Renault Laguna MOT reliability

Renault Lagunas passed their MOT first time 54% of the time across 7,473 tests in 2025. 5,610 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

54%

MOTs analysed

7,473

Still licensed (GB)

5,610

Body type

Hatchback

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

2010 diesel

1,364 MOTs

Passed first time 55%. Typical mileage 123,730 (most between 97,488 and 153,800).

2010: 100% → 2011: 96% → 2012: 89% → 2013: 80% → 2014: 77% → 2015: 72% → 2016: 65% → 2017: 59% → 2018: 55% → 2019: 55% → 2020: 54% → 2021: 54% → 2022: 55% → 2023: 53% → 2024: 53% → 2025: 55%

Most common failures

Coil spring: fractured or broken (10.6%)
Position lamp: not working (9.6%)
Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3%)
Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn (4.3%)
Shock absorbers: has a serious fluid leak (4.1%)

2010 petrol

46 MOTs

These figures come from 46 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 56%. Typical mileage 101,397 (most between 78,659 and 132,275).

2012: 67% → 2013: 83% → 2014: 87% → 2015: 86% → 2016: 69% → 2017: 65% → 2018: 60% → 2019: 73% → 2020: 59% → 2021: 61% → 2022: 47% → 2023: 54% → 2024: 68% → 2025: 56%

Most common failures

Coil spring: fractured or broken (17.4%)
Position lamp: not working (13.0%)
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect (6.5%)
Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps (4.3%)
Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn (4.3%)

Where 2010 Lagunas fail

Suspension & axles

22.5%

Lights & electrics

21.9%

Brakes

12.8%

Wheels & tyres

7.3%

Body, structure & corrosion

6.5%

Visibility & wipers

6.1%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

3.0%

Steering

2.3%

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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.