Pass rate
86.8%
Above average — 4.4 pts behind the 91.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 1,515 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £27–£71
2021 Renault Master MOT pass rate
- 2021
- Van
- 21 trims combined
- typical 46,487 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Brakes
25.9% 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 →
1.2 pts down across model years — 3.2% in 2001, 2.0% in 2023.
Which year to buy
- Best 2025 99.0% pass
- Avoid 2001 65.7% pass
Across the 26 years on record, a spread of 33.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 85.1%
- Typical mileage
- 46k mi
The 2021 Renault Master MOT pass rate is 86.8% of its MOT tests — 4.4 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 25.9% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.9× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 23.4% of everything recorded on the 2021 Renault Master, against 12.2% nationally — 11.2 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 25.9%, but at 20.9% 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 86.8% — 4.4 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
Watching a Renault Master? Get an email when these numbers change .
Every Renault Master first registered in 2021 is combined here — 21 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2021 Renault Master compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 91.2%, so this figure is 4.4 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 85.1%. The median 2021 Renault Master in this dataset had covered 46,487 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 88.4% of the time, April–September 85.1%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 3.23% of tests.
- 1,515 recorded tests behind this page.
- 86.8% overall pass rate, 85.1% 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
- 1,515
- Typical mileage (median)
- 46,487 mi
- Make and model
- Renault Master
- 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 Master MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 67% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the Renault Master is most common
Across all Master model years on record (2000–2025): 24,184 Renault Master cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 59,319 tests. Bristol (BS) has the most, with 554 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 | Bristol (BS) | 554 | 73.8% |
| 2 | Birmingham (B) | 527 | 84.1% |
| 3 | Cardiff (CF) | 513 | 77.4% |
| 4 | Nottingham (NG) | 510 | 79.5% |
| 5 | Swansea (SA) | 509 | 76.8% |
| 6 | Sheffield (S) | 486 | 79.1% |
| 7 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 432 | 76.7% |
| 8 | Portsmouth (PO) | 427 | 74.9% |
| 9 | Exeter (EX) | 421 | 68.9% |
| 10 | Peterborough (PE) | 403 | 76.1% |
| 11 | Gloucester (GL) | 396 | 75.2% |
| 12 | Norwich (NR) | 374 | 74.5% |
| 13 | Guildford (GU) | 346 | 79.5% |
| 14 | Brighton (BN) | 337 | 71.9% |
| 15 | Stoke On Trent (ST) | 331 | 73.5% |
| 16 | Chester (CH) | 323 | 76.1% |
| 17 | Preston (PR) | 319 | 83.2% |
| 18 | Dartford (DA) | 315 | 92.9% |
| 19 | Stourbridge (DY) | 314 | 86.8% |
| 20 | Wrexham (LL) | 309 | 78.7% |
The twenty areas with the most Renault Master 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 Master
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 409 | 90.0% |
| West Midlands | 221 | 83.7% |
| North West | 184 | 84.8% |
| London | 159 | 88.7% |
| East of England | 119 | 90.8% |
| South West | 113 | 87.6% |
| Yorkshire | 79 | 83.5% |
| East Midlands | 71 | 81.7% |
| North East | 63 | 73.0% |
| Scotland | 52 | 88.5% |
| Wales | 45 | 93.3% |
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 2021 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 2021 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.
-
Check the windscreen 3.2% 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.
-
Check the lights 2.5% 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.
-
Check the brakes 1.6% 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 2021 Master through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £27–£71 — and 40% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £27–£71
- 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
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 40%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 1,515 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 2021 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 2021 vans with a similar record
- Toyota Proace 86.7%
- Nissan E-NV200 86.6%
- Ford Transit Connect 86.4%
- Volkswagen Transporter 87.2%
- Ford Transit Courier 87.2%
- Ford Transit Custom 86.3%
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 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 1,302 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 | 338 | 25.90% | 20.89% | +5.01 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 306 | 23.40% | 12.21% | +11.19 |
| Tyres | 268 | 20.50% | 19.76% | +0.74 |
| Visibility | 107 | 8.20% | 4.97% | +3.23 |
| Suspension | 98 | 7.50% | 20.98% | −13.48 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 68 | 5.20% | 5.52% | −0.32 |
| Non-component advisories | 64 | 4.90% | 4.18% | +0.72 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 25 | 1.90% | 5.57% | −3.67 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 19 | 1.50% | 0.82% | +0.68 |
| Steering | 9 | 0.70% | 2.57% | −1.87 |
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 | 3.2% | £80–200 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.5% | £5–20 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.1% | £3–12 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.0% | £30–80 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.6% | £18–45 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.6% | £8–22 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.5% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.4% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.1% | £5–25 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.99% | £30–80 |
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 | 10.5% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 6.5% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 3.0% | £45–110 |
| Pedal anti-slip provision worn smooth Brakes | Advisory | 2.5% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 2.2% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.2% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 515 | 91.3% | 16,490 mi |
| 30-60k | 402 | 89.1% | 44,052 mi |
| 60-90k | 343 | 85.1% | 74,123 mi |
| 90-120k | 181 | 76.8% | 103,292 mi |
| 120k+ | 74 | 75.7% | 145,260 mi |
Source: 1,515 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 Master MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2021 Renault Master?
86.8% of the 1,515 2021 Renault Master tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 91.2% for cars first used in 2021. First-attempt pass rate: 85.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2021 Renault Master?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.23%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (2.51%), malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction (2.11%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2021 Renault Master MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 91.3% of the time, falling to 75.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2021 Renault Master in this dataset had covered 46,487 mi.
Does the season affect the 2021 Renault Master MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 88.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 85.1%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.