Pass rate
75.0%
Around average — 1.2 pts ahead of the 73.8% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 72 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £52–£158
2000 Renault Espace MOT pass rate
- 2000
- typical 114,717 mi
Only 72 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
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Most common fault
Brakes
23.2% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2000 75.0% pass · this year
- Avoid 2011 66.0% pass
Across the 13 years on record, a spread of 9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 70.0%
- Typical mileage
- 115k mi
The 2000 Renault Espace MOT pass rate is 75.0% of its MOT tests — 1.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 23.2% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Emissions & leaks: 2.2× the national share
Emissions & leaks make up 12.2% of everything recorded on the 2000 Renault Espace, against 5.5% nationally — 6.7 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 23.2%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. A smoky diesel or a leaking joint fails on emissions more often than on wear, so ask for a recent emissions printout.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 18% 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.
- Based on a small sample. 72 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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 Espace compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.8%, so this figure is 1.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 70.0%. The median 2000 Renault Espace in this dataset had covered 114,717 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Petrol — 75% of tests, with a 79.6% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 83.3% of the time, April–September 63.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 11.11% of tests.
- 72 recorded tests behind this page.
- 75.0% overall pass rate, 70.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Renault Espace, the average is 68.5% — best year 2000 (75.0%), worst 2011 (66.0%).
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
- 72
- Typical mileage (median)
- 114,717 mi
- Make and model
- Renault Espace
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Windscreen
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Espace MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 54% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (75% of tests).
Where the Renault Espace is most common
Across all Espace model years on record (2000–2012): 2,030 Renault Espace cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 5,348 tests. Birmingham (B) has the most, with 50 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 | Birmingham (B) | 50 | 79.5% |
| 2 | Portsmouth (PO) | 41 | 63.3% |
| 3 | Nottingham (NG) | 40 | 66.0% |
| 4 | Norwich (NR) | 38 | 64.3% |
| 5 | Peterborough (PE) | 36 | 66.7% |
| 6 | Reading (RG) | 36 | 69.6% |
| 7 | Poole (BH) | 35 | 68.1% |
| 8 | Chester (CH) | 34 | 63.7% |
| 9 | Bristol (BS) | 34 | 58.2% |
| 10 | Leicester (LE) | 34 | 74.7% |
| 11 | Brighton (BN) | 33 | 64.5% |
| 12 | Doncaster (DN) | 33 | 63.7% |
| 13 | Guildford (GU) | 33 | 67.9% |
| 14 | Ashford (TN) | 31 | 70.4% |
| 15 | Sheffield (S) | 30 | 68.4% |
| 16 | Oxford (OX) | 28 | 64.3% |
| 17 | Southampton (SO) | 28 | 73.2% |
| 18 | Manchester (M) | 28 | 73.4% |
| 19 | Northampton (NN) | 27 | 69.1% |
| 20 | London (SE) | 27 | 75.0% |
The twenty areas with the most Renault Espace 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 Espace
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 23 | 78.3% |
| South West | 16 | 75.0% |
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 Espace
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 Espace
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 windscreen 11.1% 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 exhaust and emissions 5.6% of tests
“catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
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Check the lights 5.6% of tests
“individual direction indicators lens 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.
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 Espace through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £52–£158 — and 18% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £52–£158
- Cheapest common item: individual direction indicators lens defective
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: steering rack gaiter damaged or deteriorated,
- £120–£300
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 40%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 18%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 72 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 Espace, side by side
13 model years on record, from 2000 to 2012. Across them the pass rate runs from 66.0% to 75.0% — a spread of 9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 75.0%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2001 72.2% battery(ies) insecure but not…
- 2002 68.8% steering rack gaiter missing or…
- 2003 72.6% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2004 71.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2005 71.5% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2006 69.6% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2007 66.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 67.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 68.1% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2010 68.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 66.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 70.4% joints constant velocity boot…
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 Espace 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
- MG Mgf 75.0%
- Land Rover Defender 74.7%
- Honda Civic 75.3%
- Land Rover Discovery 75.7%
- BMW 3 Series 76.5%
- Audi A4 73.5%
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 Espace 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 253 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 | 59 | 23.20% | 20.89% | +2.31 |
| Suspension | 50 | 19.70% | 20.98% | −1.28 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 31 | 12.20% | 5.52% | +6.68 |
| Tyres | 26 | 10.20% | 19.76% | −9.56 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 25 | 9.80% | 12.21% | −2.41 |
| Non-component advisories | 20 | 7.90% | 4.18% | +3.72 |
| Visibility | 15 | 5.90% | 4.97% | +0.93 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 13 | 5.10% | 5.57% | −0.47 |
| Steering | 12 | 4.70% | 2.57% | +2.13 |
| Road Wheels | 2 | 0.80% | 0.75% | +0.05 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 11.1% | £80–200 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 5.6% | £60–250 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 5.6% | £60–250 |
| Individual direction indicators lens defective which has no effect on emitted light Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 5.6% | £3–12 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 5.6% | £45–110 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 4.2% | £25–65 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.2% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.2% | £5–25 |
| Steering rack gaiter damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 4.2% | £120–300 |
| Catalyst emissions hydrocarbon content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.8% | £60–250 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 27.8% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 26.4% | £45–110 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 19.4% | £25–65 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 19.4% | £200–700 |
| Non-component advisories Play in steering rack inner joint(s) Non-component advisories | Advisory | 12.5% | £120–300 |
| Non-component advisories Passenger seat(s) missing at time of test Non-component advisories | Advisory | 9.7% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 1 | 100.0% | 22,431 mi |
| 30-60k | 8 | 62.5% | 52,580 mi |
| 60-90k | 7 | 85.7% | 71,006 mi |
| 90-120k | 23 | 65.2% | 102,048 mi |
| 120k+ | 33 | 81.8% | 164,174 mi |
Source: 72 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 Espace MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2000 Renault Espace?
75.0% of the 72 2000 Renault Espace tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.8% for cars first used in 2000. First-attempt pass rate: 70.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2000 Renault Espace?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (11.11%), catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (5.56%), catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits (5.56%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2000 Renault Espace MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 81.8% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2000 Renault Espace in this dataset had covered 114,717 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2000 Renault Espace?
Petrol: 79.6% pass rate across 54 tests. Diesel: 66.7% pass rate across 12 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2000 Renault Espace MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 83.3% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 63.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.