Renault MASTER - 2012
314.6 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2012 is 249.2 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Renault MASTER, model year 2012.
Sample size: 3,142 cars, 7,186 tests and 22,608 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 3,142 cars
The 2012 Renault Master has a higher overall defect rate of 315 per 100 vehicles compared to the average of 246 per 100, indicating it performs 28% worse than similar cars from the same year. Notably, defects increase with mileage, particularly in the highest category of over 124,000 miles, where the Master shows 468 defects per 100, suggesting that issues tend to accumulate as the vehicle ages. The model stands out positively in the Wheels, Suspensions & Axles category, with a significantly lower defect rate than average. However, it has considerable weaknesses in categories such as Brakes, Visibility, and Lights & Electrics, all of which show much higher defect rates compared to average vehicles from the same year.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 3,142 cars
Categories
Brakes
▼ 82.7% worse
189.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 103.8 / 100 tests
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
Steering
▲ 3.0% better
12.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 13.2 / 100 tests
- Power steering pipe, hose or wiring: excessively damaged or corroded
- Free play in the steering, measured at the rim of the steering wheel is: excessive
- Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
- 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
▼ 100.5% worse
38.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 19.2 / 100 tests
- Obligatory mirror or device: slightly damaged or loose
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Wiper blade: defective
Lights & Electrics
▼ 101.9% worse
125.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 61.9 / 100 tests
- Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
- A lens defective: which has no effect on emitted light
- Lamp emitted colour, position or intensity not in accordance with the requirements
- A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 23.9% better
186.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 244.4 / 100 tests
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
Body/Structure
▼ 54.2% worse
40.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 26.2 / 100 tests
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
- Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- A door will not open using the relevant control or close properly
Equipment
▼ 143.5% worse
15.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 6.2 / 100 tests
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- A seat belt:
- Audible warning:
Other
▲ 8.1% better
21.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 23.6 / 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
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- 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)
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,500
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,599
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,414
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 947
A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
MINOR
Occurrences: 810
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 665
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 641
Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
MINOR
Occurrences: 598
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 539
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 531
Serious faults (Top 10)
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 539
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
FAIL
Occurrences: 439
Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
FAIL
Occurrences: 408
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 404
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
FAIL
Occurrences: 312
A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
FAIL
Occurrences: 196
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
FAIL
Occurrences: 177
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 169
A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has only one lamp or all lamps not working
FAIL
Occurrences: 155
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 154