Renault Laguna MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Renault Laguna in Great Britain in 2025 — 7,473 tests. Figures cover every Laguna first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Laguna ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
53.8%
18.5 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
7,473
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
11.2%
of Laguna first tests; national 7.3%

How many Renault Laguna cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 16,574 Renault Laguna cars that were taxed or on SORN: 6,637 taxed and 9,937 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 Laguna vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
6,637
40.0% of the 16,574 Laguna cars taxed or on SORN; 242 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
9,937
declared off the road by their keepers — 60.0% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Laguna cars peaked at 77,486 at the end of 2014 and has since fallen by 70,849 (91.4%) to 6,637 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 7,487 at the end of 2014 to 9,937 at the end of 2025, up 32.7%. 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 Laguna 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 Laguna cars, year 2014: 77kTaxed Laguna cars, year 2015: 62kTaxed Laguna cars, year 2016: 50kTaxed Laguna cars, year 2017: 38kTaxed Laguna cars, year 2018: 29kTaxed Laguna cars, year 2019: 23kTaxed Laguna cars, year 2020: 19kTaxed Laguna cars, year 2021: 15kTaxed Laguna cars, year 2022: 13kTaxed Laguna cars, year 2023: 10kTaxed Laguna cars, year 2024: 8kTaxed Laguna cars, year 2025: 7k7k
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YearTaxed Laguna cars
201477,486
201562,442
201649,541
201738,153
201829,481
201923,122
202018,751
202115,147
202212,743
202310,424
20248,331
20256,637

Laguna 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 — for this model, cars on SORN outnumber taxed ones.

05k10k15k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Laguna cars on SORN, year 2014: 7kLaguna cars on SORN, year 2015: 9kLaguna cars on SORN, year 2016: 10kLaguna cars on SORN, year 2017: 10kLaguna cars on SORN, year 2018: 10kLaguna cars on SORN, year 2019: 10kLaguna cars on SORN, year 2020: 10kLaguna cars on SORN, year 2021: 10kLaguna cars on SORN, year 2022: 10kLaguna cars on SORN, year 2023: 10kLaguna cars on SORN, year 2024: 10kLaguna cars on SORN, year 2025: 10k10k
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YearLaguna cars on SORN
20147,487
20158,794
20169,879
201710,099
201810,057
201910,200
202010,462
202110,359
202210,306
202310,367
202410,068
20259,937

Which model years survive

Taxed Laguna cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 6,637 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 Laguna cars
20122163.3%
20111,19318.0%
20101,27619.2%
200989613.5%
20081,37420.7%
20074947.4%
20062603.9%
20052183.3%
20042323.5%
20031812.7%
20021021.5%
2000671.0%
All other build years (eight years, each under 1%)1281.9%

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 LAGUNA 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 Laguna ages

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

Renault LagunaAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Renault Laguna, vehicle age 14: 54.1%Renault Laguna, vehicle age 15: 55.3%Renault Laguna, vehicle age 16: 52.5%Renault Laguna, vehicle age 17: 52%Renault Laguna, vehicle age 18: 51.7%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 Laguna 51.7%
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Age (years)Laguna testsLaguna pass rateAll cars
141,28054.1%61.2%
151,41055.3%59.3%
1697952.5%58.3%
171,54652.0%57.2%
1860251.7%57.4%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Laguna behind
-8-4+0+4+8Age 14: -7.1 points vs the average carAge 15: -4.0 points vs the average car15Age 16: -5.8 points vs the average carAge 17: -5.2 points vs the average car17Age 18: -5.7 points vs the average carVehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
14-7.1
15-4.0
16-5.8
17-5.2
18-5.7

The Laguna fleet on the road, by age

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

05001k1k2kAge 14: 1k14Age 15: 1kAge 16: 97916Age 17: 1kAge 18: 60218Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
141,280
151,410
16979
171,546
18602

What a Laguna fails on

Where the failure items land when a Laguna 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 equipment28.7%
Suspension25.4%
Brakes19.0%
Tyres7.4%
Body, chassis, structure6.7%
Visibility4.9%
Noise, emissions and leaks3.2%
Steering3.1%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (98.3% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Brakes: 31.5% of advisories31.5%Suspension: 28.9% of advisories28.9%Tyres: 20.1% of advisories20.1%Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 4.5% of advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaks: 4.3% of advisoriesNon-component advisories: 4.0% of advisories
BrakesSuspensionTyresLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentNoise, emissions and leaksNon-component advisories
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CategoryShare of advisories
Brakes31.5%
Suspension28.9%
Tyres20.1%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment4.5%
Noise, emissions and leaks4.3%
Non-component advisories4.0%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Laguna?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested Laguna 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: 53.4% of 5,690 tests53.4%Diesel5,690 testsPetrol: 55.1% of 1,782 tests55.1%Petrol1,782 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Diesel5,69053.4%
Petrol1,78255.1%

What mileage is normal for a Laguna?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Laguna; 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 Laguna (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k175k141618Vehicle age (years)Age 14: typical 121,250 miles (middle half 93,750–148,750)Age 15: typical 123,750 miles (middle half 96,250–153,750)Age 16: typical 118,750 miles (middle half 96,250–148,750)Age 17: typical 123,750 miles (middle half 93,750–156,250)Age 18: typical 116,250 miles (middle half 88,750–148,750)116k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
1493,750121,250148,750
1596,250123,750153,750
1696,250118,750148,750
1793,750123,750156,250
1888,750116,250148,750

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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.