Renault ZOE - 2018
155.4 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2018 is 123.2 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Renault ZOE, model year 2018.
Sample size: 1,850 cars, 4,151 tests and 6,450 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 1,850 cars
The 2018 Renault ZOE exhibits a higher overall defect rate than the average car of the same year, with 155 defects per 100 vehicles compared to the average of 120. Notably, the ZOE shows significant mileage-related trends, as defect rates increase with mileage, especially in the 31,000 to 62,000-mile range. Positive highlights include much lower defects in brakes, steering, body structure, and visibility, where it performs significantly better than average. However, it struggles with lights and electrics, reporting a defect rate nearly three times higher than the average, and defects in wheels, suspensions, and axles are also a concern, with rates exceeding average figures by a considerable margin.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 1,850 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▲ 26.9% better
50.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 68.8 / 100 tests
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
Steering
▲ 80.0% better
1.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 5.0 / 100 tests
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- A steering ball joint: worn to the extent there is a serious risk of detachment
- Power steering: inoperative
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- 2.5
Visibility
▲ 30.9% better
9.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 13.9 / 100 tests
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Wiper blade: defective
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▼ 159.7% worse
45.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 17.6 / 100 tests
- A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
- Lamp emitted colour, position or intensity not in accordance with the requirements
- 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
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 58.6% worse
201.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 126.7 / 100 tests
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
Body/Structure
▲ 78.4% better
1.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 5.1 / 100 tests
- A body panel or body component: damaged or corroded and likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted, or insecure
- Bumper: insecure or with damage likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- A passenger seat: insecure
Equipment
▲ 31.8% better
1.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 2.2 / 100 tests
- A seat belt:
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- A statutory seat belt missing
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
- Seat belt not functioning as intended or of an incorrect type
Other
▲ 94.3% better
0.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 7.0 / 100 tests
- Any part of the noise suppression system: insecure
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
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: 1,157
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 874
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 665
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 588
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 475
Lamp emitted colour, position or intensity not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 327
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 246
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 137
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 121
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 107
Serious faults (Top 10)
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 665
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 246
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 107
A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
FAIL
Occurrences: 95
Lamp emitted colour, position or intensity not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 73
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 71
Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
FAIL
Occurrences: 59
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 54
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 41
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
FAIL
Occurrences: 40