Renault Trafic 2012: MOT failure rate for its age

50.0% of 28,942 MOT tests of the Renault Trafic first registered in 2012 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 104.6 (95% CI 102.9–106.3; 100 = normal for this model at that age): close to other build years of the same model at the same age (within 5 points of normal).

Renault Trafic built in 2012 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	50.0	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	28942
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 102.9–106.3)	104.6	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	28942
Rank among this model's 20 build years	19	of 20	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	28942
Tested in 2024	4370	tests	median 133,816 miles	2024	4370

Built 2012 against Renault Trafic normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 7: 47% vs 43.2%; age 8: 47.4% vs 44.3%; age 9: 50.8% vs 48.2%; age 10: 51.5% vs 49.9%; age 11: 51% vs 50.5%; age 12: 52.7% vs 51.5%. Axis from 0% to 60%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2012 Renault Trafic by registration · All Renault Trafic 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 2012 Renault Trafic fail at each age?

Cars built in 2012 were tested at ages 7 to 12 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 Trafic built 2012: 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)
7	5,270	47	45.6–48.3	43.2	108.8
8	4,852	47.4	46–48.9	44.3	107.1
9	4,921	50.8	49.4–52.2	48.2	105.4
10	4,839	51.5	50–52.9	49.9	103.1
11	4,690	51	49.5–52.4	50.5	101
12	4,370	52.7	51.2–54.2	51.5	102.4

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 28,942 (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 2012 Renault Trafic?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2012 is lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 34.3 items per 100 first tests, against 29.5 across all build years of the Renault Trafic. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2012 were tested at ages 7 to 12.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Renault Trafic built 2012 against the Renault Trafic in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2012, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	34.3	29.5	9,939
Suspension	32.8	31.2	9,483
Brakes	30.6	27	8,852
Visibility	20.7	17.2	5,994
Steering	16.6	12.7	4,796

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 28,942 (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 2012 compare with the years around it?

Among the 20 published build years of the Renault Trafic, 2012 ranks 19 (1 = fails least for its age). 2011: index 107.4. 2013: index 104.1.

Renault Trafic build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2001	100.2	88.5–112.0	no different (rough estimate)	524
2002	100.7	97.2–104.3	no different	5,803
2003	101.3	98.9–103.7	no different	12,467
2004	102.0	100.0–103.9	no different	19,054
2005	98.6	96.9–100.4	no different	23,733
2006	100.4	98.9–102.0	no different	30,845
2007	99.2	97.7–100.6	no different	32,689
2008	96.7	95.1–98.2	better	29,788
2009	98.4	96.6–100.3	no different	20,973
2010	101.4	99.9–102.8	no different	35,150
2011	107.4	106.0–108.9	worse	40,998
2012	104.6	102.9–106.3	worse	28,942
2013	104.1	102.3–105.9	worse	27,121
2014	103.6	102.1–105.1	worse	42,549
2015	97.5	96.2–98.7	better	66,856
2016	95.2	93.9–96.4	better	75,822
2017	97.3	95.7–98.9	better	48,620
2018	101.2	99.0–103.4	no different	29,491
2019	99.8	97.3–102.3	no different	24,625
2020	93.7	89.5–98.0	better	8,828

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 604,878 (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 Trafic 2012 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-trafic/2012/

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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