Renault Clio 2018: MOT failure rate for its age

20.7% of 79,805 MOT tests of the Renault Clio first registered in 2018 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 94.6 (95% CI 93.1–96.0; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2018 Renault Clio fails less often than other build years of the same model at the same age.

Renault Clio built in 2018 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	20.7	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	79805
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 93.1–96.0)	94.6	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	79805
Rank among this model's 23 build years	4	of 23	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	79805
Tested in 2024	19843	tests	median 38,616 miles	2024	19843

Built 2018 against Renault Clio normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 3: 18.4% vs 15.5%; age 4: 17.6% vs 18.3%; age 5: 20.9% vs 24.2%; age 6: 25.9% vs 29.7%. Axis from 0% to 30%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2018 Renault Clio by registration · All Renault Clio MOT statistics · Download the build-year table (CSV)

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · full dataset (v5).

How does the 2018 Renault Clio fail at each age?

Cars built in 2018 were tested at ages 3 to 6 between 2019 and 2024. Each row compares their first-time failure share with what this model normally shows at that age, after allowing for the overall failure level of each test year.

Renault Clio built 2018: first-time MOT failure by age, against the model's normal rate at that age (2019–2024)
Age	Tests	Failed, %	95% interval	Normal for this model at that age, %	Index (100 = normal)
3	20,118	18.4	17.9–18.9	15.5	118.7
4	20,002	17.6	17.1–18.2	18.3	96.6
5	19,842	20.9	20.3–21.4	24.2	86.2
6	19,843	25.9	25.3–26.5	29.7	87.4

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 79,805 (initial tests) · Method: normal rate = this model's first-time failure share at that age across its build years (cells of 400+ tests), adjusted for each test year's overall level; cells of 30+ tests, under 500 marked rough · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

What fails most on the 2018 Renault Clio?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2018 is tyres: 7.2 items per 100 first tests, against 10.8 across all build years of the Renault Clio. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2018 were tested at ages 3 to 6.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Renault Clio built 2018 against the Renault Clio in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2018, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Tyres	7.2	10.8	5,791
Visibility	7.1	12.3	5,690
Brakes	6.3	16.9	5,083
Suspension	5.2	29.2	4,176
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	3.6	34.8	2,911

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 80,421 (initial tests of this build year) · Method: failure items grouped by DVSA's top-level defect groups, per 100 initial tests; groups with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How does 2018 compare with the years around it?

Among the 23 published build years of the Renault Clio, 2018 ranks 4 (1 = fails least for its age). 2017: index 89.8. 2019: index 98.1.

Renault Clio build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
1998	102.3	96.1–108.5	no different (rough estimate)	1,922
1999	101.0	97.4–104.6	no different	5,609
2000	103.3	100.9–105.8	worse	11,936
2001	99.4	97.7–101.1	no different	24,763
2002	97.6	96.3–98.8	better	44,830
2003	100.5	99.4–101.5	no different	66,052
2004	101.4	100.5–102.3	worse	89,247
2005	100.8	100.0–101.7	no different	100,443
2006	97.9	97.2–98.6	better	151,575
2007	98.4	97.7–99.0	better	178,276
2008	98.4	97.7–99.2	better	130,991
2009	98.2	97.4–99.0	better	120,976
2010	101.7	101.0–102.4	worse	163,427
2011	104.9	104.1–105.8	worse	116,495
2012	108.2	107.2–109.2	worse	94,928
2013	91.4	90.6–92.2	better	126,068
2014	100.3	99.5–101.1	no different	161,761
2015	105.3	104.3–106.2	worse	148,395
2016	100.7	99.6–101.7	no different	135,440
2017	89.8	88.6–91.0	better	102,540
2018	94.6	93.1–96.0	better	79,805
2019	98.1	96.1–100.0	no different	51,781
2020	94.2	91.1–97.4	better	22,018

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 2,129,278 (initial tests) · Method: observed failures against those expected for the same model at the same ages, test-year level adjusted; verdict follows the printed one-decimal bound · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How to cite this page

MOT Risk Index (2026). Renault Clio 2018 MOT statistics (data release dvsa-2024-v2; full dataset motriskindex-families-2024-v5, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22975051), updated 30 September 2026. motriskindex.co.uk/cars/renault-clio/2018/

How every figure is calculated: methodology. Age, test year and build year are tied together (age = test year − build year), so the test-year level is taken as observed, not estimated.

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