In 2025, 50,096 Renault Kangoo cars had a regular MOT in Great Britain. 54% passed first time, compared with 67% for all cars of the same ages, which makes the Kangoo worse than average. Most are commercial vans or pick-ups, which usually cover far higher mileages and harder work than private cars, so we leave them out of the car rankings.
That comparison matters: older cars fail more often, so a raw pass rate flatters models that are mostly young. We compare each model against every car on the road at the same age.
Pass rate by age
At 3 years old, 89% of Kangoos passed first time (all cars that age: 88%). By 20 years, that figure is 50% (all cars: 58%). It trails the average car at most ages, most noticeably at 8 years (20 points behind).
Renault Kangoo All cars of that age
| Age | Tests | Kangoo passed first time | All cars | Typical mileage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 years | 419 | 89% | 88% | 35,121 |
| 4 years | 1,108 | 71% | 87% | 48,272 |
| 5 years | 1,307 | 72% | 86% | 44,845 |
| 6 years | 2,810 | 65% | 84% | 68,712 |
| 7 years | 2,393 | 62% | 81% | 81,903 |
| 8 years | 2,337 | 58% | 78% | 96,790 |
| 9 years | 3,311 | 57% | 75% | 103,921 |
| 10 years | 3,857 | 53% | 72% | 116,330 |
| 11 years | 3,090 | 51% | 69% | 116,555 |
| 12 years | 2,180 | 48% | 66% | 122,305 |
| 13 years | 3,001 | 52% | 63% | 110,540 |
| 14 years | 4,759 | 48% | 61% | 115,348 |
| 15 years | 4,315 | 47% | 59% | 118,371 |
| 16 years | 1,914 | 49% | 58% | 100,898 |
| 17 years | 2,654 | 54% | 57% | 91,809 |
| 18 years | 2,873 | 53% | 57% | 97,782 |
| 19 years | 2,192 | 51% | 57% | 101,489 |
| 20 years | 1,931 | 50% | 58% | 100,779 |
What fails most on a Renault Kangoo
The area that lets the Kangoo down most, relative to other cars, is steering: 10.6% of tests failed on it, 4.8 times the rate for the average car.
Share of Kangoo tests failing on this area Average car
The six most common failure items
| Failure item | Area | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|
| A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc | Body and structure | 8.9% |
| A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn | Suspension | 8.5% |
| A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened | Suspension | 7.5% |
| A steering ball joint with excessive wear or free play | Steering | 7.1% |
| Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded | Brakes | 6.5% |
| A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps | Lights and electrics | 6.1% |
What to check when buying a used Kangoo
Based on where the Kangoo fails more often than other cars, these are the checks worth making before you buy:
- Steering: Feel for play or knocking through the wheel, and check power-steering fluid isn’t leaking. More
- Body and structure: Get underneath with a torch: sills, jacking points, subframe mounts and floor pans. Structural rust is the failure that can make a car uneconomic to fix. Repair guide
- Brakes: Look through the wheels for lipped or scored discs, check the handbrake holds on a slope, and feel for pulling or vibration under firm braking. Repair guide
Then check the individual car: its own MOT history will show whether it follows the pattern. A car with repeated advisories in the same weak area is more likely to fail its next test.
Check a specific Kangoo
Enter the registration to see its full MOT history, mileage record and reliability score, compared with these figures.
Check a KangooFrequently asked questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a Renault Kangoo?
In 2025, 54% of Renault Kangoo cars passed their MOT first time, across 50,096 tests. Cars of the same ages averaged 67%.
What do Renault Kangoo cars most often fail their MOT on?
The most common failure items were: a transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc (8.9% of tests); a suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn (8.5% of tests); a spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened (7.5% of tests).
Other Renault models
Renault Clio (54%), Renault Captur (73%), Renault Trafic (56%), Renault Megane (55%), Renault Kadjar (74%), Renault Scenic (56%). All Renault models
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT tests and results, 2025 (class 4 normal tests; first-time pass means passed with no faults fixed at the test). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.