Renault LL29 MOT reliability

Renault LL29s passed their MOT first time 47% of the time across 219 tests in 2025.

First-time pass rate

47%

MOTs analysed

219

Still licensed (GB)

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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

2003 diesel

41 MOTs

These figures come from 41 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 54%. Typical mileage 135,804 (most between 111,908 and 158,705).

2005: 80% → 2006: 70% → 2007: 59% → 2008: 56% → 2009: 54% → 2010: 41% → 2011: 37% → 2012: 43% → 2013: 46% → 2014: 47% → 2015: 45% → 2016: 51% → 2017: 45% → 2018: 50% → 2019: 46% → 2020: 44% → 2021: 49% → 2022: 52% → 2023: 55% → 2024: 45% → 2025: 54%

Most common failures

Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect (14.6%)
Position lamp: not working (14.6%)
Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements (7.3%)
Track rod end: ball joint has excessive play (7.3%)
Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn (7.3%)

Where 2003 LL29s fail

Lights & electrics

26.8%

Suspension & axles

24.4%

Brakes

17.1%

Steering

12.2%

Body, structure & corrosion

7.3%

Visibility & wipers

7.3%

Wheels & tyres

4.9%

Seat belts & other equipment

4.9%

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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.