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Renault CLIO - 2016

198.9 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2016 is 154.9 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Renault CLIO, model year 2016. Sample size: 23,241 cars, 57,063 tests and 113,494 recorded faults.
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More faults compared to the average car of same model year

Quick summary

Total: 23,241 cars

The 2016 Renault Clio has a higher overall defect rate of 199 defects per 100 vehicles, which is 32% above the average for cars of the same year. Notably, as mileage increases, the defect rate also rises significantly, particularly in the highest mileage category. While the Clio performs better than average in steering, equipment, and other minor categories, it experiences considerably more issues with brakes, lights and electrics, wheels, and body structure compared to its peers. This suggests that while the Clio excels in some areas, it may require more attention in critical systems as it ages.

Cars by mileage segment

Total: 23,241 cars

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Categories

Brakes
▼ 60.6% worse
125.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 78.2 / 100 tests
  • Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
  • Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
  • Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
  • Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
  • Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
Steering
▲ 64.2% better
2.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 8.1 / 100 tests
  • A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
  • Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
  • Free play in the steering, measured at the rim of the steering wheel is: excessive
  • A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
  • Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
Visibility
▼ 18.7% worse
17.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 15.0 / 100 tests
  • Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
  • Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
  • Obligatory mirror or device: slightly damaged or loose
  • Wiper blade: defective
  • Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
Lights & Electrics
▼ 25.6% worse
31.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 25.4 / 100 tests
  • A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
  • The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
  • Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
  • Beam image obviously incorrect
  • Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 21.0% worse
192.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 159.4 / 100 tests
  • A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
  • A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
  • Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
  • A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
  • A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
Body/Structure
▼ 102.2% worse
18.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 9.1 / 100 tests
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
  • Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
  • A main load-bearing structural member: fractured or deformed such that structural rigidity is significantly reduced
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
  • Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
Equipment
▲ 48.5% better
1.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 3.3 / 100 tests
  • A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
  • Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
  • An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
  • A seat belt:
  • A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
Other
▲ 39.8% better
6.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 11.3 / 100 tests
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
  • Emissions test unable to be completed
  • Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
  • Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction

Fault rate by mileage segment

Model    Year average
0 351 0–31,000 mi 31,000–62,000 62,000–93,000 93,000–124,000 124,000+
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.

Most common faults (Top 10)

Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 15,286
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 11,930
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 11,016
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 7,111
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 5,208
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 4,311
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,794
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,444
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
FAIL
Occurrences: 2,719
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,651

Serious faults (Top 10)

A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 5,208
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 4,311
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
FAIL
Occurrences: 2,719
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,873
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,636
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,618
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,301
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,266
Beam image obviously incorrect
FAIL
Occurrences: 861
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 801