Pass rate
76.7%
Around average — 3.4 pts ahead of the 73.3% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 60 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £46–£116
2001 Renault Twingo MOT pass rate
- 2001
- typical 86,238 mi
Only 60 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
27.4% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2019 89.2% pass
- Avoid 2008 69.3% pass
Across the 15 years on record, a spread of 19.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 71.4%
- Typical mileage
- 86k mi
The 2001 Renault Twingo MOT pass rate is 76.7% of its MOT tests — 3.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 27.4% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.3× the national share
Brakes make up 27.4% of everything recorded on the 2001 Renault Twingo, against 20.9% nationally — 6.5 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 73.3% and this one manages 76.7% — 3.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 7% 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 2001 Renault Twingo compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.3%, so this figure is 3.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 71.4%. The median 2001 Renault Twingo in this dataset had covered 86,238 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Service brake imbalance across an axle", noted on 11.67% of tests.
- 60 recorded tests behind this page.
- 76.7% overall pass rate, 71.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Renault Twingo, the average is 74.6% — best year 2019 (89.2%), worst 2008 (69.3%).
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
- 60
- Typical mileage (median)
- 86,238 mi
- Make and model
- Renault Twingo
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Brake Discs and Pads Set
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Twingo MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 62% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the Renault Twingo is most common
Across all Twingo model years on record (2001–2019): 35,319 Renault Twingo cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 94,304 tests. Cardiff (CF) has the most, with 980 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 | Cardiff (CF) | 980 | 71.8% |
| 2 | Birmingham (B) | 898 | 79.5% |
| 3 | Glasgow (G) | 888 | 70.3% |
| 4 | Swansea (SA) | 758 | 71.4% |
| 5 | Sheffield (S) | 699 | 76.6% |
| 6 | Bristol (BS) | 698 | 73.9% |
| 7 | Manchester (M) | 616 | 77.1% |
| 8 | Nottingham (NG) | 599 | 71.9% |
| 9 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 591 | 72.7% |
| 10 | Norwich (NR) | 564 | 75.2% |
| 11 | Edinburgh (EH) | 557 | 68.1% |
| 12 | Leicester (LE) | 536 | 75.9% |
| 13 | Portsmouth (PO) | 519 | 76.3% |
| 14 | Warrington (WA) | 507 | 76.1% |
| 15 | Peterborough (PE) | 498 | 76.4% |
| 16 | Chester (CH) | 495 | 75.1% |
| 17 | Ashford (TN) | 472 | 75.9% |
| 18 | Coventry (CV) | 450 | 76.1% |
| 19 | Stoke On Trent (ST) | 435 | 70.8% |
| 20 | Derby (DE) | 430 | 76.9% |
The twenty areas with the most Renault Twingo 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 Twingo
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 16 | 75.0% |
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 2001 Twingo
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 2001 Twingo
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 6.7% of tests
“headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect”
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 steering 5.0% of tests
“steering rack gaiter damaged or deteriorated,”
With the wheels straight, rock the steering wheel gently with the engine off — more than about an inch of free play before the wheels move is worth investigating. Split rack gaiters are cheap to replace and commonly recorded.
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Check the wheel bearings 5.0% of tests
“wheel bearings rough when rotated”
Listen for a hum that rises and falls with speed and changes when you load one side in a bend. A noisy bearing is an easy pre-test diagnosis and an awkward surprise at the test station.
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 2001 Twingo through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £46–£116 — and 7% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £46–£116
- Cheapest common item: horn not working
- £8–£25
- Dearest common item: steering rack gaiter damaged or deteriorated,
- £120–£300
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 7%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 60 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 Twingo, side by side
15 model years on record, from 2001 to 2019. Across them the pass rate runs from 69.3% to 89.2% — a spread of 19.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2001 76.7%service brake imbalance across an…
- 2002 76.6% headlamp aim projected beam image…
- 2007 69.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 69.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 71.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 71.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 70.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 72.4% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2013 72.6% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2014 76.2% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2015 77.8% ball joint excessively worn
- 2016 79.8% ball joint excessively worn
- 2017 85.0% ball joint excessively worn
- 2018 85.9% ball joint excessively worn
- 2019 89.2% wipers does not clear the…
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 2001 Renault Twingo 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 2001 cars with a similar record
Closest pass rates among 2001 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 2001 Renault Twingo 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 123 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 | 34 | 27.40% | 20.89% | +6.51 |
| Suspension | 28 | 22.60% | 20.98% | +1.62 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 19 | 15.30% | 12.21% | +3.09 |
| Tyres | 12 | 9.70% | 19.76% | −10.06 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 9 | 7.30% | 5.52% | +1.78 |
| Non-component advisories | 7 | 5.60% | 4.18% | +1.42 |
| Steering | 5 | 4.00% | 2.57% | +1.43 |
| Visibility | 4 | 3.20% | 4.97% | −1.77 |
| Road Wheels | 3 | 2.40% | 0.75% | +1.65 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 2 | 1.60% | 0.82% | +0.78 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Service brake imbalance across an axle Brakes | Major | 11.7% | £45–110 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 6.7% | £30–80 |
| Steering rack gaiter damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 5.0% | £120–300 |
| Wheel bearings rough when rotated Suspension | Major | 5.0% | £20–55 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 3.3% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.3% | £30–80 |
| Horn not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 3.3% | £8–25 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 3.3% | £45–110 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 3.3% | £60–150 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.3% | £80–200 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 13.3% | £200–700 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 11.7% | £80–180 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 8.3% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 8.3% | £45–95 |
| Flexible brake hoses ferrule excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 6.7% | £25–70 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 6.7% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 3 | 100.0% | 14,412 mi |
| 30-60k | 20 | 75.0% | 50,066 mi |
| 60-90k | 10 | 70.0% | 81,760 mi |
| 90-120k | 19 | 78.9% | 106,415 mi |
| 120k+ | 7 | 85.7% | 128,608 mi |
Source: 60 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.
2001 Twingo MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2001 Renault Twingo?
76.7% of the 60 2001 Renault Twingo tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.3% for cars first used in 2001. First-attempt pass rate: 71.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2001 Renault Twingo?
The three most recorded items are service brake imbalance across an axle (11.67%), headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (6.67%), steering rack gaiter damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (5.00%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2001 Renault Twingo MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 85.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2001 Renault Twingo in this dataset had covered 86,238 mi.