Pass rate
67.6%
Below average — 4.8 pts behind the 72.4% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 71 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £17–£47
2005 Renault Megane Scenic MOT pass rate
- 2005
- typical 69,106 mi
Only 71 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
Most common fault
Brakes
26.2% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2017 82.9% pass
- Avoid 2007 63.2% pass
Across the 13 years on record, a spread of 19.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 55.8%
- Typical mileage
- 69k mi
The 2005 Renault Megane Scenic MOT pass rate is 67.6% of its MOT tests — 4.8 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 26.2% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Renault Megane Scenic does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.3× the national share
Brakes make up 26.2% of everything recorded on the 2005 Renault Megane Scenic, against 20.9% nationally — 5.3 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 72.4%; this one manages 67.6% — 4.8 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Based on a small sample. 71 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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 2005 Renault Megane Scenic compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.4%, so this figure is 4.8 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 55.8%. The median 2005 Renault Megane Scenic in this dataset had covered 69,106 mi.
75% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Petrol, which passed 67.9% of the time.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp lens slightly defective", noted on 12.68% of tests.
- 71 recorded tests behind this page.
- 67.6% overall pass rate, 55.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Renault Megane Scenic, the average is 74.6% — best year 2017 (82.9%), worst 2007 (63.2%).
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
- 71
- Typical mileage (median)
- 69,106 mi
- Make and model
- Renault Megane Scenic
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Headlight Bulb
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Megane Scenic MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 53% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (75% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Megane Scenic
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 18 | 50.0% |
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 2005 Megane Scenic
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 2005 Megane Scenic
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 12.7% of tests
“headlamp lens slightly defective”
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 coil springs 8.4% 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.
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Check the suspension joints 7.0% of tests
“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.
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 2005 Megane Scenic through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £17–£47 — and 47% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £17–£47
- Cheapest common item: srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: service brake performance excessively binding
- £60–£150
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 47%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 71 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 Scenic, side by side
13 model years on record, from 2000 to 2018. Across them the pass rate runs from 63.2% to 82.9% — a spread of 19.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 73.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2001 71.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2002 72.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2003 72.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2004 80.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2005 67.6%headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2006 69.1% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2007 63.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 67.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 72.9% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2016 82.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2017 82.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2018 80.7% stop lamp not working
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 2005 Renault Megane Scenic 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 2005 cars with a similar record
- Vauxhall Meriva 67.6%
- Suzuki Alto 67.7%
- Vauxhall Combo 67.8%
- Ford Ka 67.3%
- Kia Sportage 67.3%
- Kia Sorento 68.0%
Closest pass rates among 2005 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 2005 Renault Megane Scenic 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 244 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 | 65 | 26.20% | 20.89% | +5.31 |
| Suspension | 49 | 19.80% | 20.98% | −1.18 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 40 | 16.10% | 12.21% | +3.89 |
| Non-component advisories | 23 | 9.30% | 4.18% | +5.12 |
| Tyres | 17 | 6.90% | 19.76% | −12.86 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 16 | 6.50% | 5.57% | +0.93 |
| Visibility | 13 | 5.20% | 4.97% | +0.23 |
| Steering | 11 | 4.40% | 2.57% | +1.83 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 6 | 2.40% | 5.52% | −3.12 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 4 | 1.60% | 1.76% | −0.16 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 12.7% | £5–25 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 8.4% | £25–65 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 7.0% | £18–45 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 7.0% | £5–20 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 5.6% | £60–150 |
| Srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 5.6% | £3–12 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 4.2% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.2% | £30–80 |
| Individual direction indicators incorrect colour Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.2% | £3–12 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 4.2% | £18–45 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-component advisories Play in steering rack inner joint(s) Non-component advisories | Advisory | 29.6% | £120–300 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 23.9% | £45–110 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 19.7% | £80–180 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 18.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 16.9% | £18–45 |
| Exhaust system system insecure Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 11.3% | £45–120 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 9 | 77.8% | 18,346 mi |
| 30-60k | 21 | 61.9% | 46,787 mi |
| 60-90k | 26 | 65.4% | 76,959 mi |
| 90-120k | 9 | 66.7% | 105,497 mi |
| 120k+ | 4 | 100.0% | 143,625 mi |
Source: 71 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.
2005 Megane Scenic MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2005 Renault Megane Scenic?
67.6% of the 71 2005 Renault Megane Scenic tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.4% for cars first used in 2005. First-attempt pass rate: 55.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2005 Renault Megane Scenic?
The three most recorded items are headlamp lens slightly defective (12.68%), coil spring fractured or broken (8.45%), ball joint excessively worn (7.04%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2005 Renault Megane Scenic MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 77.8% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2005 Renault Megane Scenic in this dataset had covered 69,106 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2005 Renault Megane Scenic?
Petrol: 67.9% pass rate across 53 tests. Diesel: 66.7% pass rate across 18 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.