Renault Kadjar MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Renault Kadjar in Great Britain in 2025 — 69,281 tests. Figures cover every Kadjar first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Kadjar ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
73.6%
1.3 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
69,281
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
9.1%
of Kadjar first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
78,750
middle half: 63,750–96,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Renault Kadjar cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 68,754 Renault Kadjar cars that were taxed or on SORN: 67,999 taxed and 755 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 Kadjar vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
67,999
98.9% of the 68,754 Kadjar cars taxed or on SORN; 52 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
755
declared off the road by their keepers — 1.1% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Kadjar cars peaked at 69,395 at the end of 2022 and has since fallen by 1,396 (2.0%) to 67,999 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 1 at the end of 2015 to 755 at the end of 2025, up 75400.0%. 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 Kadjar cars, year by year

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

020k40k60k80k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Kadjar cars, year 2014: 0Taxed Kadjar cars, year 2015: 3kTaxed Kadjar cars, year 2016: 22kTaxed Kadjar cars, year 2017: 37kTaxed Kadjar cars, year 2018: 49kTaxed Kadjar cars, year 2019: 60kTaxed Kadjar cars, year 2020: 66kTaxed Kadjar cars, year 2021: 68kTaxed Kadjar cars, year 2022: 69kTaxed Kadjar cars, year 2023: 68kTaxed Kadjar cars, year 2024: 69kTaxed Kadjar cars, year 2025: 68k68k
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YearTaxed Kadjar cars
20140
20153,254
201622,042
201736,947
201849,352
201960,116
202066,023
202168,212
202269,395
202368,356
202468,506
202567,999

Kadjar 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.

02004006008002014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Kadjar cars on SORN, year 2014: 0Kadjar cars on SORN, year 2015: 1Kadjar cars on SORN, year 2016: 417Kadjar cars on SORN, year 2017: 401Kadjar cars on SORN, year 2018: 205Kadjar cars on SORN, year 2019: 239Kadjar cars on SORN, year 2020: 539Kadjar cars on SORN, year 2021: 259Kadjar cars on SORN, year 2022: 308Kadjar cars on SORN, year 2023: 432Kadjar cars on SORN, year 2024: 551Kadjar cars on SORN, year 2025: 755755
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YearKadjar cars on SORN
20140
20151
2016417
2017401
2018205
2019239
2020539
2021259
2022308
2023432
2024551
2025755

Which model years survive

Taxed Kadjar cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 67,999 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 Kadjar cars
20211,5512.3%
20207,92411.7%
201911,47916.9%
201810,61615.6%
201714,22320.9%
201618,63827.4%
20152,9264.3%
All other build years (two years, each under 1%)6420.9%

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 KADJAR 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 Kadjar ages

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

Renault KadjarAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Renault Kadjar, vehicle age 3: 88.2%Renault Kadjar, vehicle age 4: 86.7%Renault Kadjar, vehicle age 5: 81.6%Renault Kadjar, vehicle age 6: 79.4%Renault Kadjar, vehicle age 7: 74.6%Renault Kadjar, vehicle age 8: 71.7%Renault Kadjar, vehicle age 9: 67.4%Renault Kadjar, vehicle age 10: 65.2%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%Renault Kadjar 65.2%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)Kadjar testsKadjar pass rateAll cars
368588.2%88.5%
41,54786.7%87.2%
57,96881.6%86.0%
611,71579.4%83.5%
710,94574.6%80.9%
814,50771.7%78.2%
918,93367.4%74.9%
102,97965.2%71.9%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Kadjar behind
-8-4+0+4+8Age 3: -0.3 points vs the average car3Age 4: -0.5 points vs the average carAge 5: -4.4 points vs the average car5Age 6: -4.1 points vs the average carAge 7: -6.3 points vs the average car7Age 8: -6.5 points vs the average carAge 9: -7.5 points vs the average car9Age 10: -6.7 points vs the average carVehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3-0.3
4-0.5
5-4.4
6-4.1
7-6.3
8-6.5
9-7.5
10-6.7

The Kadjar fleet on the road, by age

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

05k10k15k20kAge 3: 6853Age 4: 1kAge 5: 7k5Age 6: 11kAge 7: 10k7Age 8: 14kAge 9: 18k9Age 10: 2k10Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
3685
41,547
57,968
611,715
710,945
814,507
918,933
102,979

What a Kadjar fails on

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

Suspension23.3%
Tyres22.0%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment21.6%
Brakes13.7%
Visibility8.7%
Steering4.1%
Noise, emissions and leaks3.5%
Body, chassis, structure1.9%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (98.8% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Tyres: 40.0% of advisories40.0%Brakes: 32.3% of advisories32.3%Suspension: 13.0% of advisories13.0%Non-component advisories: 8.4% of advisories8.4%Road Wheels: 1.9% of advisoriesSteering: 1.7% of advisories
TyresBrakesSuspensionNon-component advisoriesRoad WheelsSteering
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres40.0%
Brakes32.3%
Suspension13.0%
Non-component advisories8.4%
Road Wheels1.9%
Steering1.7%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Kadjar?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested Kadjar 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: 77.6% of 35,168 tests77.6%Petrol35,168 testsDiesel: 69.6% of 34,113 tests69.6%Diesel34,113 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol35,16877.6%
Diesel34,11369.6%

What mileage is normal for a Kadjar?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Kadjar; 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 Kadjar (median)
0k25k50k75k100k357910Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 23,750 miles (middle half 16,250–31,250)Age 4: typical 28,750 miles (middle half 21,250–38,750)Age 5: typical 36,250 miles (middle half 26,250–46,250)Age 6: typical 41,250 miles (middle half 33,750–53,750)Age 7: typical 53,750 miles (middle half 41,250–66,250)Age 8: typical 61,250 miles (middle half 48,750–76,250)Age 9: typical 71,250 miles (middle half 56,250–88,750)Age 10: typical 78,750 miles (middle half 63,750–96,250)78k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
316,25023,75031,250
421,25028,75038,750
526,25036,25046,250
633,75041,25053,750
741,25053,75066,250
848,75061,25076,250
956,25071,25088,750
1063,75078,75096,250

What fails at each age

The Kadjar'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.

TyresBrakesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentVisibilitySuspensionSteeringEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres44.9%
3-5 yrsBrakes18.0%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment14.0%
3-5 yrsVisibility13.9%
3-5 yrsSuspension6.0%
3-5 yrsEverything else3.2%
6-9 yrsSuspension27.5%
6-9 yrsTyres23.3%
6-9 yrsBrakes15.5%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment14.7%
6-9 yrsVisibility7.0%
6-9 yrsEverything else12.0%
10-13 yrsSuspension40.1%
10-13 yrsTyres16.1%
10-13 yrsBrakes12.7%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment10.8%
10-13 yrsSteering6.7%
10-13 yrsEverything else13.6%

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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.