Pass rate
90.7%
Above average — 4.1 pts behind the 94.8% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 54 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £24–£54
2023 Renault Trucks Trafic MOT pass rate
- 2023
- Van
- 3 trims combined
- typical 22,510 mi
Only 54 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
33.3% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2024 96.8% pass
- Avoid 2023 90.7% pass · this year
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 6.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 89.8%
- Typical mileage
- 23k mi
The 2023 Renault Trucks Trafic MOT pass rate is 90.7% of its MOT tests — 4.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 33.3% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.6× the national share
Brakes make up 33.3% of everything recorded on the 2023 Renault Trucks Trafic, against 20.9% nationally — 12.4 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, vans this age and mileage expect about 94.8%; this one manages 90.7% — 4.1 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Based on a small sample. 54 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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Every Renault Trucks Trafic first registered in 2023 is combined here — 3 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2023 Renault Trucks Trafic compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 94.8%, so this figure is 4.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 89.8%. The median 2023 Renault Trucks Trafic in this dataset had covered 22,510 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords", noted on 3.70% of tests.
- 54 recorded tests behind this page.
- 90.7% overall pass rate, 89.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Renault Trucks Trafic, the average is 94.0% — best year 2024 (96.8%), worst 2023 (90.7%).
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
- 54
- Typical mileage (median)
- 22,510 mi
- Make and model
- Renault Trucks Trafic
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Tyres
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Trafic MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 73% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Trafic
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 29 | 89.7% |
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 2023 Trafic
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 2023 Trafic
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
“individual direction indicators lens 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 1.9% of tests
“track rod end ball joint has excessive play”
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 tyre pressures and valves 1.9% of tests
“tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative”
Set the pressures to the figures on the door pillar, not the tyre wall, and check the valves do not hiss. A leaking valve is a two-minute fix that fails a test.
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 2023 Trafic through its MOT
Across the 6 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £24–£54 — and 43% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 6 common items
- £24–£54
- Cheapest common item: individual direction indicators lens defective
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep…
- £45–£95
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 100%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 43%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 54 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 Trafic, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2023 to 2024. Across them the pass rate runs from 90.7% to 96.8% — a spread of 6.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2023 90.7%has a cut in excess of the…
- 2024 96.8% not functioning as intended
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 2023 Renault Trucks Trafic 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 2023 vans with a similar record
Closest pass rates among 2023 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 2023 Renault Trucks Trafic 6 failure items · 6 advisories · 6 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 24 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 | 8 | 33.30% | 20.89% | +12.41 |
| Tyres | 7 | 29.20% | 19.76% | +9.44 |
| Suspension | 5 | 20.80% | 20.98% | −0.18 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 2 | 8.30% | 12.21% | −3.91 |
| Visibility | 1 | 4.20% | 4.97% | −0.77 |
| Steering | 1 | 4.20% | 2.57% | +1.63 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 3.7% | £45–95 |
| Individual direction indicators lens defective which has no effect on emitted light Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.9% | £3–12 |
| Rear fog lamp lens defective such that emitted light is adversely affected Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.9% | £3–15 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 1.9% | £18–45 |
| Tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative Tyres | Major | 1.9% | £45–95 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.9% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 9.3% | £30–75 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 7.4% | £18–45 |
| Pedal anti-slip provision worn smooth Brakes | Advisory | 5.6% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 3.7% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 1.9% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 1.9% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 37 | 94.6% | 15,634 mi |
| 30-60k | 16 | 81.3% | 44,576 mi |
| 60-90k | 1 | 100.0% | 62,962 mi |
Source: 54 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.
2023 Trafic MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2023 Renault Trucks Trafic?
90.7% of the 54 2023 Renault Trucks Trafic tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 94.8% for cars first used in 2023. First-attempt pass rate: 89.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2023 Renault Trucks Trafic?
The three most recorded items are has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (3.70%), individual direction indicators lens defective which has no effect on emitted light (1.85%), rear fog lamp lens defective such that emitted light is adversely affected (1.85%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2023 Renault Trucks Trafic MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 94.6% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2023 Renault Trucks Trafic in this dataset had covered 22,510 mi.