Pass rate
90.2%
Above average — 2.3 pts ahead of the 87.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 102 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £37–£96
2018 Renault Twizy MOT pass rate
- 2018
- typical 2,037 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
64.8% 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 · this year
- Avoid 2016 79.8% pass
Across the 8 years on record, a spread of 10.4 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 89.2%
- Typical mileage
- 2k mi
The 2018 Renault Twizy MOT pass rate is 90.2% of its MOT tests — 2.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 64.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Renault Twizy does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 3.1× the national share
Brakes make up 64.8% of everything recorded on the 2018 Renault Twizy, against 20.9% nationally — 43.9 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 27% 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. 102 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 2018 Renault Twizy compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 87.9%, so this figure is 2.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 89.2%. The median 2018 Renault Twizy in this dataset had covered 2,037 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 88.6% of the time, April–September 91.4%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Parking brake performance inoperative on one side", noted on 3.92% of tests.
- 102 recorded tests behind this page.
- 90.2% overall pass rate, 89.2% 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
- 102
- Typical mileage (median)
- 2,037 mi
- Make and model
- Renault Twizy
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Brake Servicing
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Twizy MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 82% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Twizy
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 30 | 93.3% |
| South West | 17 | 76.5% |
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 2018 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 2018 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 windscreen 3.9% 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 suspension joints 2.9% of tests
“track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated,”
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 lights 2.0% of tests
“headlamp aim not tested unable to be tested”
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.
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 2018 Twizy through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £37–£96 — and 27% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £37–£96
- Cheapest common item: headlamp not working on dipped beam
- £5–£25
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 27%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 102 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 2018 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 2018 cars with a similar record
- BMW 1 Series 90.2%
- Audi A6 90.2%
- Land Rover Range Rover 90.3%
- SEAT Ateca 90.3%
- Hyundai Ioniq 90.3%
- Toyota C-Hr 90.1%
Closest pass rates among 2018 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 2018 Renault Twizy 10 failure items · 5 advisories · 5 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 54 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 | 35 | 64.80% | 20.89% | +43.91 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 11 | 20.40% | 12.21% | +8.19 |
| Visibility | 4 | 7.40% | 4.97% | +2.43 |
| Steering | 3 | 5.60% | 2.57% | +3.03 |
| Tyres | 1 | 1.90% | 19.76% | −17.86 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parking brake performance inoperative on one side Brakes | Major | 3.9% | £60–150 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.9% | £80–200 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 2.9% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim not tested unable to be tested Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.0% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.0% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.0% | £5–25 |
| Switch faulty Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.0% | £5–25 |
| Headlamp light source and lamp not compatible Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.98% | £5–25 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.98% | £5–25 |
| Lever is not capable of being maintained in operation by direct mechanical action only Brakes | Major | 0.98% | £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 discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 15.7% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 8.8% | £18–45 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Advisory | 2.9% | £60–150 |
| Lever defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated Brakes | Advisory | 0.98% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 0.98% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 101 | 90.1% | 3,139 mi |
Source: 102 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.
2018 Twizy MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2018 Renault Twizy?
90.2% of the 102 2018 Renault Twizy tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 87.9% for cars first used in 2018. First-attempt pass rate: 89.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2018 Renault Twizy?
The three most recorded items are parking brake performance inoperative on one side (3.92%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.92%), track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (2.94%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2018 Renault Twizy MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 90.1% of the time, falling to 90.1% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2018 Renault Twizy in this dataset had covered 2,037 mi.
Does the season affect the 2018 Renault Twizy MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 88.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 91.4%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.