Pass rate
86.5%
Above average — 0.5 pts ahead of the 86.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 65,382 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £28–£68
2017 Renault Captur MOT pass rate
- 2017
- typical 43,865 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Tyres
37.7% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tread depth below 1.6 mm. What fitting it takes →
1.7 pts down across model years — 7.3% in 2013, 5.6% in 2022.
Which year to buy
- Best 2022 93.6% pass
- Avoid 2013 72.1% pass
Across the 10 years on record, a spread of 21.5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 84.5%
- Typical mileage
- 44k mi
The 2017 Renault Captur MOT pass rate is 86.5% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 37.7% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.9× the national share
Tyres make up 37.7% of everything recorded on the 2017 Renault Captur, against 19.8% nationally — 17.9 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
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 2017 Renault Captur compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 86.0%, so this figure is 0.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 84.5%. The median 2017 Renault Captur in this dataset had covered 43,865 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Petrol — 54% of tests, with a 87.4% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 86.8% of the time, April–September 86.2%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 2.51% of tests.
- 65,382 recorded tests behind this page.
- 86.5% overall pass rate, 84.5% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Renault Captur, the average is 84.3% — best year 2022 (93.6%), worst 2013 (72.1%).
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
- 65,382
- Typical mileage (median)
- 43,865 mi
- Make and model
- Renault Captur
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Number Plate Lamp
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Captur MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 65% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (54% of tests).
Where the Renault Captur is most common
Across all Captur model years on record (2013–2022): 216,904 Renault Captur cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 527,229 tests. Glasgow (G) has the most, with 7,335 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.
| # | Postcode area | Cars | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glasgow (G) | 7,335 | 78.6% |
| 2 | Birmingham (B) | 5,899 | 86.9% |
| 3 | Cardiff (CF) | 4,980 | 83.4% |
| 4 | Sheffield (S) | 4,741 | 85.9% |
| 5 | Swansea (SA) | 4,538 | 84.8% |
| 6 | Warrington (WA) | 4,092 | 85.9% |
| 7 | Chester (CH) | 3,788 | 84.7% |
| 8 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 3,779 | 83.1% |
| 9 | Manchester (M) | 3,745 | 85.3% |
| 10 | Nottingham (NG) | 3,677 | 84.3% |
| 11 | Liverpool (L) | 3,640 | 85.8% |
| 12 | Doncaster (DN) | 3,487 | 84.4% |
| 13 | Peterborough (PE) | 3,434 | 87.2% |
| 14 | Edinburgh (EH) | 3,430 | 77.4% |
| 15 | Derby (DE) | 3,310 | 87.0% |
| 16 | Norwich (NR) | 3,204 | 86.2% |
| 17 | Stoke On Trent (ST) | 3,106 | 83.2% |
| 18 | Bristol (BS) | 3,072 | 84.8% |
| 19 | Northampton (NN) | 3,068 | 83.5% |
| 20 | Wolverhampton (WV) | 2,830 | 86.6% |
The twenty areas with the most Renault Captur cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →
Regional pass rates for the Captur
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 11,007 | 78.9% |
| North West | 9,453 | 88.4% |
| South East | 8,240 | 89.6% |
| West Midlands | 6,135 | 87.6% |
| Yorkshire | 6,087 | 87.0% |
| East of England | 5,532 | 89.6% |
| South West | 5,496 | 88.1% |
| Wales | 4,385 | 86.3% |
| East Midlands | 4,027 | 88.1% |
| North East | 3,293 | 84.1% |
| London | 1,726 | 90.8% |
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 2017 Captur
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 2017 Captur
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 2.5% 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 suspension joints 2.0% of tests
“ball joint excessively worn”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
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Check the tyre tread 1.3% of tests
“tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm”
Check all four tyres cold, including the inner shoulder where wear hides — 1.6mm across the central three-quarters is the legal limit, and most testers fail at 1.6mm without argument.
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 2017 Captur through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £28–£68 — and 37% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £28–£68
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 37%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 65,382 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 Captur, side by side
10 model years on record, from 2013 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 72.1% to 93.6% — a spread of 21.5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2013 72.1% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2014 77.3% ball joint excessively worn
- 2015 79.1% ball joint excessively worn
- 2016 83.6% ball joint excessively worn
- 2017 86.5%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2018 87.4% ball joint excessively worn
- 2019 89.4% wipers does not clear the…
- 2020 92.4% wipers blade defective
- 2021 93.5% has ply or cords exposed
- 2022 93.6% has ply or cords exposed
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 2017 Renault Captur 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 2017 cars with a similar record
- Ford Galaxy 86.5%
- Vauxhall Astra 86.4%
- SEAT Leon 86.4%
- BMW 640 86.6%
- Suzuki Jimny 86.6%
- Volvo XC60 86.7%
Closest pass rates among 2017 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 2017 Renault Captur 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 66,172 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 25,040 | 37.70% | 19.76% | +17.94 |
| Brakes | 17,302 | 26.00% | 20.89% | +5.11 |
| Suspension | 6,972 | 10.50% | 20.98% | −10.48 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 6,278 | 9.40% | 12.21% | −2.81 |
| Non-component advisories | 4,391 | 6.60% | 4.18% | +2.42 |
| Visibility | 3,478 | 5.20% | 4.97% | +0.23 |
| Road Wheels | 804 | 1.20% | 0.75% | +0.45 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 680 | 1.00% | 5.52% | −4.52 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 676 | 1.00% | 1.76% | −0.76 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 551 | 0.80% | 5.57% | −4.77 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.5% | £5–20 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.0% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.2% | £8–22 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 1.1% | £60–150 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 0.99% | £80–200 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 0.95% | £45–95 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 0.94% | £8–22 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.89% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.83% | £30–80 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 16.3% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 14.1% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 6.9% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 6.8% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 3.6% | £45–110 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 3.1% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 14,233 | 92.9% | 21,978 mi |
| 30-60k | 35,910 | 86.7% | 43,997 mi |
| 60-90k | 12,553 | 80.7% | 71,030 mi |
| 90-120k | 2,054 | 77.3% | 100,480 mi |
| 120k+ | 389 | 73.3% | 137,917 mi |
Source: 65,382 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.
2017 Captur MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2017 Renault Captur?
86.5% of the 65,382 2017 Renault Captur tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 86.0% for cars first used in 2017. First-attempt pass rate: 84.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2017 Renault Captur?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (2.51%), ball joint excessively worn (2.02%), tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (1.26%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2017 Renault Captur MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 92.9% of the time, falling to 73.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2017 Renault Captur in this dataset had covered 43,865 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2017 Renault Captur?
Petrol: 87.4% pass rate across 35,215 tests. Diesel: 85.5% pass rate across 30,167 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2017 Renault Captur MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 86.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 86.2%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.