Pass rate
75.0%
Around average — 2.1 pts ahead of the 72.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 412 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £49–£132
2002 Renault Avantime MOT pass rate
- 2002
- typical 100,593 mi
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Most common fault
Brakes
24.3% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2002 75.0% pass · this year
- Avoid 2003 73.9% pass
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 1.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 70.7%
- Typical mileage
- 101k mi
The 2002 Renault Avantime MOT pass rate is 75.0% of its MOT tests — 2.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 24.3% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Fewer problems with tyres
Tyres are 7.1% of this car’s recorded faults, against 19.8% nationally — the mirror image of the usual story on a car of this age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 26% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2002 Renault Avantime compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.9%, so this figure is 2.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 70.7%. The median 2002 Renault Avantime in this dataset had covered 100,593 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 75.4% of the time, April–September 74.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements", noted on 8.50% of tests.
- 412 recorded tests behind this page.
- 75.0% overall pass rate, 70.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Renault Avantime, the average is 74.7% — best year 2002 (75.0%), worst 2003 (73.9%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 412
- Typical mileage (median)
- 100,593 mi
- Make and model
- Renault Avantime
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Brake Discs and Pads Set
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Avantime MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 62% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Avantime
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 118 | 75.4% |
| South West | 49 | 61.2% |
| Scotland | 42 | 85.7% |
| East of England | 41 | 73.2% |
| London | 40 | 77.5% |
| North West | 36 | 75.0% |
| East Midlands | 31 | 74.2% |
| Yorkshire | 16 | 68.8% |
| West Midlands | 15 | 86.7% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2002 Avantime
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2002 Avantime
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the lights 3.2% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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Check the windscreen 3.2% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
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Check the wipers and washers 2.9% of tests
“washers provides insufficient washer liquid”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2002 Avantime through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £49–£132 — and 26% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £49–£132
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: steering rack gaiter damaged or deteriorated,
- £120–£300
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 26%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 412 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the Avantime, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2002 to 2003. Across them the pass rate runs from 73.9% to 75.0% — a spread of 1.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2002 75.0%rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2003 73.9% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2002 Renault Avantime with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2002 cars with a similar record
- Mazda Mx-5 75.2%
- Volvo S60 75.2%
- Toyota RAV4 75.3%
- Land Rover Discovery 75.4%
- BMW X5 74.6%
- Mercedes-Benz Ml 74.6%
Closest pass rates among 2002 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2002 Renault Avantime 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 1,173 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 290 | 24.30% | 20.89% | +3.41 |
| Suspension | 274 | 23.00% | 20.98% | +2.02 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 123 | 10.30% | 12.21% | −1.91 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 109 | 9.20% | 5.52% | +3.68 |
| Tyres | 85 | 7.10% | 19.76% | −12.66 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 80 | 6.70% | 5.57% | +1.13 |
| Non-component advisories | 77 | 6.50% | 4.18% | +2.32 |
| Visibility | 58 | 4.90% | 4.97% | −0.07 |
| Steering | 56 | 4.70% | 2.57% | +2.13 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 21 | 1.80% | 1.76% | +0.04 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 8.5% | £45–110 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 3.4% | £80–250 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.2% | £5–20 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.2% | £80–200 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Major | 2.9% | £5–15 |
| Steering rack gaiter damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 2.7% | £120–300 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.7% | £3–12 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.4% | £60–140 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 2.4% | £25–65 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 2.4% | £80–250 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 18.9% | £200–700 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 16.5% | £45–110 |
| Non-component advisories Play in steering rack inner joint(s) Non-component advisories | Advisory | 13.6% | £120–300 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 13.3% | £25–65 |
| Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 11.9% | £180–450 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 10.4% | £80–180 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 33 | 81.8% | 48,932 mi |
| 60-90k | 104 | 70.2% | 76,979 mi |
| 90-120k | 153 | 76.5% | 102,784 mi |
| 120k+ | 122 | 75.4% | 146,827 mi |
Source: 412 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2002 Avantime MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2002 Renault Avantime?
75.0% of the 412 2002 Renault Avantime tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.9% for cars first used in 2002. First-attempt pass rate: 70.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2002 Renault Avantime?
The three most recorded items are rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements (8.50%), joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (3.40%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (3.16%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2002 Renault Avantime MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 81.8% of the time, falling to 75.4% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2002 Renault Avantime in this dataset had covered 100,593 mi.
Does the season affect the 2002 Renault Avantime MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 75.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 74.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.