Pass rate
87.4%
Above average — 0.5 pts behind the 87.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 69,028 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £21–£51
2018 Renault Captur MOT pass rate
- 2018
- 2 trims combined
- typical 37,765 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Tyres
41.7% 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
- 85.7%
- Typical mileage
- 38k mi
The 2018 Renault Captur MOT pass rate is 87.4% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 41.7% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.1× the national share
Tyres make up 41.7% of everything recorded on the 2018 Renault Captur, against 19.8% nationally — 21.9 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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Every Renault Captur first registered in 2018 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2018 Renault Captur compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 87.9%, so this figure is 0.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 85.7%. The median 2018 Renault Captur in this dataset had covered 37,765 mi.
69% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Petrol, which passed 88.0% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 87.6% of the time, April–September 87.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Ball joint excessively worn", noted on 1.49% of tests.
- 69,028 recorded tests behind this page.
- 87.4% overall pass rate, 85.7% 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
- 69,028
- Typical mileage (median)
- 37,765 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
Ball Joint
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Captur MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 67% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (69% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| North West | 10,212 | 88.6% |
| Scotland | 10,139 | 81.1% |
| South East | 8,817 | 89.3% |
| Yorkshire | 7,031 | 87.8% |
| West Midlands | 6,678 | 88.4% |
| East of England | 5,861 | 90.0% |
| South West | 5,675 | 88.6% |
| Wales | 4,888 | 87.4% |
| East Midlands | 4,486 | 88.5% |
| North East | 3,521 | 86.2% |
| London | 1,720 | 90.6% |
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 2018 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 2018 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 suspension joints 1.5% 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 lights 1.4% 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 wipers and washers 1.4% of tests
“wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”
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 2018 Captur through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £21–£51 — and 48% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £21–£51
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: service brake performance excessively binding
- £60–£150
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 48%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 69,028 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 2018 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 2018 cars with a similar record
- Audi A5 87.4%
- Volkswagen Touran 87.4%
- Ford Galaxy 87.4%
- BMW X2 XDRIVE20D 87.4%
- Vauxhall Astra 87.5%
- Ford C-Max 87.5%
Closest pass rates among 2018 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 2018 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 65,341 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 | 27,396 | 41.70% | 19.76% | +21.94 |
| Brakes | 17,342 | 26.40% | 20.89% | +5.51 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 5,407 | 8.20% | 12.21% | −4.01 |
| Non-component advisories | 4,759 | 7.30% | 4.18% | +3.12 |
| Suspension | 4,330 | 6.60% | 20.98% | −14.38 |
| Visibility | 3,896 | 5.90% | 4.97% | +0.93 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 909 | 1.40% | 5.52% | −4.12 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 516 | 0.80% | 1.76% | −0.96 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 425 | 0.60% | 5.57% | −4.97 |
| Road Wheels | 361 | 0.60% | 0.75% | −0.15 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.5% | £18–45 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.4% | £5–20 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.4% | £8–22 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.1% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.1% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.0% | £18–45 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 0.98% | £60–150 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 0.87% | £8–22 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.86% | £3–12 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.78% | £3–12 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 16.2% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 15.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 7.2% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 6.2% | £45–110 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 3.8% | £45–110 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 3.2% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 22,276 | 91.8% | 21,457 mi |
| 30-60k | 36,961 | 86.8% | 42,883 mi |
| 60-90k | 8,600 | 80.6% | 70,243 mi |
| 90-120k | 1,032 | 76.8% | 99,562 mi |
| 120k+ | 139 | 75.5% | 139,837 mi |
Source: 69,028 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.
2018 Captur MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2018 Renault Captur?
87.4% of the 69,028 2018 Renault Captur tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 87.9% for cars first used in 2018. First-attempt pass rate: 85.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2018 Renault Captur?
The three most recorded items are ball joint excessively worn (1.49%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (1.45%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (1.42%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2018 Renault Captur MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 91.8% of the time, falling to 75.5% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2018 Renault Captur in this dataset had covered 37,765 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2018 Renault Captur?
Petrol: 88.0% pass rate across 47,922 tests. Diesel: 86.1% pass rate across 21,106 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2018 Renault Captur MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 87.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 87.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.