Renault Megane: every year fails more than average

Based on 115,482 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 2004 to 2020. The worst is the 2014, which fails its MOT 72% more often than other cars of the same age.

Found a Renault Megane 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 Megane 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 Megane
Registered	MOT tests	Fail rate	vs same-age cars
2001	1,221	35.2%	about average
2002	1,876	34.1%	about average
2003	1,030	36.9%	about average
2004	1,523	42.0%	15% worse
2005	2,994	42.6%	18% worse
2006	4,773	45.2%	25% worse
2007	7,574	43.9%	25% worse
2008	6,844	42.5%	22% worse
2009	10,034	44.3%	33% worse
2010	17,335	43.4%	35% worse
2011	14,070	41.7%	38% worse
2012	9,388	39.7%	42% worse
2013	7,506	39.2%	54% worse
2014 Worst	7,311	39.1%	72% worse
2015	6,637	32.1%	64% worse
2016	4,929	22.1%	31% worse
2017	4,802	19.2%	34% worse
2018	2,014	16.6%	38% worse
2019	2,572	17.1%	67% worse
2020	1,049	13.8%	50% worse

How this is worked out

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