Renault GRAND SCENIC - 2017
176.7 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2017 is 137.4 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Renault GRAND SCENIC, model year 2017.
Sample size: 1,121 cars, 2,587 tests and 4,572 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 1,121 cars
The 2017 Renault Grand Scenic has an overall defect rate of 177 per 100 vehicles, which is significantly higher than the average of 134 per 100, indicating a 32% increase in issues compared to its peers. Notably, the defect rate rises with mileage, especially in the higher mileage categories. The Grand Scenic performs well in steering and body structure defects, showing much lower rates than the average, but it has considerable issues with lights and electrics, as well as with wheels, suspensions, and axles, where it rates worse than average.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 1,121 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▼ 16.6% worse
84.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 72.5 / 100 tests
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
- Brake hose ferrules: excessively corroded
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
Steering
▲ 75.0% better
1.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 5.6 / 100 tests
- 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.
- 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
Visibility
▲ 0.7% better
14.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 14.5 / 100 tests
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Wiper blade: defective
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▼ 82.8% worse
37.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 20.4 / 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
- A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
- Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
- A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 40.6% worse
201.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 143.1 / 100 tests
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A wheel: badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mounting
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
Body/Structure
▲ 44.3% better
3.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 7.0 / 100 tests
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- Fuel system: leaking, or missing or ineffective filler cap
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
- A passenger seat: with a defective structure or the backrest cannot be retained in the upright position
Equipment
▲ 22.2% better
2.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 2.7 / 100 tests
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
- A seat belt:
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
- A statutory seat belt missing
Other
▲ 5.6% better
8.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 9.0 / 100 tests
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Smoke opacity levels exceed the manufacturer’s specified limit
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
Fault rate by mileage segment
Model
Year average
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.
Most common faults (Top 10)
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 904
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 514
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 430
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 299
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 227
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 163
A wheel: badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mounting
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 150
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 130
Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
FAIL
Occurrences: 126
A suspension joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
FAIL
Occurrences: 103
Serious faults (Top 10)
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 130
Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
FAIL
Occurrences: 126
A suspension joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
FAIL
Occurrences: 103
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 95
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 92
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 78
A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
FAIL
Occurrences: 54
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 49
Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
FAIL
Occurrences: 48
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 40