Renault Scenic: every year fails more than average

Based on 39,817 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 2005 to 2008 and 2010 to 2015. The worst is the 2014, which fails its MOT 46% more often than other cars of the same age.

Found a Renault Scenic 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 Scenic 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 Scenic
Registered	MOT tests	Fail rate	vs same-age cars
2005	1,332	43.3%	20% worse
2006	2,851	42.6%	18% worse
2007	4,074	41.8%	19% worse
2008	3,365	42.6%	22% worse
2009	2,258	37.9%	about average
2010	6,868	39.9%	24% worse
2011	4,637	38.9%	29% worse
2012	2,850	36.5%	31% worse
2013	3,050	35.3%	38% worse
2014 Worst	3,264	33.1%	46% worse
2015	3,079	26.6%	36% worse
2016	1,091	18.5%	about average
2017	1,098	15.4%	about average

How this is worked out

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