Pass rate
78.8%
Around average — 1.6 pts ahead of the 77.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 52 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £34–£90
2012 Renault Traffic MOT pass rate
- 2012
- typical 167,970 mi
Only 52 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.
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Most common fault
Brakes
23.1% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2012 78.8% pass · this year
- Avoid 2007 69.7% pass
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 9.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 73.8%
- Typical mileage
- 168k mi
The 2012 Renault Traffic MOT pass rate is 78.8% of its MOT tests — 1.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 23.1% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.5× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 18.5% of everything recorded on the 2012 Renault Traffic, against 12.2% nationally — 6.3 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 23.1%, 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.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 31% 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.
- Based on a small sample. 52 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 2012 Renault Traffic compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 77.2%, so this figure is 1.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 73.8%. The median 2012 Renault Traffic in this dataset had covered 167,970 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 9.62% of tests.
- 52 recorded tests behind this page.
- 78.8% overall pass rate, 73.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Renault Traffic, the average is 73.7% — best year 2012 (78.8%), worst 2007 (69.7%).
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
- 52
- Typical mileage (median)
- 167,970 mi
- Make and model
- Renault Traffic
- 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 Traffic MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 67% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Traffic
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 17 | 88.2% |
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 2012 Traffic
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 2012 Traffic
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 windscreen 9.6% 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.
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Check the lights 7.7% 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 suspension joints 5.8% 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 2012 Traffic through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £34–£90 — and 31% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £34–£90
- Cheapest common item: anti-lock braking system warning lamp…
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 31%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 52 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 Traffic, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2007 to 2012. Across them the pass rate runs from 69.7% to 78.8% — a spread of 9.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2007 69.7% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2012 78.8%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 2012 Renault Traffic 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 2012 cars with a similar record
- Skoda Yeti 78.8%
- Mercedes-Benz A-Class 78.8%
- Volkswagen Golf 78.7%
- Volkswagen Touran 78.7%
- Volkswagen Sharan 79.0%
- Volvo S60 78.6%
Closest pass rates among 2012 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 2012 Renault Traffic 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 128 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 | 30 | 23.10% | 20.89% | +2.21 |
| Suspension | 27 | 20.80% | 20.98% | −0.18 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 24 | 18.50% | 12.21% | +6.29 |
| Visibility | 11 | 8.50% | 4.97% | +3.53 |
| Tyres | 10 | 7.70% | 19.76% | −12.06 |
| Steering | 9 | 6.90% | 2.57% | +4.33 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 5 | 3.80% | 5.52% | −1.72 |
| Non-component advisories | 5 | 3.80% | 4.18% | −0.38 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 4 | 3.10% | 0.82% | +2.28 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 3 | 2.30% | 1.76% | +0.54 |
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 | 9.6% | £80–200 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 7.7% | £5–25 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 7.7% | £45–110 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 5.8% | £18–45 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 5.8% | £8–22 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault Brakes | Major | 3.9% | £3–15 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.9% | £30–80 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 3.9% | £18–45 |
| Parking brake performance inoperative on one side Brakes | Major | 3.9% | £60–150 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 3.9% | £40–150 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 11.5% | £80–180 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 9.6% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Play in steering rack inner joint(s) Non-component advisories | Advisory | 9.6% | £120–300 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 9.6% | £40–150 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 7.7% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 5.8% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60-90k | 8 | 75.0% | 80,257 mi |
| 90-120k | 5 | 80.0% | 102,661 mi |
| 120k+ | 39 | 79.5% | 193,628 mi |
Source: 52 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.
2012 Traffic MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2012 Renault Traffic?
78.8% of the 52 2012 Renault Traffic tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 77.2% for cars first used in 2012. First-attempt pass rate: 73.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2012 Renault Traffic?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (9.62%), headlamp lens slightly defective (7.69%), rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements (7.69%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2012 Renault Traffic MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 75.0% of the time, falling to 79.5% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2012 Renault Traffic in this dataset had covered 167,970 mi.