Renault Captur MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Renault Captur in Great Britain in 2025 — 162,557 tests. Figures cover every Captur first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Captur ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
76.0%
3.7 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
162,557
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
6.1%
of Captur first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
66,250
middle half: 48,750–83,750 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Renault Captur cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 198,392 Renault Captur cars that were taxed or on SORN: 196,758 taxed and 1,634 on SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification — kept, but declared off the road by the keeper). The MOT figures above count tests; these count cars, across the whole United Kingdom, cars only. Renault Captur vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
196,758
99.2% of the 198,392 Captur cars taxed or on SORN; 101 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
1,634
declared off the road by their keepers — 0.8% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Captur cars is still rising: 196,758 at the end of 2025, up 9,149 (4.9%) on the end of 2024, and the highest in the years shown. Cars on SORN went from 62 at the end of 2014 to 1,634 at the end of 2025, up 2535.5%. A car leaves the taxed count when it is scrapped, exported or declared off the road; the year-end counts do not say which.

Taxed Captur cars, year by year

Cars of this model taxed and on the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025.

050k100k150k200k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Captur cars, year 2014: 26kTaxed Captur cars, year 2015: 49kTaxed Captur cars, year 2016: 74kTaxed Captur cars, year 2017: 92kTaxed Captur cars, year 2018: 112kTaxed Captur cars, year 2019: 133kTaxed Captur cars, year 2020: 144kTaxed Captur cars, year 2021: 154kTaxed Captur cars, year 2022: 164kTaxed Captur cars, year 2023: 174kTaxed Captur cars, year 2024: 188kTaxed Captur cars, year 2025: 197k197k
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YearTaxed Captur cars
201426,062
201549,171
201673,669
201791,546
2018112,145
2019132,675
2020143,653
2021153,845
2022163,575
2023174,113
2024187,609
2025196,758

Captur cars on SORN, year by year

Cars of this model declared off the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025. Its own scale — SORN counts are a fraction of the taxed count.

05001k2k2k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Captur cars on SORN, year 2014: 62Captur cars on SORN, year 2015: 104Captur cars on SORN, year 2016: 453Captur cars on SORN, year 2017: 1kCaptur cars on SORN, year 2018: 460Captur cars on SORN, year 2019: 574Captur cars on SORN, year 2020: 1kCaptur cars on SORN, year 2021: 667Captur cars on SORN, year 2022: 766Captur cars on SORN, year 2023: 1kCaptur cars on SORN, year 2024: 1kCaptur cars on SORN, year 2025: 2k2k
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YearCaptur cars on SORN
201462
2015104
2016453
20171,071
2018460
2019574
20201,023
2021667
2022766
20231,106
20241,231
20251,634

Which model years survive

Taxed Captur cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 196,758 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. A build year's count depends on how many were sold that year as well as how many have lasted.

Year of manufacture Taxed, end of 2025Share of taxed Captur cars
202510,4665.3%
202414,0377.1%
202312,2246.2%
20228,1604.1%
20219,6414.9%
202013,2496.7%
201919,78110.1%
201820,44510.4%
201719,2539.8%
201623,92512.2%
201522,31711.3%
201417,7759.0%
20135,4852.8%

Population source: Department for Transport / DVLA vehicle licensing statistics, table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026; counts of the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, United Kingdom, cars only, excluding cars recorded with no model name. SortedCars groups DVLA's model name CAPTUR under this model. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, DVLA or the Department for Transport.

How the Captur ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, Captur vs all cars, 2025.

Renault CapturAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Renault Captur, vehicle age 3: 91.5%Renault Captur, vehicle age 4: 90.4%Renault Captur, vehicle age 5: 87.1%Renault Captur, vehicle age 6: 81.6%Renault Captur, vehicle age 7: 78.7%Renault Captur, vehicle age 8: 76.9%Renault Captur, vehicle age 9: 72.9%Renault Captur, vehicle age 10: 66.8%Renault Captur, vehicle age 11: 64.1%Renault Captur, vehicle age 12: 55.2%All cars, vehicle age 3: 88.5%All cars, vehicle age 4: 87.2%All cars, vehicle age 5: 86%All cars, vehicle age 6: 83.5%All cars, vehicle age 7: 80.9%All cars, vehicle age 8: 78.2%All cars, vehicle age 9: 74.9%All cars, vehicle age 10: 71.9%All cars, vehicle age 11: 68.6%All cars, vehicle age 12: 65.8%All cars, vehicle age 13: 63.5%All cars, vehicle age 14: 61.2%All cars, vehicle age 15: 59.3%All cars, vehicle age 16: 58.3%All cars, vehicle age 17: 57.2%All cars, vehicle age 18: 57.4%All cars, vehicle age 19: 57%All cars, vehicle age 20: 57.6%All cars 57.6%Renault Captur 55.2%
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Age (years)Captur testsCaptur pass rateAll cars
38,93691.5%88.5%
49,76290.4%87.2%
513,19687.1%86.0%
619,88581.6%83.5%
720,66878.7%80.9%
819,37876.9%78.2%
924,14972.9%74.9%
1022,55766.8%71.9%
1117,96664.1%68.6%
125,59455.2%65.8%

Better or worse than the average car?

The Captur's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the Captur beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

Captur aheadCaptur behind
-12-6+0+6+12Age 3: +3.0 points vs the average car3Age 4: +3.2 points vs the average carAge 5: +1.1 points vs the average car5Age 6: -1.9 points vs the average carAge 7: -2.2 points vs the average car7Age 8: -1.3 points vs the average carAge 9: -2.0 points vs the average car9Age 10: -5.1 points vs the average carAge 11: -4.5 points vs the average car11Age 12: -10.6 points vs the average carVehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3+3.0
4+3.2
5+1.1
6-1.9
7-2.2
8-1.3
9-2.0
10-5.1
11-4.5
12-10.6

The Captur fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the Captur fleet still in use.

07k15k22k30kAge 3: 8k3Age 4: 9kAge 5: 13k5Age 6: 19kAge 7: 20k7Age 8: 19kAge 9: 24k9Age 10: 22kAge 11: 17k11Age 12: 5k12Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
38,936
49,762
513,196
619,885
720,668
819,378
924,149
1022,557
1117,966
125,594

What a Captur fails on

Where the failure items land when a Captur fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Suspension26.3%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment18.5%
Tyres17.4%
Brakes17.4%
Visibility10.4%
Body, chassis, structure4.3%
Noise, emissions and leaks2.9%
Steering1.3%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (98.5% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a Captur, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Tyres: 50.9% of advisories50.9%Brakes: 24.6% of advisories24.6%Suspension: 11.1% of advisories11.1%Non-component advisories: 7.6% of advisories7.6%Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 1.7% of advisoriesIdentification of the vehicle: 1.1% of advisories
TyresBrakesSuspensionNon-component advisoriesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentIdentification of the vehicle
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres50.9%
Brakes24.6%
Suspension11.1%
Non-component advisories7.6%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment1.7%
Identification of the vehicle1.1%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Captur?

First-time pass rate for the three most-tested Captur fuel types, 2025, against the all-cars average. Fleet ages differ by fuel — newer fleets help the electrified bars.

50%60%70%80%90%100%all cars 72.3%Petrol: 80.0% of 93,835 tests80.0%Petrol93,835 testsDiesel: 69.4% of 64,705 tests69.4%Diesel64,705 testsHybrid electric: 91.4% of 4,017 tests91.4%Hybrid4,017 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol93,83580.0%
Diesel64,70569.4%
Hybrid electric4,01791.4%

What mileage is normal for a Captur?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Captur; the shaded band holds the middle half. A car far outside the band, in either direction, is worth questions the recorded history can answer.

Typical Captur (median)
0k25k50k75k100k35791112Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 18,750 miles (middle half 13,750–26,250)Age 4: typical 23,750 miles (middle half 16,250–36,250)Age 5: typical 28,750 miles (middle half 21,250–41,250)Age 6: typical 36,250 miles (middle half 26,250–48,750)Age 7: typical 43,750 miles (middle half 31,250–56,250)Age 8: typical 48,750 miles (middle half 36,250–63,750)Age 9: typical 56,250 miles (middle half 41,250–73,750)Age 10: typical 66,250 miles (middle half 48,750–83,750)Age 11: typical 73,750 miles (middle half 56,250–91,250)Age 12: typical 78,750 miles (middle half 61,250–98,750)78k mi

Mileage values are midpoints of 2,500-mile bands.

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
313,75018,75026,250
416,25023,75036,250
521,25028,75041,250
626,25036,25048,750
731,25043,75056,250
836,25048,75063,750
941,25056,25073,750
1048,75066,25083,750
1156,25073,75091,250
1261,25078,75098,750

What fails at each age

The Captur's failure mix by age band, 2025 — each band's top categories at their true share of that band's failure items; the pale remainder is everything else. How the mix shifts with age is the point of the chart.

TyresVisibilityBrakesSuspensionSeat belts and supplementary restraint systemsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentBody, chassis, structureEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres40.2%
3-5 yrsVisibility18.6%
3-5 yrsBrakes15.1%
3-5 yrsSuspension10.2%
3-5 yrsSeat belts and supplementary restraint systems4.8%
3-5 yrsEverything else11.1%
6-9 yrsSuspension23.3%
6-9 yrsBrakes23.2%
6-9 yrsTyres21.6%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment14.1%
6-9 yrsVisibility10.0%
6-9 yrsEverything else7.8%
10-13 yrsSuspension38.5%
10-13 yrsBrakes17.0%
10-13 yrsTyres14.0%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment12.0%
10-13 yrsBody, chassis, structure7.5%
10-13 yrsEverything else11.0%

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How these figures are computed. Every number on this page is calculated by SortedCars from the DVSA anonymised MOT results dataset (every MOT test in Great Britain — 2025 for single-year figures; trend figures state their span, currently 2023–2025). Where a figure comes from a sample or uses banded values (mileage is banded to 2,500 miles), the page says so beside the figure. Test class 4 only, first tests only — retests are excluded. Class 4 is the car MOT class and also covers car-derived vans, pickups and motorhomes tested to the same standard; where this page says "cars" it means class 4. Pass rate = passes ÷ (passes + failures + pass-after-rectification): a vehicle that failed and was fixed during the visit counts as a fail. Pass rates describe fleets, not individual machines: they reflect how cars were driven, maintained and used as well as how they were built, and beyond recorded mileage none of that is in the data. A well-kept example of a model with a weak average can still pass; a neglected example of a strong one can still fail. No figure is shown for any group with fewer than 500 tests. Alias spellings of a make in the DVSA file are counted under one make name, and all trims and variants of a model are grouped under one model name, using SortedCars' grouping tables. The taxed and SORN counts on this page are the one exception: they are not computed from MOT records but taken from the Department for Transport's vehicle licensing statistics (DfT/DVLA table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0), which count the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, UK-wide, cars only. They describe a model as a whole, grouped under SortedCars' model names, and say nothing about any one car. “Dangerous” is DVSA's statutory defect category (in force since May 2018): a defect posing an immediate risk to road safety — driving the vehicle before repair is an offence. What these figures are for. These statistics are general information about groups of vehicles. They are not advice, a valuation or a recommendation to buy, avoid or price any particular vehicle, and no decision about one car should rest on them alone — check the car itself and its own records. We take care over the calculations, but we cannot guarantee they are complete, current or free of error, and we accept no liability for loss arising from reliance on them. This does not limit any liability that cannot lawfully be limited — see our Terms & Conditions. If you believe any figure on this page is inaccurate, contact us. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the DVSA or DVLA. DVSA publishes the raw test records; the statistics on this page are SortedCars' own calculations from them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.