Pass rate
82.1%
Around average — 1.9 pts behind the 84.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 1,170 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £27–£65
2016 Renault Megane Scenic MOT pass rate
- 2016
- typical 65,211 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
30.4% 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 →
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
- 78.4%
- Typical mileage
- 65k mi
The 2016 Renault Megane Scenic MOT pass rate is 82.1% of its MOT tests — 1.9 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 30.4% 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
Tyres: 1.5× the national share
Tyres make up 30.4% of everything recorded on the 2016 Renault Megane Scenic, against 19.8% nationally — 10.6 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.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 32% 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 2016 Renault Megane Scenic compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 84.0%, so this figure is 1.9 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 78.4%. The median 2016 Renault Megane Scenic in this dataset had covered 65,211 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 81.4% of the time, April–September 82.9%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 2.39% of tests.
- 1,170 recorded tests behind this page.
- 82.1% overall pass rate, 78.4% 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
- 1,170
- Typical mileage (median)
- 65,211 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
Number Plate Lamp
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 67% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Megane Scenic
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 165 | 80.0% |
| North West | 141 | 79.4% |
| South West | 140 | 77.1% |
| East of England | 139 | 81.3% |
| West Midlands | 133 | 87.2% |
| Yorkshire | 115 | 86.1% |
| Wales | 107 | 78.5% |
| Scotland | 87 | 83.9% |
| East Midlands | 68 | 86.8% |
| North East | 54 | 85.2% |
| London | 21 | 90.5% |
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 2016 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 2016 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 2.4% 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 2.0% 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.
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Check the tyre tread 1.7% of tests
“tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm”
Check all four tyres cold, including the inner shoulder where wear hides — 1.6mm across the central three-quarters is the legal limit, and most testers fail at 1.6mm without argument.
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 2016 Megane Scenic through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £27–£65 — and 32% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £27–£65
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 32%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 1,170 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 2016 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 2016 cars with a similar record
- Skoda Rapid 82.0%
- Citroen C3 Picasso 82.2%
- Peugeot 508 82.2%
- Vauxhall Zafira 82.3%
- Hyundai I30 81.8%
- Volkswagen Jetta 81.7%
Closest pass rates among 2016 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 2016 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 1,573 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 | 481 | 30.40% | 19.76% | +10.64 |
| Brakes | 357 | 22.50% | 20.89% | +1.61 |
| Suspension | 342 | 21.60% | 20.98% | +0.62 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 109 | 6.90% | 12.21% | −5.31 |
| Non-component advisories | 100 | 6.30% | 4.18% | +2.12 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 71 | 4.50% | 5.52% | −1.02 |
| Visibility | 53 | 3.30% | 4.97% | −1.67 |
| Road Wheels | 27 | 1.70% | 0.75% | +0.95 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 17 | 1.10% | 1.76% | −0.66 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 16 | 1.00% | 5.57% | −4.57 |
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 | 2.4% | £5–20 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.0% | £18–45 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.8% | £45–95 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.8% | £3–12 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.7% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.7% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.7% | £80–200 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.6% | £18–45 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 1.6% | £18–45 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.6% | £3–12 |
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 | 18.6% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 10.4% | £18–45 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 10.1% | £40–150 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 8.2% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 7.2% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 4.2% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 47 | 97.9% | 23,812 mi |
| 30-60k | 428 | 82.9% | 47,686 mi |
| 60-90k | 477 | 80.7% | 73,274 mi |
| 90-120k | 150 | 82.7% | 101,085 mi |
| 120k+ | 68 | 75.0% | 144,328 mi |
Source: 1,170 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.
2016 Megane Scenic MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2016 Renault Megane Scenic?
82.1% of the 1,170 2016 Renault Megane Scenic tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 84.0% for cars first used in 2016. First-attempt pass rate: 78.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2016 Renault Megane Scenic?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (2.39%), ball joint excessively worn (1.97%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.79%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2016 Renault Megane Scenic MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 97.9% of the time, falling to 75.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2016 Renault Megane Scenic in this dataset had covered 65,211 mi.
Does the season affect the 2016 Renault Megane Scenic MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 81.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 82.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.