Renault Megane MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Renault Megane in Great Britain in 2025 — 91,313 tests. Figures cover every Megane first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Megane ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
55.2%
17.1 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
91,313
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
10.2%
of Megane first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
83,750
middle half: 63,750–108,750 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Renault Megane cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 132,903 Renault Megane cars that were taxed or on SORN: 98,371 taxed and 34,532 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 Megane vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
98,371
74.0% of the 132,903 Megane cars taxed or on SORN; 598 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
34,532
declared off the road by their keepers — 26.0% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Megane cars peaked at 393,637 at the end of 2014 and has since fallen by 295,266 (75.0%) to 98,371 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 18,117 at the end of 2014 to 34,532 at the end of 2025, up 90.6%. 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 Megane cars, year by year

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

0100k200k300k400k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Megane cars, year 2014: 394kTaxed Megane cars, year 2015: 351kTaxed Megane cars, year 2016: 308kTaxed Megane cars, year 2017: 265kTaxed Megane cars, year 2018: 226kTaxed Megane cars, year 2019: 193kTaxed Megane cars, year 2020: 169kTaxed Megane cars, year 2021: 147kTaxed Megane cars, year 2022: 132kTaxed Megane cars, year 2023: 120kTaxed Megane cars, year 2024: 110kTaxed Megane cars, year 2025: 98k98k
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YearTaxed Megane cars
2014393,637
2015351,395
2016308,279
2017264,624
2018225,810
2019193,416
2020168,639
2021146,932
2022131,894
2023120,229
2024109,604
202598,371

Megane 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.

010k20k30k40k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Megane cars on SORN, year 2014: 18kMegane cars on SORN, year 2015: 24kMegane cars on SORN, year 2016: 30kMegane cars on SORN, year 2017: 31kMegane cars on SORN, year 2018: 32kMegane cars on SORN, year 2019: 33kMegane cars on SORN, year 2020: 35kMegane cars on SORN, year 2021: 34kMegane cars on SORN, year 2022: 34kMegane cars on SORN, year 2023: 35kMegane cars on SORN, year 2024: 34kMegane cars on SORN, year 2025: 35k35k
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YearMegane cars on SORN
201418,117
201523,985
201629,590
201731,263
201831,798
201933,008
202034,548
202134,274
202234,146
202334,904
202434,414
202534,532

Which model years survive

Taxed Megane cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 98,371 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 Megane cars
20252,4652.5%
20244,2264.3%
20233,5233.6%
20221,2861.3%
20201,0271.0%
20192,4382.5%
20181,9642.0%
20175,0505.1%
20165,0255.1%
20156,1526.3%
20146,4676.6%
20136,5126.6%
20127,7607.9%
201110,45910.6%
201012,24912.5%
20096,3546.5%
20083,3403.4%
20073,3483.4%
20061,8631.9%
20051,1471.2%
20031,1301.1%
20021,5461.6%
20011,0471.1%
All other build years (nine years, each under 1%)1,9932.0%

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 MEGANE 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 Megane ages

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

Renault MeganeAll cars
40%50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Renault Megane, vehicle age 3: 83%Renault Megane, vehicle age 4: 84.6%Renault Megane, vehicle age 5: 80%Renault Megane, vehicle age 6: 76.8%Renault Megane, vehicle age 7: 75.2%Renault Megane, vehicle age 8: 69.8%Renault Megane, vehicle age 9: 65.6%Renault Megane, vehicle age 10: 57.3%Renault Megane, vehicle age 11: 52.3%Renault Megane, vehicle age 12: 52.4%Renault Megane, vehicle age 13: 51.8%Renault Megane, vehicle age 14: 50.2%Renault Megane, vehicle age 15: 48.7%Renault Megane, vehicle age 16: 48.1%Renault Megane, vehicle age 17: 49.8%Renault Megane, vehicle age 18: 49.9%Renault Megane, vehicle age 19: 49.1%Renault Megane, vehicle age 20: 50.9%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 Megane 50.9%
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Age (years)Megane testsMegane pass rateAll cars
31,29683.0%88.5%
478684.6%87.2%
51,04580.0%86.0%
62,49176.8%83.5%
71,92075.2%80.9%
84,70069.8%78.2%
94,75265.6%74.9%
106,25457.3%71.9%
116,71352.3%68.6%
126,67052.4%65.8%
137,98651.8%63.5%
1411,21250.2%61.2%
1513,14448.7%59.3%
166,96048.1%58.3%
173,93849.8%57.2%
184,04149.9%57.4%
192,31049.1%57.0%
201,41050.9%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Megane behind
-18-9+0+9+18Age 3: -5.5 points vs the average car3Age 4: -2.6 points vs the average carAge 5: -6.0 points vs the average car5Age 6: -6.7 points vs the average carAge 7: -5.7 points vs the average car7Age 8: -8.4 points vs the average carAge 9: -9.3 points vs the average car9Age 10: -14.6 points vs the average carAge 11: -16.3 points vs the average car11Age 12: -13.4 points vs the average carAge 13: -11.7 points vs the average car13Age 14: -11.0 points vs the average carAge 15: -10.6 points vs the average car15Age 16: -10.2 points vs the average carAge 17: -7.4 points vs the average car17Age 18: -7.5 points vs the average carAge 19: -7.9 points vs the average car19Age 20: -6.7 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3-5.5
4-2.6
5-6.0
6-6.7
7-5.7
8-8.4
9-9.3
10-14.6
11-16.3
12-13.4
13-11.7
14-11.0
15-10.6
16-10.2
17-7.4
18-7.5
19-7.9
20-6.7

The Megane fleet on the road, by age

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

05k10k15k20kAge 3: 1k3Age 4: 786Age 5: 1k5Age 6: 2kAge 7: 1k7Age 8: 4kAge 9: 4k9Age 10: 6kAge 11: 6k11Age 12: 6kAge 13: 7k13Age 14: 11kAge 15: 13k15Age 16: 6kAge 17: 3k17Age 18: 4kAge 19: 2k19Age 20: 1k20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
31,296
4786
51,045
62,491
71,920
84,700
94,752
106,254
116,713
126,670
137,986
1411,212
1513,144
166,960
173,938
184,041
192,310
201,410

What a Megane fails on

Where the failure items land when a Megane 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 equipment29.1%
Suspension23.7%
Brakes17.7%
Tyres7.6%
Steering6.7%
Body, chassis, structure5.3%
Visibility4.5%
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 Megane, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Brakes: 32.2% of advisories32.2%Tyres: 23.4% of advisories23.4%Suspension: 23.1% of advisories23.1%Non-component advisories: 6.2% of advisoriesSteering: 3.3% of advisoriesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 3.3% of advisories
BrakesTyresSuspensionNon-component advisoriesSteeringLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
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CategoryShare of advisories
Brakes32.2%
Tyres23.4%
Suspension23.1%
Non-component advisories6.2%
Steering3.3%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment3.3%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Megane?

First-time pass rate for the three most-tested Megane 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: 54.1% of 49,671 tests54.1%Diesel49,671 testsPetrol: 55.5% of 40,166 tests55.5%Petrol40,166 testsElectric: 83.3% of 1,207 tests83.3%Electric1,207 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Diesel49,67154.1%
Petrol40,16655.5%
Electric1,20783.3%

What mileage is normal for a Megane?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Megane; 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 Megane (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 21,250 miles (middle half 16,250–31,250)Age 4: typical 36,250 miles (middle half 23,750–51,250)Age 5: typical 38,750 miles (middle half 26,250–61,250)Age 6: typical 43,750 miles (middle half 31,250–61,250)Age 7: typical 53,750 miles (middle half 38,750–73,750)Age 8: typical 66,250 miles (middle half 48,750–83,750)Age 9: typical 68,750 miles (middle half 51,250–91,250)Age 10: typical 83,750 miles (middle half 63,750–108,750)Age 11: typical 91,250 miles (middle half 68,750–116,250)Age 12: typical 96,250 miles (middle half 71,250–121,250)Age 13: typical 101,250 miles (middle half 78,750–126,250)Age 14: typical 101,250 miles (middle half 81,250–126,250)Age 15: typical 103,750 miles (middle half 83,750–128,750)Age 16: typical 106,250 miles (middle half 83,750–131,250)Age 17: typical 96,250 miles (middle half 76,250–121,250)Age 18: typical 96,250 miles (middle half 73,750–118,750)Age 19: typical 96,250 miles (middle half 73,750–121,250)Age 20: typical 91,250 miles (middle half 68,750–118,750)91k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
316,25021,25031,250
423,75036,25051,250
526,25038,75061,250
631,25043,75061,250
738,75053,75073,750
848,75066,25083,750
951,25068,75091,250
1063,75083,750108,750
1168,75091,250116,250
1271,25096,250121,250
1378,750101,250126,250
1481,250101,250126,250
1583,750103,750128,750
1683,750106,250131,250
1776,25096,250121,250
1873,75096,250118,750
1973,75096,250121,250
2068,75091,250118,750

What fails at each age

The Megane'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.

TyresVisibilitySuspensionBrakesSteeringLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres35.6%
3-5 yrsVisibility17.4%
3-5 yrsSuspension12.1%
3-5 yrsBrakes10.3%
3-5 yrsSteering10.0%
3-5 yrsEverything else14.6%
6-9 yrsSuspension26.9%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment21.0%
6-9 yrsTyres19.5%
6-9 yrsBrakes17.0%
6-9 yrsVisibility5.5%
6-9 yrsEverything else10.1%
10-13 yrsSuspension30.2%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment21.2%
10-13 yrsBrakes18.7%
10-13 yrsSteering8.3%
10-13 yrsTyres7.7%
10-13 yrsEverything else13.9%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment27.8%
14+ yrsSuspension23.6%
14+ yrsBrakes19.7%
14+ yrsSteering7.1%
14+ yrsTyres6.7%
14+ yrsEverything else15.1%

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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.