Pass rate
65.7%
Below average — 7.6 pts behind the 73.3% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 1,284 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £82–£209
2001 Renault Master MOT pass rate
- 2001
- Van
- 2 trims combined
- typical 120,395 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
26.8% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2025 99.0% pass
- Avoid 2001 65.7% pass · this year
Across the 26 years on record, a spread of 33.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 54.7%
- Typical mileage
- 120k mi
The 2001 Renault Master MOT pass rate is 65.7% of its MOT tests — 7.6 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 26.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Renault Master does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 2.2× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 12.0% of everything recorded on the 2001 Renault Master, against 5.6% nationally — 6.4 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 26.8%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. Look underneath for corrosion near the jacking points and suspension mounts; surface rust is normal, flaking metal is not.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, vans this age and mileage expect about 73.3%; this one manages 65.7% — 7.6 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 15% 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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Every Renault Master first registered in 2001 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2001 Renault Master compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.3%, so this figure is 7.6 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 54.7%. The median 2001 Renault Master in this dataset had covered 120,395 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 66.9% of the time, April–September 64.9%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength", noted on 7.32% of tests.
- 1,284 recorded tests behind this page.
- 65.7% overall pass rate, 54.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Renault Master, the average is 77.7% — best year 2025 (99.0%), worst 2001 (65.7%).
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
- 1,284
- Typical mileage (median)
- 120,395 mi
- Make and model
- Renault Master
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Corrosion Welding Repair
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Master MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 49% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Master
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 227 | 62.1% |
| South East | 167 | 67.1% |
| Wales | 159 | 61.0% |
| North West | 148 | 64.2% |
| East of England | 143 | 72.0% |
| West Midlands | 127 | 65.4% |
| Scotland | 94 | 61.7% |
| Yorkshire | 88 | 67.0% |
| East Midlands | 85 | 68.2% |
| North East | 43 | 79.1% |
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 2001 Master
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 2001 Master
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 corrosion 7.3% of tests
“component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength”
Look under the sills, around the jacking points and where the suspension mounts meet the body. Flaking, holed or crumbly metal fails; a brown stain on sound metal does not.
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Check the steering 5.4% of tests
“steering rack gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt”
With the wheels straight, rock the steering wheel gently with the engine off — more than about an inch of free play before the wheels move is worth investigating. Split rack gaiters are cheap to replace and commonly recorded.
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Check the battery 5.2% of tests
“battery(ies) insecure”
Check the battery is secure and its terminals are clean and tight — a loose battery is a fail on its own, and a weak one shows up as slow cranking on a cold morning.
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 2001 Master through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £82–£209 — and 15% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £82–£209
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 40%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 15%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 1,284 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 Master, side by side
26 model years on record, from 2000 to 2025. Across them the pass rate runs from 65.7% to 99.0% — a spread of 33.3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 65.9% steering rack gaiter missing or…
- 2001 65.7%component mounting prescribed…
- 2002 67.4% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2003 68.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2004 68.7% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2005 72.8% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2006 73.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 75.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 73.4% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2009 73.1% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2010 72.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 74.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 79.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 80.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2014 81.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2015 81.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2016 84.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2017 86.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2018 87.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2019 85.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2020 86.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2021 86.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2022 90.7% headlamp aim too high
- 2023 93.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2024 88.2% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2025 99.0% has a cut in excess of the…
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 2001 Renault Master 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 2001 vans with a similar record
- Peugeot Partner 69.3%
- Volkswagen Transporter 69.5%
- Citroen Berlingo 70.9%
- Ford Transit 72.0%
- Peugeot Boxer 72.1%
- Fiat Ducato 72.7%
Closest pass rates among 2001 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 2001 Renault Master 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 4,697 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 | 1,275 | 26.80% | 20.89% | +5.91 |
| Suspension | 915 | 19.30% | 20.98% | −1.68 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 626 | 13.20% | 12.21% | +0.99 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 571 | 12.00% | 5.57% | +6.43 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 351 | 7.40% | 5.52% | +1.88 |
| Tyres | 320 | 6.70% | 19.76% | −13.06 |
| Visibility | 236 | 5.00% | 4.97% | +0.03 |
| Steering | 222 | 4.70% | 2.57% | +2.13 |
| Non-component advisories | 125 | 2.60% | 4.18% | −1.58 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 56 | 1.20% | 1.76% | −0.56 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 7.3% | £180–450 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 7.2% | £45–110 |
| Steering rack gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Steering | Major | 5.4% | £120–300 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 5.2% | £60–140 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 5.1% | £80–250 |
| Service brake performance efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 4.5% | £60–150 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 4.0% | £80–200 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.9% | £5–20 |
| Steering rack gaiter damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 3.9% | £120–300 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 3.8% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 21.0% | £200–700 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 17.3% | £80–180 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 16.0% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 11.8% | £45–95 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 10.2% | £18–45 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Advisory | 8.5% | £180–450 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 7 | 57.1% | 20,935 mi |
| 30-60k | 103 | 72.8% | 45,819 mi |
| 60-90k | 246 | 66.3% | 75,139 mi |
| 90-120k | 269 | 64.3% | 105,983 mi |
| 120k+ | 640 | 65.2% | 173,153 mi |
Source: 1,284 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.
2001 Master MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2001 Renault Master?
65.7% of the 1,284 2001 Renault Master tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.3% for cars first used in 2001. First-attempt pass rate: 54.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2001 Renault Master?
The three most recorded items are component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (7.32%), rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements (7.24%), steering rack gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.37%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2001 Renault Master MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 57.1% of the time, falling to 65.2% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2001 Renault Master in this dataset had covered 120,395 mi.
Does the season affect the 2001 Renault Master MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 66.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 64.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.