Renault Kangoo 2018: MOT failure rate for its age

34.5% of 10,159 MOT tests of the Renault Kangoo 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 106.5 (95% CI 103.0–110.0; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2018 Renault Kangoo fails more often than other build years of the same model at the same age.

Renault Kangoo built in 2018 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	34.5	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	10159
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 103.0–110.0)	106.5	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	10159
Rank among this model's 22 build years	21	of 22	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	10159
Tested in 2024	2466	tests	median 68,354 miles	2024	2466

Built 2018 against Renault Kangoo normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 3: 29.6% vs 27.2%; age 4: 35.8% vs 31%; age 5: 36.5% vs 34.2%; age 6: 36.3% vs 37.5%. Axis from 0% to 40%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2018 Renault Kangoo by registration · All Renault Kangoo 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 Kangoo 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 Kangoo 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	2,602	29.6	27.9–31.4	27.2	109
4	2,581	35.8	33.9–37.6	31	115.4
5	2,510	36.5	34.7–38.4	34.2	106.7
6	2,466	36.3	34.4–38.2	37.5	96.7

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 10,159 (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 Kangoo?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2018 is lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 27.4 items per 100 first tests, against 38.8 across all build years of the Renault Kangoo. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2018 were tested at ages 3 to 6.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Renault Kangoo built 2018 against the Renault Kangoo in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2018, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	27.4	38.8	2,810
Visibility	15.9	19.3	1,624
Tyres	11	11.9	1,123
Brakes	9.3	26.4	955
Body, chassis, structure	4.6	15.7	469

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 10,241 (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 22 published build years of the Renault Kangoo, 2018 ranks 21 (1 = fails least for its age). 2017: index 108.1. 2019: index 98.7.

Renault Kangoo build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
1999	102.0	89.4–114.7	no different (rough estimate)	463
2000	105.2	99.1–111.4	no different (rough estimate)	2,025
2001	102.0	98.1–105.9	no different	4,908
2002	98.3	95.5–101.1	no different	9,443
2003	102.9	100.5–105.3	worse	12,993
2004	101.3	99.3–103.3	no different	18,243
2005	101.8	99.9–103.8	no different	20,144
2006	97.0	95.1–98.8	better	21,506
2007	96.1	94.4–97.8	better	25,374
2008	89.8	88.0–91.6	better	21,670
2009	97.5	95.3–99.7	better	15,048
2010	104.2	102.6–105.7	worse	32,984
2011	103.0	101.5–104.5	worse	35,899
2012	99.6	97.6–101.5	no different	21,594
2013	102.8	100.5–105.2	worse	15,092
2014	99.1	97.1–101.2	no different	20,961
2015	98.0	96.1–100.0	no different	25,616
2016	98.8	96.6–101.0	no different	21,459
2017	108.1	105.1–111.2	worse	13,256
2018	106.5	103.0–110.0	worse	10,159
2019	98.7	95.1–102.2	no different	9,651
2020	87.6	82.2–92.9	better	4,102

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 362,590 (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 Kangoo 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-kangoo/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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