Does the Renault Twingo fail the MOT on road wheels more than it should?
The Renault Twingo records 0.22 road wheels failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.46 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) (−0.24, 95% interval −0.27 to −0.21). It ranks 439 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 Twingo is “A wheel badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mounting”, recorded 199 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| A wheel badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mounting | 199 | 0.13 |
| A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud | 91 | 0.06 |
| Any fracture or welding defect on a wheel | 32 | 0.02 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 158,685 (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 Twingo gets a road wheels advisory, how often does it fail next time?
1.1% of Renault Twingo MOTs with a road wheels advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 4,510 miles later (2,371 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 2,371 (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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