Pass rate
84.4%
Around average — 3.5 pts behind the 87.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 6,737 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £23–£58
2018 Renault Megane MOT pass rate
- 2018
- typical 46,835 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Tyres
34.5% 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 →
3.7 pts down across model years — 8.1% in 2000, 4.4% in 2021.
Which year to buy
- Best 2021 88.5% pass
- Avoid 2006 67.8% pass
Across the 23 years on record, a spread of 20.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 81.7%
- Typical mileage
- 47k mi
The 2018 Renault Megane MOT pass rate is 84.4% of its MOT tests — 3.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 34.5% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.7× the national share
Tyres make up 34.5% of everything recorded on the 2018 Renault Megane, against 19.8% nationally — 14.7 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 87.9%; this one manages 84.4% — 3.5 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 2018 Renault Megane compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 87.9%, so this figure is 3.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 81.7%. The median 2018 Renault Megane in this dataset had covered 46,835 mi.
55% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Petrol, which passed 86.1% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 84.7% of the time, April–September 83.9%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 1.94% of tests.
- 6,737 recorded tests behind this page.
- 84.4% overall pass rate, 81.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Renault Megane, the average is 71.4% — best year 2021 (88.5%), worst 2006 (67.8%).
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
- 6,737
- Typical mileage (median)
- 46,835 mi
- Make and model
- Renault Megane
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Number Plate Lamp
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Megane MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 70% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (55% of tests).
Where the Renault Megane is most common
Across all Megane model years on record (2000–2022): 157,634 Renault Megane cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 411,695 tests. Birmingham (B) has the most, with 6,010 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) | 6,010 | 77.7% |
| 2 | Sheffield (S) | 3,947 | 73.4% |
| 3 | Peterborough (PE) | 3,608 | 73.4% |
| 4 | Glasgow (G) | 3,213 | 69.4% |
| 5 | Nottingham (NG) | 3,131 | 69.9% |
| 6 | Manchester (M) | 2,953 | 73.3% |
| 7 | Leicester (LE) | 2,922 | 74.2% |
| 8 | Cardiff (CF) | 2,740 | 68.3% |
| 9 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 2,628 | 70.7% |
| 10 | Swansea (SA) | 2,570 | 70.1% |
| 11 | Doncaster (DN) | 2,556 | 70.8% |
| 12 | Coventry (CV) | 2,498 | 73.9% |
| 13 | Norwich (NR) | 2,438 | 70.2% |
| 14 | Chester (CH) | 2,292 | 69.4% |
| 15 | Northampton (NN) | 2,289 | 72.2% |
| 16 | Bristol (BS) | 2,263 | 68.4% |
| 17 | Derby (DE) | 2,242 | 73.2% |
| 18 | Stoke On Trent (ST) | 2,096 | 70.0% |
| 19 | Wolverhampton (WV) | 2,063 | 74.1% |
| 20 | Warrington (WA) | 2,030 | 72.1% |
The twenty areas with the most Renault Megane 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 Megane
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 973 | 86.0% |
| North West | 962 | 83.5% |
| Scotland | 761 | 82.0% |
| West Midlands | 749 | 85.8% |
| East of England | 677 | 86.6% |
| South West | 668 | 80.5% |
| Yorkshire | 600 | 85.0% |
| Wales | 406 | 82.3% |
| East Midlands | 398 | 82.4% |
| North East | 275 | 86.2% |
| London | 268 | 90.7% |
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 2018 Megane
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 2018 Megane
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 lights 1.9% 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 suspension joints 1.5% of tests
“linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn”
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 brakes 1.3% 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 2018 Megane through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £23–£58 — and 44% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £23–£58
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 44%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 6,737 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 Megane, side by side
23 model years on record, from 2000 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 67.8% to 88.5% — a spread of 20.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 72.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2001 72.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2002 73.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2003 71.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2004 68.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2005 68.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2006 67.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 68.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 68.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 68.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 68.7% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2011 69.5% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2012 70.2% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2013 70.6% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2014 70.4% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2015 74.1% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2016 79.5% stop lamp not working
- 2017 81.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2018 84.4%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2019 84.8% wipers does not clear the…
- 2020 86.8% wipers does not clear the…
- 2021 88.5% wipers does not clear the…
- 2022 85.8% windscreen damaged but not…
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 2018 Renault Megane 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 2018 cars with a similar record
- Vauxhall Corsa 84.5%
- SEAT Arona 84.3%
- Citroen C4 84.6%
- Vauxhall Mokka 84.2%
- Vauxhall Adam 84.2%
- Peugeot 5008 84.2%
Closest pass rates among 2018 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 2018 Renault Megane 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 7,656 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 | 2,671 | 34.50% | 19.76% | +14.74 |
| Brakes | 1,957 | 25.30% | 20.89% | +4.41 |
| Suspension | 1,044 | 13.50% | 20.98% | −7.48 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 778 | 10.10% | 12.21% | −2.11 |
| Non-component advisories | 444 | 5.70% | 4.18% | +1.52 |
| Visibility | 388 | 5.00% | 4.97% | +0.03 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 108 | 1.40% | 5.52% | −4.12 |
| Road Wheels | 106 | 1.40% | 0.75% | +0.65 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 98 | 1.30% | 1.76% | −0.46 |
| Steering | 62 | 0.80% | 2.57% | −1.77 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.9% | £5–20 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.9% | £5–25 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.5% | £18–45 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.4% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.3% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.3% | £18–45 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.3% | £80–200 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.2% | £5–25 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.1% | £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 | 16.9% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 10.5% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 9.9% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 8.9% | £45–110 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 4.3% | £40–150 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 4.2% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 1,335 | 90.0% | 21,633 mi |
| 30-60k | 3,268 | 85.3% | 43,758 mi |
| 60-90k | 1,395 | 79.5% | 72,271 mi |
| 90-120k | 502 | 78.5% | 102,668 mi |
| 120k+ | 231 | 81.4% | 144,653 mi |
Source: 6,737 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.
2018 Megane MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2018 Renault Megane?
84.4% of the 6,737 2018 Renault Megane tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 87.9% for cars first used in 2018. First-attempt pass rate: 81.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2018 Renault Megane?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (1.94%), headlamp not working on dipped beam (1.91%), linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn (1.50%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2018 Renault Megane MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 90.0% of the time, falling to 81.4% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2018 Renault Megane in this dataset had covered 46,835 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2018 Renault Megane?
Petrol: 86.1% pass rate across 3,730 tests. Diesel: 82.2% pass rate across 3,007 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2018 Renault Megane MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 84.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 83.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.