Renault Kadjar years to avoid

Based on 67,906 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 2015 and 2018. The worst is the 2018, which fails its MOT 28% more often than other cars of the same age.

Found a Renault Kadjar 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 Kadjar 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 Kadjar
Registered	MOT tests	Fail rate	vs same-age cars
2015	3,068	22.8%	17% worse
2016	19,117	18.7%	about average
2017	14,627	15.8%	about average
2018 Worst	11,011	15.4%	28% worse
2019	11,699	11.4%	about average
2020	8,384	10.0%	about average

How this is worked out

Every MOT test recorded by DVSA in 2023 on a Renault Kadjar, 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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