1,015 tests in 2025
Renault Megane Electric reliability and MOT pass rate
84% passed first time. The 16% fail rate is 6.6 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 3 years old with 20,791 miles.
Electric versions only, by DVSA’s fuel record for each test. Petrol, diesel and hybrid versions are on the Renault Megane page.
Pass rate
84%
22.6% of all cars failed; 16% of these did.
Fixed on the day
1.3%
Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.
Median at test
20,791 mi
3 years old.
Fail rate by age
| Age at test | Tests | Fail rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 925 | 16.1% |
| 6-9 years | 0 | — |
| 10-13 years | 0 | — |
| 14+ years | 1 | — |
What the Megane Electric fails on
Share of failed tests with at least one fail item in each DVSA inspection section. A test can fail in several sections at once.
- Tyres73 dangerous46.9%
- Steering1 dangerous34.6%
- Visibility19.1%
- Brakes8 dangerous5.6%
- Suspension4.9%
- Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems3.1%
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment2.5%
- Road Wheels1 dangerous1.9%
The exact defects that fail it
Every failure item DVSA recorded against a Megane Electric in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.
- 1Track rod end: ball joint has excessive play53 tests
- 2Condition: has ply or cords exposed40 tests
- 3Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords21 tests
- 4Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively21 tests
- 5Condition: has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure11 tests
- 6Washers: not working10 tests
- 7Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm9 tests
- 8Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick6 tests
What wears out first
Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Megane Electric collects 1.76 of them per test, and these are the ones that come up most. Treat it as the running-repairs list for the next year or two.
- 1Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm143 tests
- 2Tread depth: tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm36 tests
- 3Condition: badly distorted34 tests
- 4Non-component advisories: Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt29 tests
- 5Track rod end: ball joint has excessive play28 tests
- 6Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords24 tests
- 7Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure22 tests
- 8Non-component advisories: Nail in tyre20 tests
Questions
What is the Renault Megane Electric MOT pass rate?
84% of the 1,015 Renault Megane Electric first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 16% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 1.3% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.
What does a Renault Megane Electric usually fail on?
The single most common failure is "Track rod end: ball joint has excessive play", recorded on 53 failed tests, followed by "Condition: has ply or cords exposed" and "Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords". By section, tyres appears in 46.9% of failures, steering appears in 34.6% of failures, visibility appears in 19.1% of failures.
Does age change the odds?
Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 16.1%; at 3-5 years it was 16.1%. The median Renault Megane Electric tested in 2025 was 3 years old with 20,791 miles.
First-attempt class 4 tests, 2025, from DVSA’s anonymised MOT data (OGL v3, retrieved 2026-09-12). DVSA records newer cars trim by trim; this page adds every Megane Electric trim together. Year-on-year figures come from the same DVSA extracts for 2026 and earlier years. Full method on the pass rates hub.
Other Renault models
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