Renault Clio: 54% pass.

276,187 tests of cars aged 3 and over passed first time 54% of the time in 2025. For cars of the same ages, 67% would be expected: 13 points worse than that.

How it does as it ages.

01 / By age

Source: Anonymised MOT tests and results (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency) Checked 4 Nov 2026, 13:37

Diesel
Age of car	Pass first time	All cars this age	Fixed at the station	Failed	Tests
5 years	66%	84%	5%	28%	1,378
6 years	68%	82%	4%	28%	3,712
7 years	62%	79%	4%	34%	4,611
8 years	58%	76%	5%	38%	6,696
9 years	55%	73%	6%	39%	8,143
10 years	53%	70%	6%	41%	9,962
11 years	51%	67%	6%	43%	6,975
12 years	48%	64%	7%	45%	3,455
13 years	46%	62%	8%	46%	2,536
14 years	43%	60%	8%	48%	3,401
15 years	45%	58%	8%	47%	3,499
16 years	44%	57%	7%	49%	1,903
17 years	46%	57%	8%	46%	1,806
18 years	47%	57%	7%	46%	1,480
19 years	52%	57%	6%	42%	795
20 years	45%	57%	6%	49%	544

Petrol
Age of car	Pass first time	All cars this age	Fixed at the station	Failed	Tests
3 years	83%	88%	6%	11%	36
4 years	77%	86%	3%	21%	39
5 years	74%	84%	4%	22%	7,451
6 years	70%	82%	4%	25%	15,569
7 years	67%	79%	4%	28%	12,936
8 years	59%	76%	5%	36%	14,825
9 years	57%	73%	5%	38%	14,427
10 years	54%	70%	5%	41%	15,420
11 years	54%	67%	6%	41%	15,714
12 years	50%	64%	7%	43%	12,463
13 years	46%	62%	9%	44%	12,365
14 years	47%	60%	9%	44%	14,939
15 years	47%	58%	9%	44%	15,987
16 years	47%	57%	9%	44%	10,130
17 years	47%	57%	10%	44%	13,693
18 years	48%	57%	8%	44%	12,441
19 years	49%	57%	8%	43%	8,274
20 years	51%	57%	8%	41%	6,195

Ages with fewer than 30 tests are left out. "All cars this age" is every make and model at that age, so you can see whether this one does better or worse than most.

A pass rate is the share of normal MOT tests a car passed first time, with no repair needed at the test station. A car that failed and was fixed on the spot is counted separately. Retests, aborted tests and other vehicles are left out.
The figures say how often cars of a kind pass, not how reliable or safe they are. Cars that are looked after better, or that are driven fewer miles, pass more often, and that differs by model. Groups of fewer than 30 tests are left out.
Make and model names are as DVSA records them, and a model can appear under more than one name.

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Data sources

Anonymised MOT tests and results (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT test results for cars, counted by make, model and age from DVSA's anonymised data. The counts are ours; DVSA does not endorse them.