Renault Captur years to avoid: the early ones

Based on 134,094 real MOT tests from DVSA records. Each year is compared against every other car first registered the same year — otherwise the numbers would only tell you that older cars fail more, which you knew.

The short answer

Avoid 2013 to 2015. The worst is the 2013, which fails its MOT 40% more often than other cars of the same age. The 2020 is the strongest, failing 47% less often than average.

Found a Renault Captur you like?

Averages tell you what to expect. Its registration tells you what actually happened — every MOT, every advisory, and whether the mileage adds up.

Every Captur model year

Shaded rows are the years that differ most from other cars of the same age — worse, better.

MOT failure rate by registration year for the Renault Captur
Registered	MOT tests	Fail rate	vs same-age cars
2013 Worst	5,821	35.8%	40% worse
2014	18,391	26.1%	15% worse
2015	22,902	23.1%	18% worse
2016	24,335	16.7%	about average
2017	19,369	12.7%	about average
2018	20,861	12.2%	about average
2019	20,044	9.5%	about average
2020	2,371	4.9%	47% better

How this is worked out

Every MOT test recorded by DVSA in 2023 on a Renault Captur, grouped by the year the car was first registered. Retests are excluded, so a car that failed and was fixed still counts as a failure. Each year's rate is then divided by the rate for all cars first registered that year — so 120 means 20% more failures than its contemporaries, not 20% more than a brand new car.

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