Renault Modus MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Renault Modus in Great Britain in 2025 — 10,194 tests. Figures cover every Modus first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Modus ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
50.0%
22.3 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
10,194
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
10.5%
of Modus first tests; national 7.3%

How many Renault Modus cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 14,550 Renault Modus cars that were taxed or on SORN: 12,378 taxed and 2,172 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 Modus vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
12,378
85.1% of the 14,550 Modus cars taxed or on SORN; 82 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
2,172
declared off the road by their keepers — 14.9% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Modus cars peaked at 34,656 at the end of 2014 and has since fallen by 22,278 (64.3%) to 12,378 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 357 at the end of 2014 to 2,172 at the end of 2025, up 508.4%. 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 Modus cars, year by year

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

010k20k30k40k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Modus cars, year 2014: 35kTaxed Modus cars, year 2015: 34kTaxed Modus cars, year 2016: 33kTaxed Modus cars, year 2017: 31kTaxed Modus cars, year 2018: 29kTaxed Modus cars, year 2019: 26kTaxed Modus cars, year 2020: 24kTaxed Modus cars, year 2021: 21kTaxed Modus cars, year 2022: 19kTaxed Modus cars, year 2023: 17kTaxed Modus cars, year 2024: 15kTaxed Modus cars, year 2025: 12k12k
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YearTaxed Modus cars
201434,656
201533,860
201632,721
201730,939
201828,824
201926,274
202023,867
202121,268
202219,006
202316,872
202414,626
202512,378

Modus 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.

05001k2k2k2k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Modus cars on SORN, year 2014: 357Modus cars on SORN, year 2015: 579Modus cars on SORN, year 2016: 881Modus cars on SORN, year 2017: 1kModus cars on SORN, year 2018: 1kModus cars on SORN, year 2019: 2kModus cars on SORN, year 2020: 2kModus cars on SORN, year 2021: 2kModus cars on SORN, year 2022: 2kModus cars on SORN, year 2023: 2kModus cars on SORN, year 2024: 2kModus cars on SORN, year 2025: 2k2k
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YearModus cars on SORN
2014357
2015579
2016881
20171,068
20181,249
20191,507
20201,756
20211,770
20221,818
20231,928
20242,017
20252,172

Which model years survive

Taxed Modus cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 12,378 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 Modus cars
20122261.8%
20111,93715.6%
20102,11617.1%
20091,2269.9%
20082,19217.7%
20071,34610.9%
20061,38211.2%
20051,60112.9%
20043512.8%
All other build years (four years, each under 1%)10.0%

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 MODUS 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 Modus ages

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

Renault ModusAll cars
40%50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Renault Modus, vehicle age 14: 49.6%Renault Modus, vehicle age 15: 53.2%Renault Modus, vehicle age 16: 55.6%Renault Modus, vehicle age 17: 49.1%Renault Modus, vehicle age 18: 48.5%Renault Modus, vehicle age 19: 50%Renault Modus, vehicle age 20: 48.1%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 Modus 48.1%
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Age (years)Modus testsModus pass rateAll cars
141,23449.6%61.2%
151,35453.2%59.3%
1681155.6%58.3%
171,47049.1%57.2%
181,43448.5%57.4%
191,50950.0%57.0%
201,85148.1%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Modus behind
-12-6+0+6+12Age 14: -11.6 points vs the average carAge 15: -6.1 points vs the average car15Age 16: -2.7 points vs the average carAge 17: -8.1 points vs the average car17Age 18: -8.9 points vs the average carAge 19: -7.0 points vs the average car19Age 20: -9.5 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
14-11.6
15-6.1
16-2.7
17-8.1
18-8.9
19-7.0
20-9.5

The Modus fleet on the road, by age

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

05001k1k2kAge 14: 1k14Age 15: 1kAge 16: 81116Age 17: 1kAge 18: 1k18Age 19: 1kAge 20: 1k20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
141,234
151,354
16811
171,470
181,434
191,509
201,851

What a Modus fails on

Where the failure items land when a Modus 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 equipment36.6%
Suspension22.2%
Brakes14.1%
Tyres6.9%
Steering5.7%
Visibility4.6%
Body, chassis, structure3.4%
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems3.1%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (96.6% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Brakes: 27.9% of advisories27.9%Tyres: 23.7% of advisories23.7%Suspension: 19.6% of advisories19.6%Noise, emissions and leaks: 7.4% of advisories7.4%Non-component advisories: 5.9% of advisoriesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 5.7% of advisories
BrakesTyresSuspensionNoise, emissions and leaksNon-component advisoriesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
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CategoryShare of advisories
Brakes27.9%
Tyres23.7%
Suspension19.6%
Noise, emissions and leaks7.4%
Non-component advisories5.9%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment5.7%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Modus?

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

40%50%60%70%80%90%100%all cars 72.3%Petrol: 50.1% of 7,800 tests50.1%Petrol7,800 testsDiesel: 49.5% of 2,394 tests49.5%Diesel2,394 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol7,80050.1%
Diesel2,39449.5%

What mileage is normal for a Modus?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Modus; 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 Modus (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k14161820Vehicle age (years)Age 14: typical 61,250 miles (middle half 43,750–86,250)Age 15: typical 71,250 miles (middle half 53,750–93,750)Age 16: typical 71,250 miles (middle half 51,250–91,250)Age 17: typical 78,750 miles (middle half 58,750–101,250)Age 18: typical 73,750 miles (middle half 56,250–98,750)Age 19: typical 76,250 miles (middle half 58,750–101,250)Age 20: typical 78,750 miles (middle half 58,750–98,750)78k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
1443,75061,25086,250
1553,75071,25093,750
1651,25071,25091,250
1758,75078,750101,250
1856,25073,75098,750
1958,75076,250101,250
2058,75078,75098,750

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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.