Does the Renault Espace fail the MOT on seat belts and airbags more than it should?
The Renault Espace records 2.23 seat belts and airbags failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 2.37 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) (−0.14, 95% interval −0.38 to +0.10). It ranks 345 of 627 models on seat belts and airbags (1 = most failures above expected).
Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on seat belts and airbags · check a Renault Espace by registration
What exactly fails on seat belts and airbags?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Renault Espace is “An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction”, recorded 211 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction | 211 | 1.35 |
| Seat belt not functioning as intended or of an incorrect type | 33 | 0.21 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 15,678 (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
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