Renault Kangoo MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Renault Kangoo in Great Britain in 2025 — 52,143 tests. Figures cover every Kangoo first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. The Kangoo is a van, tested in the car MOT class (class 4) to the same standard. How the Kangoo ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
54.5%
17.8 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
52,143
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
11.6%
of Kangoo first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
111,250
middle half: 81,250–143,750 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How the Kangoo ages

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

Renault KangooAll cars
40%50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Renault Kangoo, vehicle age 3: 85.7%Renault Kangoo, vehicle age 4: 71.3%Renault Kangoo, vehicle age 5: 70.2%Renault Kangoo, vehicle age 6: 65.5%Renault Kangoo, vehicle age 7: 61.8%Renault Kangoo, vehicle age 8: 57.9%Renault Kangoo, vehicle age 9: 56.7%Renault Kangoo, vehicle age 10: 53.2%Renault Kangoo, vehicle age 11: 51.1%Renault Kangoo, vehicle age 12: 48.1%Renault Kangoo, vehicle age 13: 51.9%Renault Kangoo, vehicle age 14: 47.7%Renault Kangoo, vehicle age 15: 47.1%Renault Kangoo, vehicle age 16: 49.1%Renault Kangoo, vehicle age 17: 54%Renault Kangoo, vehicle age 18: 52.6%Renault Kangoo, vehicle age 19: 51.2%Renault Kangoo, vehicle age 20: 50%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 Kangoo 50%
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Age (years)Kangoo testsKangoo pass rateAll cars
353185.7%88.5%
41,91771.3%87.2%
52,02670.2%86.0%
63,09965.5%83.5%
72,39461.8%80.9%
82,33757.9%78.2%
93,31156.7%74.9%
103,85753.2%71.9%
113,09051.1%68.6%
122,18048.1%65.8%
133,00151.9%63.5%
144,75947.7%61.2%
154,31547.1%59.3%
161,91449.1%58.3%
172,65454.0%57.2%
182,87352.6%57.4%
192,19251.2%57.0%
201,93150.0%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Kangoo behind
-22-11+0+11+22Age 3: -2.8 points vs the average car3Age 4: -15.9 points vs the average carAge 5: -15.8 points vs the average car5Age 6: -18.0 points vs the average carAge 7: -19.1 points vs the average car7Age 8: -20.3 points vs the average carAge 9: -18.2 points vs the average car9Age 10: -18.7 points vs the average carAge 11: -17.5 points vs the average car11Age 12: -17.7 points vs the average carAge 13: -11.6 points vs the average car13Age 14: -13.5 points vs the average carAge 15: -12.2 points vs the average car15Age 16: -9.2 points vs the average carAge 17: -3.2 points vs the average car17Age 18: -4.8 points vs the average carAge 19: -5.8 points vs the average car19Age 20: -7.6 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3-2.8
4-15.9
5-15.8
6-18.0
7-19.1
8-20.3
9-18.2
10-18.7
11-17.5
12-17.7
13-11.6
14-13.5
15-12.2
16-9.2
17-3.2
18-4.8
19-5.8
20-7.6

The Kangoo fleet on the road, by age

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

01k2k3k5kAge 3: 5313Age 4: 1kAge 5: 2k5Age 6: 3kAge 7: 2k7Age 8: 2kAge 9: 3k9Age 10: 3kAge 11: 3k11Age 12: 2kAge 13: 3k13Age 14: 4kAge 15: 4k15Age 16: 1kAge 17: 2k17Age 18: 2kAge 19: 2k19Age 20: 1k20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
3531
41,917
52,026
63,099
72,394
82,337
93,311
103,857
113,090
122,180
133,001
144,759
154,315
161,914
172,654
182,873
192,192
201,931

What a Kangoo fails on

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

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment27.1%
Brakes17.9%
Suspension16.6%
Body, chassis, structure8.9%
Visibility8.6%
Tyres8.1%
Steering7.5%
Noise, emissions and leaks2.9%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.7% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Brakes: 34.7% of advisories34.7%Tyres: 25.6% of advisories25.6%Suspension: 16.3% of advisories16.3%Non-component advisories: 5.6% of advisoriesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 4.5% of advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaks: 4.0% of advisories
BrakesTyresSuspensionNon-component advisoriesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentNoise, emissions and leaks
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CategoryShare of advisories
Brakes34.7%
Tyres25.6%
Suspension16.3%
Non-component advisories5.6%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment4.5%
Noise, emissions and leaks4.0%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Kangoo?

First-time pass rate for the three most-tested Kangoo 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%Diesel: 52.4% of 38,124 tests52.4%Diesel38,124 testsPetrol: 54.8% of 9,770 tests54.8%Petrol9,770 testsElectric: 73.1% of 4,238 tests73.1%Electric4,238 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Diesel38,12452.4%
Petrol9,77054.8%
Electric4,23873.1%

What mileage is normal for a Kangoo?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Kangoo; 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 Kangoo (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k175k3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 23,750 miles (middle half 11,250–46,250)Age 4: typical 36,250 miles (middle half 18,750–61,250)Age 5: typical 36,250 miles (middle half 18,750–63,750)Age 6: typical 61,250 miles (middle half 31,250–93,750)Age 7: typical 76,250 miles (middle half 51,250–106,250)Age 8: typical 93,750 miles (middle half 66,250–123,750)Age 9: typical 98,750 miles (middle half 73,750–128,750)Age 10: typical 111,250 miles (middle half 81,250–143,750)Age 11: typical 111,250 miles (middle half 83,750–143,750)Age 12: typical 118,750 miles (middle half 88,750–151,250)Age 13: typical 111,250 miles (middle half 68,750–146,250)Age 14: typical 116,250 miles (middle half 78,750–148,750)Age 15: typical 118,750 miles (middle half 81,250–151,250)Age 16: typical 96,250 miles (middle half 61,250–133,750)Age 17: typical 81,250 miles (middle half 56,250–121,250)Age 18: typical 91,250 miles (middle half 61,250–126,250)Age 19: typical 98,750 miles (middle half 68,750–128,750)Age 20: typical 96,250 miles (middle half 68,750–131,250)96k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
311,25023,75046,250
418,75036,25061,250
518,75036,25063,750
631,25061,25093,750
751,25076,250106,250
866,25093,750123,750
973,75098,750128,750
1081,250111,250143,750
1183,750111,250143,750
1288,750118,750151,250
1368,750111,250146,250
1478,750116,250148,750
1581,250118,750151,250
1661,25096,250133,750
1756,25081,250121,250
1861,25091,250126,250
1968,75098,750128,750
2068,75096,250131,250

What fails at each age

The Kangoo'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.

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentTyresVisibilityBrakesSuspensionBody, chassis, structureSteeringEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment31.6%
3-5 yrsTyres20.9%
3-5 yrsVisibility14.9%
3-5 yrsBrakes11.7%
3-5 yrsSuspension7.5%
3-5 yrsEverything else13.4%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment27.5%
6-9 yrsBrakes17.7%
6-9 yrsSuspension15.1%
6-9 yrsTyres11.9%
6-9 yrsBody, chassis, structure9.7%
6-9 yrsEverything else18.1%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment22.1%
10-13 yrsSuspension21.6%
10-13 yrsBrakes21.4%
10-13 yrsTyres8.5%
10-13 yrsBody, chassis, structure8.2%
10-13 yrsEverything else18.2%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment22.2%
14+ yrsBrakes19.6%
14+ yrsSuspension18.1%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure10.0%
14+ yrsSteering9.2%
14+ yrsEverything else20.9%

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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. “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.