Renault KADJAR - 2020
112.7 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2020 is 91.3 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Renault KADJAR, model year 2020.
Sample size: 8,346 cars, 18,211 tests and 20,525 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 8,346 cars
The 2020 Renault Kadjar has an overall defect rate of 113 per 100 vehicles, which is 26% higher than the average car of the same year, sitting at 90 per 100. Notably, this model excels in categories such as steering, body/structure, and equipment, showing significantly lower defect rates compared to the average. However, it faces challenges with brakes, lights and electrics, and wheels, where it performs worse than its peers. Mileage trends indicate an increase in defects as the vehicle ages, particularly in the 31,000 to 93,000-mile range.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 8,346 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▼ 24.0% worse
63.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 50.8 / 100 tests
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
- Excessive fluctuation in brake effort through each wheel revolution
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
Steering
▲ 66.7% better
0.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 1.5 / 100 tests
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
- 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
Visibility
▲ 9.2% better
12.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 14.1 / 100 tests
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Wiper blade: defective
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▼ 23.2% worse
13.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 11.2 / 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
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 36.5% worse
133.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 97.5 / 100 tests
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A wheel: badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mounting
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- 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
▲ 87.5% better
0.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 2.4 / 100 tests
- A body panel or body component: damaged or corroded and likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted, or insecure
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- 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
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
Equipment
▲ 33.3% better
1.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 1.5 / 100 tests
- A seat belt:
- A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
Other
▲ 81.1% better
0.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 3.7 / 100 tests
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Any part of the noise suppression system: insecure
- 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)
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 5,096
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,669
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,463
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,998
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 742
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 688
The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
PRS
Occurrences: 510
A wheel: badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mounting
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 494
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 483
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 480
Serious faults (Top 10)
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 742
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 423
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 331
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 276
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 265
A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
FAIL
Occurrences: 110
The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 71
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 49
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 47
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 47