Renault Trafic MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Renault Trafic in Great Britain in 2025 — 108,036 tests. Figures cover every Trafic first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. The Trafic is a van, tested in the car MOT class (class 4) to the same standard. How the Trafic ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
59.3%
13.0 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
108,036
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
10.2%
of Trafic first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
111,250
middle half: 83,750–141,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How the Trafic ages

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

Renault TraficAll cars
40%50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Renault Trafic, vehicle age 3: 77.3%Renault Trafic, vehicle age 4: 77%Renault Trafic, vehicle age 5: 76.8%Renault Trafic, vehicle age 6: 69.7%Renault Trafic, vehicle age 7: 65.3%Renault Trafic, vehicle age 8: 61.7%Renault Trafic, vehicle age 9: 60.8%Renault Trafic, vehicle age 10: 57.3%Renault Trafic, vehicle age 11: 52.7%Renault Trafic, vehicle age 12: 49.9%Renault Trafic, vehicle age 13: 49.4%Renault Trafic, vehicle age 14: 45.3%Renault Trafic, vehicle age 15: 48%Renault Trafic, vehicle age 16: 47.7%Renault Trafic, vehicle age 17: 51.2%Renault Trafic, vehicle age 18: 49%Renault Trafic, vehicle age 19: 47.8%Renault Trafic, vehicle age 20: 50.6%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 Trafic 50.6%
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Age (years)Trafic testsTrafic pass rateAll cars
34,91677.3%88.5%
46,42777.0%87.2%
54,41776.8%86.0%
67,92069.7%83.5%
77,06065.3%80.9%
88,81261.7%78.2%
911,87560.8%74.9%
1010,22357.3%71.9%
116,42952.7%68.6%
124,11349.9%65.8%
134,22349.4%63.5%
145,64345.3%61.2%
154,61548.0%59.3%
162,62647.7%58.3%
173,51151.2%57.2%
183,59549.0%57.4%
193,16247.8%57.0%
202,36650.6%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Trafic behind
-18-9+0+9+18Age 3: -11.2 points vs the average car3Age 4: -10.2 points vs the average carAge 5: -9.2 points vs the average car5Age 6: -13.8 points vs the average carAge 7: -15.6 points vs the average car7Age 8: -16.5 points vs the average carAge 9: -14.1 points vs the average car9Age 10: -14.6 points vs the average carAge 11: -15.9 points vs the average car11Age 12: -15.9 points vs the average carAge 13: -14.1 points vs the average car13Age 14: -15.9 points vs the average carAge 15: -11.3 points vs the average car15Age 16: -10.6 points vs the average carAge 17: -6.0 points vs the average car17Age 18: -8.4 points vs the average carAge 19: -9.2 points vs the average car19Age 20: -7.0 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3-11.2
4-10.2
5-9.2
6-13.8
7-15.6
8-16.5
9-14.1
10-14.6
11-15.9
12-15.9
13-14.1
14-15.9
15-11.3
16-10.6
17-6.0
18-8.4
19-9.2
20-7.0

The Trafic fleet on the road, by age

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

05k10k15k20kAge 3: 4k3Age 4: 6kAge 5: 4k5Age 6: 7kAge 7: 7k7Age 8: 8kAge 9: 11k9Age 10: 10kAge 11: 6k11Age 12: 4kAge 13: 4k13Age 14: 5kAge 15: 4k15Age 16: 2kAge 17: 3k17Age 18: 3kAge 19: 3k19Age 20: 2k20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
34,916
46,427
54,417
67,920
77,060
88,812
911,875
1010,223
116,429
124,113
134,223
145,643
154,615
162,626
173,511
183,595
193,162
202,366

What a Trafic fails on

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

Suspension25.4%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment22.4%
Brakes17.8%
Steering10.9%
Visibility6.2%
Tyres5.7%
Body, chassis, structure5.1%
Noise, emissions and leaks4.4%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.9% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Brakes: 31.0% of advisories31.0%Suspension: 24.0% of advisories24.0%Tyres: 19.2% of advisories19.2%Noise, emissions and leaks: 6.1% of advisoriesNon-component advisories: 5.3% of advisoriesSteering: 5.1% of advisories
BrakesSuspensionTyresNoise, emissions and leaksNon-component advisoriesSteering
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CategoryShare of advisories
Brakes31.0%
Suspension24.0%
Tyres19.2%
Noise, emissions and leaks6.1%
Non-component advisories5.3%
Steering5.1%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Trafic?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested Trafic 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: 59.3% of 107,027 tests59.3%Diesel107,027 testsPetrol: 52.3% of 1,001 tests52.3%Petrol1,001 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Diesel107,02759.3%
Petrol1,00152.3%

What mileage is normal for a Trafic?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Trafic; 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 Trafic (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k175k200k3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 41,250 miles (middle half 28,750–58,750)Age 4: typical 53,750 miles (middle half 36,250–76,250)Age 5: typical 63,750 miles (middle half 41,250–88,750)Age 6: typical 73,750 miles (middle half 51,250–101,250)Age 7: typical 86,250 miles (middle half 61,250–116,250)Age 8: typical 93,750 miles (middle half 68,750–126,250)Age 9: typical 101,250 miles (middle half 76,250–133,750)Age 10: typical 111,250 miles (middle half 83,750–141,250)Age 11: typical 118,750 miles (middle half 88,750–153,750)Age 12: typical 131,250 miles (middle half 98,750–166,250)Age 13: typical 138,750 miles (middle half 106,250–173,750)Age 14: typical 141,250 miles (middle half 111,250–173,750)Age 15: typical 148,750 miles (middle half 113,750–181,250)Age 16: typical 146,250 miles (middle half 113,750–183,750)Age 17: typical 151,250 miles (middle half 121,250–181,250)Age 18: typical 151,250 miles (middle half 123,750–186,250)Age 19: typical 153,750 miles (middle half 123,750–181,250)Age 20: typical 153,750 miles (middle half 123,750–183,750)153k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
328,75041,25058,750
436,25053,75076,250
541,25063,75088,750
651,25073,750101,250
761,25086,250116,250
868,75093,750126,250
976,250101,250133,750
1083,750111,250141,250
1188,750118,750153,750
1298,750131,250166,250
13106,250138,750173,750
14111,250141,250173,750
15113,750148,750181,250
16113,750146,250183,750
17121,250151,250181,250
18123,750151,250186,250
19123,750153,750181,250
20123,750153,750183,750

What fails at each age

The Trafic'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.

SuspensionBrakesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentTyresVisibilitySteeringBody, chassis, structureEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsSuspension24.2%
3-5 yrsBrakes21.2%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment14.7%
3-5 yrsTyres14.7%
3-5 yrsVisibility7.8%
3-5 yrsEverything else17.4%
6-9 yrsSuspension34.1%
6-9 yrsSteering17.5%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment13.5%
6-9 yrsBrakes11.8%
6-9 yrsTyres8.4%
6-9 yrsEverything else14.7%
10-13 yrsSuspension27.9%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment18.4%
10-13 yrsBrakes18.2%
10-13 yrsSteering14.3%
10-13 yrsTyres5.4%
10-13 yrsEverything else15.8%
14+ yrsSuspension23.9%
14+ yrsBrakes22.8%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment22.4%
14+ yrsSteering7.7%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure7.4%
14+ yrsEverything else15.8%

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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.