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Common Renault Espace MOT failures

Based on 29,682 Renault Espace tests on record carrying an official DVSA defect code, so every category below is counted from real failures rather than estimated.

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Real DVSA defect codes

Every category comes from the official MOT Inspection Manual section code DVSA attaches to each defect, not guessed from keywords.

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Where MOT tests find problems: Renault Espace

Axles, wheels, tyres and suspension 21,725 tests (73.2%)
Brakes 13,188 tests (44.4%)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 8,754 tests (29.5%)
Nuisance (emissions and noise) 4,190 tests (14.1%)
Body, structure and attachments 3,843 tests (12.9%)
Steering 3,717 tests (12.5%)
Registration plates and vehicle identification 1,496 tests (5.0%)
Visibility 1,133 tests (3.8%)

A test can find problems in more than one category, so the figures above do not sum to 100%. Each percentage is the share of classifiable tests that found at least one defect in that category. Based on 29,682 classifiable tests for Renault Espace.

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What Renault Espace failures look like

29,682 Renault Espace tests on record carry the manual reference DVSA attaches to each defect. The most frequent problems were with axles, wheels, tyres and suspension on 21,725 tests (73.2%), with brakes on 13,188 tests (44.4%) and with lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment on 8,754 tests (29.5%). A test can fail on more than one thing, and an MOT can be failed on one defect while another is only advised, so these counts do not add up to the number of tests.

Narrowed down from the categories to the individual defects themselves, three come up on more than one test:

  • Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge

    MOT inspection manual reference 5.2.3, in axles, wheels, tyres and suspension

    Recorded on 9,222 of the 29,682 tests: 1,534 failures and 7,688 advisories or minors.

  • Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement

    MOT inspection manual reference 5.3.4, in axles, wheels, tyres and suspension

    Recorded on 5,980 of the 29,682 tests: 2,784 failures and 3,196 advisories or minors.

  • Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened

    MOT inspection manual reference 1.1.14, in brakes

    Recorded on 5,343 of the 29,682 tests: 370 failures and 4,973 advisories or minors.

Where there is enough data to compare: Renault Clio (4,097,612 tests), Renault Megane (1,593,199 tests), Renault Trafic (1,296,748 tests), Renault Captur (1,168,302 tests), every Renault model (12,879,811 tests).

Clauses are read from the manual reference at the end of every defect on the cached test records, and a defect shown here has to appear on at least two of them before it is named. The site-wide breakdown explains how that works and compares every make.