 litre engines made up 65% of Renault Wind Roadster MOT tests in 2025, followed by 1.6 litre at 35%. Petrol accounts for 100% of licensed Wind Roadsters.

Engine size at MOT, 2025

Share of 1,976 initial MOT tests in 2025.

  • 1.2 litre65.3%
  • 1.6 litre34.7%

Other Renault models

The most-tested Renault models in 2025, against the Wind Roadster's 58.6% MOT pass rate.

All 16 Renault models

Renault Wind Roadster FAQs

How many Renault Wind Roadsters are there in the UK?

1,742 Renault Wind Roadsters were licensed in the UK at the end of June 2026, with a further 247 declared off the road (SORN), according to DfT vehicle licensing statistics.

Is the Renault Wind Roadster 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 58.6% first-time pass rate for the Renault Wind Roadster across 1,976 tests in 2025, below the 72.3% average for all cars.

What should I check before buying a used Renault Wind Roadster?

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

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.