Pass rate
79.8%
Around average — 4.2 pts behind the 84.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 119 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £23–£62
2016 Renault Twizy MOT pass rate
- 2016
- typical 7,005 mi
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Most common fault
Brakes
50.4% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2018 90.2% pass
- Avoid 2016 79.8% pass · this year
Across the 8 years on record, a spread of 10.4 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 76.7%
- Typical mileage
- 7k mi
The 2016 Renault Twizy MOT pass rate is 79.8% of its MOT tests — 4.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 50.4% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 2.4× the national share
Brakes make up 50.4% of everything recorded on the 2016 Renault Twizy, against 20.9% nationally — 29.5 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 84.0%; this one manages 79.8% — 4.2 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 59% of the repairs this model fails on cost under £30 in parts. The pass rate matters less than what a bad afternoon at the test centre actually costs you.
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 Twizy compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 84.0%, so this figure is 4.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 76.7%. The median 2016 Renault Twizy in this dataset had covered 7,005 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 80.4% of the time, April–September 79.4%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements", noted on 5.04% of tests.
- 119 recorded tests behind this page.
- 79.8% overall pass rate, 76.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Renault Twizy, the average is 82.8% — best year 2018 (90.2%), worst 2016 (79.8%).
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
- 119
- Typical mileage (median)
- 7,005 mi
- Make and model
- Renault Twizy
- 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 Twizy MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 71% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Twizy
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 35 | 77.1% |
| East of England | 23 | 65.2% |
| London | 15 | 93.3% |
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 Twizy
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 Twizy
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 3.4% of tests
“lamp inoperative”
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 horn 2.5% of tests
“horn not working”
Press it. That is the whole check, and a surprising number of cars fail on it.
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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 Twizy through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £23–£62 — and 59% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £23–£62
- Cheapest common item: lamp inoperative
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: parking brake performance inoperative on one…
- £60–£150
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 59%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 119 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 Twizy, side by side
8 model years on record, from 2012 to 2019. Across them the pass rate runs from 79.8% to 90.2% — a spread of 10.4 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2012 82.8% switch inoperative
- 2013 81.3% parking brake performance…
- 2014 80.2% brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- 2015 81.2% service brake performance…
- 2016 79.8%rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2017 89.6% rbt (sp) efficiency less than 50%…
- 2018 90.2% parking brake performance…
- 2019 82.6% switch inoperative
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 Twizy 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
- Volkswagen Beetle 79.8%
- Fiat 500 79.7%
- Kia Carens 79.9%
- Vauxhall Corsa 80.0%
- Mercedes-Benz Vito 79.6%
- Nissan Leaf 80.1%
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 Twizy 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 9 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 127 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 | 64 | 50.40% | 20.89% | +29.51 |
| Tyres | 25 | 19.70% | 19.76% | −0.06 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 20 | 15.70% | 12.21% | +3.49 |
| Visibility | 6 | 4.70% | 4.97% | −0.27 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 4 | 3.10% | 1.76% | +1.34 |
| Non-component advisories | 3 | 2.40% | 4.18% | −1.78 |
| Suspension | 2 | 1.60% | 20.98% | −19.38 |
| Steering | 2 | 1.60% | 2.57% | −0.97 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1 | 0.80% | 5.57% | −4.77 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 5.0% | £45–110 |
| Switch inoperative Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.2% | £5–25 |
| Lamp inoperative Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.4% | £3–15 |
| Parking brake performance inoperative on one side Brakes | Major | 3.4% | £60–150 |
| Horn not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.5% | £8–25 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.5% | £5–25 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.7% | £5–25 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.7% | £45–95 |
| Washers not working Visibility | Major | 1.7% | £5–15 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 0.84% | £45–110 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 16.8% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 12.6% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 9.2% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 7.6% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 3.4% | £45–110 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.5% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 119 | 79.8% | 8,020 mi |
Source: 119 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 Twizy MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2016 Renault Twizy?
79.8% of the 119 2016 Renault Twizy tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 84.0% for cars first used in 2016. First-attempt pass rate: 76.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2016 Renault Twizy?
The three most recorded items are rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements (5.04%), switch inoperative (4.20%), lamp inoperative (3.36%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2016 Renault Twizy MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 79.8% of the time, falling to 79.8% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2016 Renault Twizy in this dataset had covered 7,005 mi.
Does the season affect the 2016 Renault Twizy MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 80.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 79.4%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.