Pass rate
69.0%
Below average — 4.8 pts behind the 73.8% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 4,219 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £52–£154
2000 Renault Clio MOT pass rate
- 2000
- typical 75,766 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
20.0% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 95.2% pass
- Avoid 2006 67.9% pass
Across the 24 years on record, a spread of 27.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 58.2%
- Typical mileage
- 76k mi
The 2000 Renault Clio MOT pass rate is 69.0% of its MOT tests — 4.8 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 20.0% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Renault Clio does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 2.1× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 11.7% of everything recorded on the 2000 Renault Clio, against 5.6% nationally — 6.1 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 20.0%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. Look underneath for corrosion near the jacking points and suspension mounts; surface rust is normal, flaking metal is not.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 73.8%; this one manages 69.0% — 4.8 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 29% 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 2000 Renault Clio compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.8%, so this figure is 4.8 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 58.2%. The median 2000 Renault Clio in this dataset had covered 75,766 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Petrol — 99% of tests, with a 69.0% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 69.2% of the time, April–September 68.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated", noted on 5.52% of tests.
- 4,219 recorded tests behind this page.
- 69.0% overall pass rate, 58.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Renault Clio, the average is 72.5% — best year 2023 (95.2%), worst 2006 (67.9%).
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
- 4,219
- Typical mileage (median)
- 75,766 mi
- Make and model
- Renault Clio
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Body Panel Repair
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Clio MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 59% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (99% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Clio
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 993 | 69.9% |
| South West | 746 | 63.9% |
| East of England | 554 | 69.5% |
| West Midlands | 487 | 72.5% |
| Yorkshire | 328 | 67.7% |
| East Midlands | 278 | 69.8% |
| North West | 270 | 72.2% |
| Wales | 192 | 67.2% |
| Scotland | 172 | 68.0% |
| North East | 141 | 68.8% |
| London | 58 | 81.0% |
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 2000 Clio
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 2000 Clio
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 4.4% of tests
“headlamp lens slightly defective”
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 steering 4.3% of tests
“steering rack gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt”
With the wheels straight, rock the steering wheel gently with the engine off — more than about an inch of free play before the wheels move is worth investigating. Split rack gaiters are cheap to replace and commonly recorded.
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Check the coil springs 3.8% of tests
“coil spring fractured or broken”
Look up inside each wheel arch with a torch, all the way round the spring. A snapped spring usually breaks at the very bottom coil, where a quick glance will not reach.
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 2000 Clio through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £52–£154 — and 29% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £52–£154
- Cheapest common item: wipers does not clear the windscreen…
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: steering rack gaiter missing or no longer…
- £120–£300
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 29%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 4,219 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 Clio, side by side
24 model years on record, from 2000 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 67.9% to 95.2% — a spread of 27.3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 69.0%joints constant velocity boot…
- 2001 70.7% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2002 70.4% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2003 68.7% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2004 68.3% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2005 68.0% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2006 67.9% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2007 68.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 68.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 68.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 68.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 68.4% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2012 68.7% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2013 71.3% ball joint excessively worn
- 2014 70.8% ball joint excessively worn
- 2015 72.5% ball joint excessively worn
- 2016 73.9% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2017 78.0% ball joint excessively worn
- 2018 82.0% ball joint excessively worn
- 2019 84.4% wipers does not clear the…
- 2020 88.1% wipers does not clear the…
- 2021 89.9% wipers does not clear the…
- 2022 91.5% has ply or cords exposed
- 2023 95.2% service brake performance…
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 2000 Renault Clio 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 2000 cars with a similar record
- Ford Focus 69.3%
- Honda Cr-V 68.7%
- Nissan Micra 69.4%
- Ford Fiesta 68.3%
- Honda Accord 69.8%
- Ford Mondeo 70.1%
Closest pass rates among 2000 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 2000 Renault Clio 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 14,011 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 2,868 | 20.00% | 20.98% | −0.98 |
| Brakes | 2,278 | 15.90% | 20.89% | −4.99 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 2,206 | 15.40% | 12.21% | +3.19 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1,670 | 11.70% | 5.57% | +6.13 |
| Tyres | 1,533 | 10.70% | 19.76% | −9.06 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1,148 | 8.00% | 5.52% | +2.48 |
| Steering | 703 | 4.90% | 2.57% | +2.33 |
| Visibility | 646 | 4.50% | 4.97% | −0.47 |
| Non-component advisories | 504 | 3.50% | 4.18% | −0.68 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 455 | 3.20% | 1.76% | +1.44 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 5.5% | £80–250 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.4% | £5–25 |
| Steering rack gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Steering | Major | 4.3% | £120–300 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 3.8% | £25–65 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.8% | £5–25 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 3.6% | £80–250 |
| Service brake imbalance across an axle Brakes | Major | 3.6% | £45–110 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 3.3% | £60–250 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.3% | £80–200 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 3.1% | £8–22 |
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 | 15.2% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 14.8% | £200–700 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 14.6% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 13.4% | £45–110 |
| Linkage pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 12.0% | £40–150 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 10.3% | £45–120 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 155 | 78.1% | 21,810 mi |
| 30-60k | 1,168 | 70.8% | 47,344 mi |
| 60-90k | 1,413 | 67.8% | 74,620 mi |
| 90-120k | 1,009 | 67.9% | 103,765 mi |
| 120k+ | 459 | 67.1% | 144,147 mi |
Source: 4,219 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.
2000 Clio MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2000 Renault Clio?
69.0% of the 4,219 2000 Renault Clio tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.8% for cars first used in 2000. First-attempt pass rate: 58.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2000 Renault Clio?
The three most recorded items are joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (5.52%), headlamp lens slightly defective (4.41%), steering rack gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (4.27%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2000 Renault Clio MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 78.1% of the time, falling to 67.1% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2000 Renault Clio in this dataset had covered 75,766 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2000 Renault Clio?
Petrol: 69.0% pass rate across 4,174 tests. Diesel: 62.2% pass rate across 45 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2000 Renault Clio MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 69.2% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 68.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.