Does the Renault Clio fail the MOT on road wheels more than it should?
The Renault Clio records 0.36 road wheels failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.49 expected for a car of the same age mix: about as expected for its class and age (the difference is within its interval or under 0.5 items per 100 tests) (−0.13, 95% interval −0.14 to −0.12). It ranks 336 of 516 models on road wheels (1 = most failures above expected).
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What exactly fails on road wheels?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Renault Clio is “A wheel badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mounting”, recorded 3,676 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| A wheel badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mounting | 3,676 | 0.17 |
| A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud | 3,147 | 0.15 |
| Any fracture or welding defect on a wheel | 433 | 0.02 |
| A wheel with more than one loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud | 259 | 0.01 |
| A wheel distorted or worn to the extent the wheel or tyre is likely to become detached | 163 | 0.01 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 2,157,560 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
If a Renault Clio gets a road wheels advisory, how often does it fail next time?
1.1% of Renault Clio MOTs with a road wheels advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 5,573 miles later (51,760 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 51,760 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
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