Pass rate
68.6%
Below average — 4.5 pts behind the 73.1% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 959 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £23–£69
2008 Renault Koleos MOT pass rate
- 2008
- typical 116,800 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Suspension
31.7% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Part only £35–£75 for Suspension pin or bush excessively worn. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2020 90.8% pass
- Avoid 2010 67.9% pass
Across the 7 years on record, a spread of 22.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 58.0%
- Typical mileage
- 117k mi
The 2008 Renault Koleos MOT pass rate is 68.6% of its MOT tests — 4.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 31.7% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.5× the national share
Suspension accounts for 31.7% of everything recorded on the 2008 Renault Koleos, against 21.0% nationally — 10.7 points above. Ask for the front and rear suspension to be checked on a ramp before you buy — worn bushes and broken springs are cheap to look at and expensive to discover at test time.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 73.1%; this one manages 68.6% — 4.5 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
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 2008 Renault Koleos compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.1%, so this figure is 4.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 58.0%. The median 2008 Renault Koleos in this dataset had covered 116,800 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 69.2% of the time, April–September 68.0%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Track rod end ball joint has excessive play", noted on 9.28% of tests.
- 959 recorded tests behind this page.
- 68.6% overall pass rate, 58.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Renault Koleos, the average is 82.1% — best year 2020 (90.8%), worst 2010 (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
- 959
- Typical mileage (median)
- 116,800 mi
- Make and model
- Renault Koleos
- 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 Koleos MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 59% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the Renault Koleos is most common
Across all Koleos model years on record (2008–2020): 6,751 Renault Koleos cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 14,578 tests. Sheffield (S) has the most, with 178 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 | Sheffield (S) | 178 | 83.1% |
| 2 | Birmingham (B) | 164 | 86.0% |
| 3 | Swansea (SA) | 151 | 82.3% |
| 4 | Glasgow (G) | 150 | 83.9% |
| 5 | Cardiff (CF) | 139 | 84.1% |
| 6 | Peterborough (PE) | 135 | 83.3% |
| 7 | Warrington (WA) | 123 | 84.6% |
| 8 | Northampton (NN) | 118 | 77.4% |
| 9 | Basildon (SS) | 117 | 91.3% |
| 10 | Nottingham (NG) | 114 | 79.2% |
| 11 | Doncaster (DN) | 109 | 81.7% |
| 12 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 106 | 85.2% |
| 13 | Manchester (M) | 100 | 86.0% |
| 14 | Norwich (NR) | 97 | 84.9% |
| 15 | Romford (RM) | 92 | 92.3% |
| 16 | Wakefield (WF) | 90 | 81.3% |
| 17 | Exeter (EX) | 89 | 81.9% |
| 18 | Derby (DE) | 89 | 89.0% |
| 19 | Liverpool (L) | 87 | 86.1% |
| 20 | Wolverhampton (WV) | 87 | 87.3% |
The twenty areas with the most Renault Koleos 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 Koleos
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 165 | 71.5% |
| East of England | 136 | 68.4% |
| South West | 120 | 69.2% |
| North West | 113 | 65.5% |
| West Midlands | 82 | 64.6% |
| Yorkshire | 78 | 71.8% |
| Wales | 77 | 71.4% |
| Scotland | 65 | 55.4% |
| East Midlands | 63 | 69.8% |
| North East | 44 | 72.7% |
| London | 16 | 87.5% |
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 2008 Koleos
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 2008 Koleos
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 9.3% of tests
“track rod end ball joint has excessive play”
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 6.5% of tests
“position lamp not working”
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 windscreen 5.8% 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.
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 2008 Koleos through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £23–£69 — and 44% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £23–£69
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 44%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 959 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 Koleos, side by side
7 model years on record, from 2008 to 2020. Across them the pass rate runs from 67.9% to 90.8% — a spread of 22.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2008 68.6%track rod end ball joint has…
- 2009 68.8% track rod end ball joint has…
- 2010 67.9% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2017 85.1% ball joint excessively worn
- 2018 88.2% brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- 2019 88.4% malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2020 90.8% wipers blade defective
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 2008 Renault Koleos 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 2008 cars with a similar record
- Citroen C4 68.6%
- Alfa Romeo 159 68.6%
- Nissan X-Trail 68.5%
- Peugeot Bipper 68.7%
- Volkswagen Sharan 68.4%
- Citroen Xsara 68.8%
Closest pass rates among 2008 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 2008 Renault Koleos 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 3,263 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 | 1,040 | 31.70% | 20.98% | +10.72 |
| Brakes | 570 | 17.40% | 20.89% | −3.49 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 449 | 13.70% | 12.21% | +1.49 |
| Tyres | 384 | 11.70% | 19.76% | −8.06 |
| Steering | 211 | 6.40% | 2.57% | +3.83 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 178 | 5.40% | 5.52% | −0.12 |
| Non-component advisories | 144 | 4.40% | 4.18% | +0.22 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 142 | 4.30% | 5.57% | −1.27 |
| Visibility | 125 | 3.80% | 4.97% | −1.17 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 20 | 0.60% | 1.76% | −1.16 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 9.3% | £18–45 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 7.5% | £40–150 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 6.5% | £5–25 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 6.5% | £5–20 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 5.8% | £80–200 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 4.5% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.2% | £5–25 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 3.4% | £3–12 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.9% | £5–25 |
| Suspension arm corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Major | 2.8% | £35–85 |
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 | 25.8% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 25.4% | £40–150 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 12.8% | £18–45 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 12.8% | £25–65 |
| Suspension arm corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 12.6% | £35–85 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 12.0% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 26 | 76.9% | 51,983 mi |
| 60-90k | 159 | 73.0% | 76,953 mi |
| 90-120k | 333 | 68.2% | 105,716 mi |
| 120k+ | 437 | 67.0% | 147,208 mi |
Source: 959 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.
2008 Koleos MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2008 Renault Koleos?
68.6% of the 959 2008 Renault Koleos tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.1% for cars first used in 2008. First-attempt pass rate: 58.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2008 Renault Koleos?
The three most recorded items are track rod end ball joint has excessive play (9.28%), pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn (7.51%), position lamp not working (6.47%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2008 Renault Koleos MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 76.9% of the time, falling to 67.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2008 Renault Koleos in this dataset had covered 116,800 mi.
Does the season affect the 2008 Renault Koleos MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 69.2% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 68.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.