Renault Grandscenic MOT reliability

Renault Grandscenics passed their MOT first time 54% of the time across 18,046 tests in 2025. 17,090 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

54%

MOTs analysed

18,046

Still licensed (GB)

17,090

Body type

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Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age. Years with very few MOTs can show extreme pass rates, even 0% or 100%, so give more weight to years with more tests.

In detail:

First registered

2018 diesel

482 MOTs

Passed first time 70%. Typical mileage 59,823 (most between 47,390 and 80,094).

2018: 100% → 2019: 90% → 2020: 84% → 2021: 75% → 2022: 80% → 2023: 74% → 2024: 72% → 2025: 70%

Most common failures

Stop lamp: not working (6.2%)
Headlamp: not working on dipped beam (5.4%)
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction (3.7%)
Coil spring: fractured or broken (3.3%)
Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn (2.9%)

2018 petrol

115 MOTs

Passed first time 69%. Typical mileage 44,945 (most between 38,292 and 57,329).

2020: 67% → 2021: 78% → 2022: 85% → 2023: 79% → 2024: 66% → 2025: 69%

Most common failures

Stop lamp: not working (7.0%)
Headlamp: not working on dipped beam (7.0%)
Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick (4.3%)
Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn (4.3%)
Headlamp aim not tested: unable to be tested (3.5%)

2018 gd

51 MOTs

These figures come from 51 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

Passed first time 69%. Typical mileage 70,399 (most between 50,743 and 88,177).

2019: 100% → 2020: 67% → 2021: 77% → 2022: 59% → 2023: 75% → 2024: 73% → 2025: 69%

Most common failures

Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick (7.8%)
Coil spring: fractured or broken (7.8%)
Condition: has ply or cords exposed (5.9%)
Brake discs: significantly and obviously worn (3.9%)
Stop lamp: not working (2.0%)

2018 ed

1 MOT

These figures come from only 1 MOT test. With so few cars, a single pass or fail changes the percentages a lot, so treat them as a rough guide rather than a true average.

Passed first time 100%. Typical mileage 119,576 (most between 119,576 and 119,576).

2021: 0% → 2022: 0% → 2023: 0% → 2024: 100% → 2025: 100%

Most common failures

2018 hybrid

1 MOT

These figures come from only 1 MOT test. With so few cars, a single pass or fail changes the percentages a lot, so treat them as a rough guide rather than a true average.

Passed first time 0%. Typical mileage 74,146 (most between 74,146 and 74,146).

2021: 100% → 2022: 50% → 2023: 0% → 2024: 0% → 2025: 0%

Most common failures

Coil spring: fractured or broken (100.0%)

Where 2018 Grandscenics fail

Lights & electrics

13.1%

Suspension & axles

12.4%

Wheels & tyres

7.9%

Brakes

4.4%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

3.7%

Visibility & wipers

3.5%

Body, structure & corrosion

1.2%

Seat belts & other equipment

0.6%

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Based on 2025 initial MOT tests in DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset (cars and light vans). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Model details: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB.