Pass rate
67.2%
Below average — 5.4 pts behind the 72.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 1,130 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £42–£121
2003 Renault Laguna MOT pass rate
- 2003
- typical 92,350 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Brakes
22.9% 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 76.1% pass
- Avoid 2003 67.2% pass · this year
Across the 13 years on record, a spread of 8.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 55.3%
- Typical mileage
- 92k mi
The 2003 Renault Laguna MOT pass rate is 67.2% of its MOT tests — 5.4 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 22.9% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Fewer problems with tyres
Tyres are 10.5% of this car’s recorded faults, against 19.8% nationally — the mirror image of the usual story on a car of this age.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 72.6%; this one manages 67.2% — 5.4 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- 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.
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 2003 Renault Laguna compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.6%, so this figure is 5.4 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 55.3%. The median 2003 Renault Laguna in this dataset had covered 92,350 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Petrol — 66% of tests, with a 66.1% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 66.7% of the time, April–September 67.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 6.11% of tests.
- 1,130 recorded tests behind this page.
- 67.2% overall pass rate, 55.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Renault Laguna, the average is 70.9% — best year 2000 (76.1%), worst 2003 (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
- 1,130
- Typical mileage (median)
- 92,350 mi
- Make and model
- Renault Laguna
- 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 Laguna MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 55% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (66% of tests).
Where the Renault Laguna is most common
Across all Laguna model years on record (2000–2012): 14,030 Renault Laguna cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 36,943 tests. Birmingham (B) has the most, with 497 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) | 497 | 77.8% |
| 2 | Peterborough (PE) | 349 | 72.1% |
| 3 | Sheffield (S) | 320 | 70.5% |
| 4 | Leicester (LE) | 285 | 74.7% |
| 5 | Coventry (CV) | 272 | 72.7% |
| 6 | Nottingham (NG) | 258 | 73.0% |
| 7 | Norwich (NR) | 239 | 68.8% |
| 8 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 236 | 72.2% |
| 9 | Swansea (SA) | 235 | 67.7% |
| 10 | Ipswich (IP) | 235 | 70.4% |
| 11 | Manchester (M) | 234 | 73.3% |
| 12 | Northampton (NN) | 233 | 72.4% |
| 13 | Doncaster (DN) | 223 | 69.6% |
| 14 | Portsmouth (PO) | 211 | 70.6% |
| 15 | Ashford (TN) | 206 | 70.2% |
| 16 | Exeter (EX) | 204 | 68.7% |
| 17 | Derby (DE) | 203 | 72.5% |
| 18 | Reading (RG) | 197 | 74.0% |
| 19 | Cardiff (CF) | 190 | 64.6% |
| 20 | Plymouth (PL) | 189 | 65.9% |
The twenty areas with the most Renault Laguna 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 Laguna
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 267 | 70.4% |
| East of England | 181 | 68.0% |
| West Midlands | 135 | 71.1% |
| South West | 133 | 66.9% |
| North West | 125 | 64.8% |
| Yorkshire | 101 | 62.4% |
| East Midlands | 57 | 68.4% |
| Wales | 51 | 54.9% |
| Scotland | 35 | 54.3% |
| North East | 29 | 69.0% |
| London | 16 | 81.3% |
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 2003 Laguna
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 2003 Laguna
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 6.1% 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 suspension joints 5.4% 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 coil springs 4.1% 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 2003 Laguna through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £42–£121 — and 18% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £42–£121
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 18%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 1,130 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 Laguna, side by side
13 model years on record, from 2000 to 2012. Across them the pass rate runs from 67.2% to 76.1% — a spread of 8.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 76.1% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2001 71.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2002 72.3% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2003 67.2%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2004 70.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2005 69.7% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2006 69.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 68.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 71.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 70.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 71.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 72.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 73.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
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 2003 Renault Laguna 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 2003 cars with a similar record
- Volvo V40 67.3%
- Volkswagen Beetle 67.1%
- Ford Ka 68.0%
- Ford Galaxy 68.0%
- Citroen C3 68.2%
- Volkswagen Polo 68.3%
Closest pass rates among 2003 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 2003 Renault Laguna 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 3,862 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 | 901 | 22.90% | 20.89% | +2.01 |
| Suspension | 900 | 22.90% | 20.98% | +1.92 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 464 | 11.80% | 12.21% | −0.41 |
| Tyres | 411 | 10.50% | 19.76% | −9.26 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 286 | 7.30% | 5.52% | +1.78 |
| Non-component advisories | 241 | 6.10% | 4.18% | +1.92 |
| Steering | 202 | 5.10% | 2.57% | +2.53 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 179 | 4.60% | 5.57% | −0.97 |
| Visibility | 164 | 4.20% | 4.97% | −0.77 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 114 | 2.90% | 1.76% | +1.14 |
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 | 6.1% | £80–200 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 5.4% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 4.3% | £18–45 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 4.1% | £25–65 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.0% | £5–20 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 3.6% | £80–250 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 3.6% | £45–110 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 3.1% | £80–250 |
| Switch inoperative Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.1% | £5–25 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 24.8% | £45–110 |
| Non-component advisories Play in steering rack inner joint(s) Non-component advisories | Advisory | 17.2% | £120–300 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 15.9% | £45–95 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 14.8% | £80–180 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 13.4% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 13.1% | £40–150 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 21 | 81.0% | 24,401 mi |
| 30-60k | 174 | 71.3% | 47,577 mi |
| 60-90k | 332 | 66.3% | 76,416 mi |
| 90-120k | 298 | 63.8% | 104,365 mi |
| 120k+ | 300 | 68.3% | 148,635 mi |
Source: 1,130 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.
2003 Laguna MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2003 Renault Laguna?
67.2% of the 1,130 2003 Renault Laguna tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.6% for cars first used in 2003. First-attempt pass rate: 55.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2003 Renault Laguna?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (6.11%), track rod end ball joint has excessive play (5.40%), ball joint excessively worn (4.25%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2003 Renault Laguna MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 81.0% of the time, falling to 68.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2003 Renault Laguna in this dataset had covered 92,350 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2003 Renault Laguna?
Petrol: 66.1% pass rate across 741 tests. Diesel: 69.2% pass rate across 389 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2003 Renault Laguna MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 66.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 67.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.