Renault R5 MOT reliability

Renault R5s passed their MOT first time 77% of the time across 595 tests in 2025.

First-time pass rate

77%

MOTs analysed

595

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

1994 petrol

31 MOTs

These figures come from 31 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 55%. Typical mileage 59,890 (most between 45,362 and 97,626).

2005: 45% → 2006: 47% → 2007: 45% → 2008: 45% → 2009: 42% → 2010: 45% → 2011: 46% → 2012: 47% → 2013: 49% → 2014: 40% → 2015: 50% → 2016: 47% → 2017: 55% → 2018: 56% → 2019: 58% → 2020: 69% → 2021: 66% → 2022: 77% → 2023: 71% → 2024: 63% → 2025: 55%

Most common failures

Service brake imbalance: across an axle (16.1%)
Steering rack: gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (9.7%)
Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements (6.5%)
Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (6.5%)
Service brake performance: lagging in operation (6.5%)

Where 1994 R5s fail

Brakes

29.0%

Lights & electrics

16.1%

Body, structure & corrosion

12.9%

Suspension & axles

12.9%

Wheels & tyres

9.7%

Steering

9.7%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

9.7%

Seat belts & other equipment

3.2%

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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.