Pass rate
84.1%
Around average — 7.1 pts behind the 91.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 4,364 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £24–£61
2021 Renault Kangoo MOT pass rate
- 2021
- Van
- 4 trims combined
- typical 33,631 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
29.8% 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 →
2.1 pts down across model years — 8.6% in 2001, 6.5% in 2021.
Which year to buy
- Best 2022 92.7% pass
- Avoid 2001 66.9% pass
Across the 24 years on record, a spread of 25.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 81.4%
- Typical mileage
- 34k mi
The 2021 Renault Kangoo MOT pass rate is 84.1% of its MOT tests — 7.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 29.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Renault Kangoo does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 2.0× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 24.7% of everything recorded on the 2021 Renault Kangoo, against 12.2% nationally — 12.5 points above. Tyres are still the single largest share at 29.8%, but at 19.8% nationally that one is ordinary. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, vans this age and mileage expect about 91.2%; this one manages 84.1% — 7.1 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 68% of the repairs this model fails on cost under £30 in parts. The pass rate matters less than what a bad afternoon at the test centre actually costs you.
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 Kangoo first registered in 2021 is combined here — 4 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2021 Renault Kangoo compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 91.2%, so this figure is 7.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 81.4%. The median 2021 Renault Kangoo in this dataset had covered 33,631 mi.
55% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 81.0% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 83.6% of the time, April–September 84.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 4.67% of tests.
- 4,364 recorded tests behind this page.
- 84.1% overall pass rate, 81.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Renault Kangoo, the average is 71.8% — best year 2022 (92.7%), worst 2001 (66.9%).
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
- 4,364
- Typical mileage (median)
- 33,631 mi
- Make and model
- Renault Kangoo
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
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 Kangoo MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 69% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (55% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Kangoo
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 896 | 82.6% |
| Scotland | 881 | 80.6% |
| North West | 478 | 85.1% |
| East of England | 422 | 83.6% |
| London | 329 | 88.4% |
| South West | 304 | 88.2% |
| Yorkshire | 302 | 84.8% |
| West Midlands | 237 | 81.9% |
| Wales | 207 | 92.8% |
| East Midlands | 199 | 81.9% |
| North East | 109 | 89.0% |
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 2021 Kangoo
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 2021 Kangoo
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 4.7% 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 lights 4.5% 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 tyre tread 2.0% 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 2021 Kangoo through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £24–£61 — and 68% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £24–£61
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 68%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 4,364 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 Kangoo, side by side
24 model years on record, from 2000 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 66.9% to 92.7% — a spread of 25.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 67.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2001 66.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2002 69.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2003 67.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2004 68.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2005 69.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2006 70.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 70.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 71.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 69.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 68.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 68.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 69.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 68.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 70.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2015 72.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2016 74.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2017 76.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2018 78.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2019 80.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2020 84.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2021 84.1%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2022 92.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2023 85.7% ball joint excessively worn
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 2021 Renault Kangoo 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 2021 vans with a similar record
- Toyota Proace City 84.1%
- Citroen Berlingo 83.8%
- Peugeot Partner 84.5%
- Vauxhall Vivaro 84.6%
- Citroen Dispatch 82.9%
- Nissan NV300 85.6%
Closest pass rates among 2021 vans with at least 1,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. Full rankings: best vans and worst vans for MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2021 Renault Kangoo 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 4,739 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 | 1,436 | 29.80% | 19.76% | +10.04 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 1,189 | 24.70% | 12.21% | +12.49 |
| Brakes | 826 | 17.20% | 20.89% | −3.69 |
| Visibility | 547 | 11.40% | 4.97% | +6.43 |
| Non-component advisories | 204 | 4.20% | 4.18% | +0.02 |
| Suspension | 196 | 4.10% | 20.98% | −16.88 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 106 | 2.20% | 5.52% | −3.32 |
| Road Wheels | 92 | 1.90% | 0.75% | +1.15 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 72 | 1.50% | 5.57% | −4.07 |
| Steering | 71 | 1.50% | 2.57% | −1.07 |
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 | 4.7% | £80–200 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.5% | £5–20 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.6% | £3–12 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.6% | £3–12 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 2.0% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 2.0% | £45–95 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.9% | £8–22 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.8% | £3–12 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.8% | £5–20 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.7% | £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 | 17.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 5.1% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 4.4% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 4.3% | £45–110 |
| Stop lamp with a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Advisory | 4.0% | £3–12 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 2.3% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 1,965 | 88.8% | 16,307 mi |
| 30-60k | 1,327 | 81.8% | 43,353 mi |
| 60-90k | 616 | 77.1% | 73,074 mi |
| 90-120k | 306 | 79.7% | 102,839 mi |
| 120k+ | 147 | 80.3% | 138,976 mi |
Source: 4,364 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.
2021 Kangoo MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2021 Renault Kangoo?
84.1% of the 4,364 2021 Renault Kangoo tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 91.2% for cars first used in 2021. First-attempt pass rate: 81.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2021 Renault Kangoo?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (4.67%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.54%), stop lamp not working (3.60%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2021 Renault Kangoo MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 88.8% of the time, falling to 80.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2021 Renault Kangoo in this dataset had covered 33,631 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2021 Renault Kangoo?
Diesel: 81.0% pass rate across 2,395 tests. Electric: 88.0% pass rate across 1,969 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2021 Renault Kangoo MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 83.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 84.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.