Pass rate
74.1%
Below average — 8.0 pts behind the 82.1% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 58 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £36–£109
2015 Renault Grscenic MOT pass rate
- 2015
- typical 79,701 mi
Only 58 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
27.9% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£40 for Brake pads under 1.5 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2015 74.1% pass · this year
- Avoid 2014 67.2% pass
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 6.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 65.1%
- Typical mileage
- 80k mi
The 2015 Renault Grscenic MOT pass rate is 74.1% of its MOT tests — 8.0 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 27.9% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.3× the national share
Brakes make up 27.9% of everything recorded on the 2015 Renault Grscenic, against 20.9% nationally — 7.0 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 82.1%; this one manages 74.1% — 8.0 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Based on a small sample. 58 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 2015 Renault Grscenic compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 82.1%, so this figure is 8.0 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 65.1%. The median 2015 Renault Grscenic in this dataset had covered 79,701 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt", noted on 8.62% of tests.
- 58 recorded tests behind this page.
- 74.1% overall pass rate, 65.1% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Renault Grscenic, the average is 68.5% — best year 2015 (74.1%), worst 2014 (67.2%).
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
- 58
- Typical mileage (median)
- 79,701 mi
- Make and model
- Renault Grscenic
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
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 Grscenic MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 60% so small gaps stay visible.
What fails a 2015 Grscenic
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 2015 Grscenic
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 8.6% 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 coil springs 6.9% 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.
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Check the brakes 3.5% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
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 2015 Grscenic through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £36–£109 — and 40% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £36–£109
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot split or…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 40%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 58 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 Grscenic, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2014 to 2015. Across them the pass rate runs from 67.2% to 74.1% — a spread of 6.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2014 67.2% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2015 74.1%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 2015 Renault Grscenic 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 2015 cars with a similar record
- Vauxhall Combo 74.0%
- Dacia Sandero 73.9%
- Citroen Nemo 73.9%
- Peugeot Bipper 74.3%
- DS DS3 74.4%
- Vauxhall Antara 74.6%
Closest pass rates among 2015 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 2015 Renault Grscenic 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 8 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 129 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 | 36 | 27.90% | 20.89% | +7.01 |
| Suspension | 26 | 20.20% | 20.98% | −0.78 |
| Tyres | 25 | 19.40% | 19.76% | −0.36 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 17 | 13.20% | 12.21% | +0.99 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 9 | 7.00% | 5.57% | +1.43 |
| Non-component advisories | 8 | 6.20% | 4.18% | +2.02 |
| Visibility | 6 | 4.70% | 4.97% | −0.27 |
| Steering | 2 | 1.60% | 2.57% | −0.97 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 8.6% | £80–250 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 8.6% | £5–20 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 6.9% | £25–65 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 6.9% | £80–250 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.2% | £3–12 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 3.5% | £18–45 |
| Switch inoperative Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.5% | £5–25 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Major | 3.5% | £5–15 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.5% | £80–200 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.7% | £18–45 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 25.9% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 20.7% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 17.2% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 15.5% | £45–95 |
| Wheel bearings has excessive play Suspension | Advisory | 12.1% | £20–55 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 6.9% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 18 | 77.8% | 48,883 mi |
| 60-90k | 14 | 71.4% | 72,896 mi |
| 90-120k | 22 | 68.2% | 104,436 mi |
| 120k+ | 4 | 100.0% | 138,264 mi |
Source: 58 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.
2015 Grscenic MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2015 Renault Grscenic?
74.1% of the 58 2015 Renault Grscenic tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 82.1% for cars first used in 2015. First-attempt pass rate: 65.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2015 Renault Grscenic?
The three most recorded items are joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (8.62%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (8.62%), coil spring fractured or broken (6.90%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2015 Renault Grscenic MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 77.8% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2015 Renault Grscenic in this dataset had covered 79,701 mi.