Renault Zoe reliability
MOT tests in 2025, published 22 Jun 2026. DVSA publishes a new year each summer.
78.7% of the 26,997 Renault Zoe cars three years and over tested in 2025 passed their MOT first time. Cars of the same ages passed 83.8% of the time, so the Zoe did worse than average.
That ranks it 200 of 248 models overall and 2 of 9 Renault models. How the score works.
Against cars of the same age
Each year's pass rate against all cars first used that year. Bars past the tick did better than average for their age.
| Item | Renault Zoe | All cars that year |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 89.5% | 88.5% |
| 2021 | 86.6% | 87.2% |
| 2020 | 85.0% | 86.0% |
| 2019 | 66.1% | 83.5% |
| 2018 | 65.8% | 80.9% |
| 2017 | 60.7% | 78.2% |
| 2016 | 62.0% | 74.9% |
| 2015 | 58.9% | 71.9% |
| 2014 | 60.6% | 68.6% |
Source: DVSA, tests in 2025, published 22 June 2026.
Where it fails
The share of Renault Zoe cars tested with a failure in each area, against all cars. For the exact items, see the Renault Zoe MOT check.
| Item | Renault Zoe | All cars |
|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 8.5% | 6.2% |
| Suspension | 7.6% | 9.0% |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 5.5% | 10.6% |
| Brakes | 2.7% | 6.2% |
| Visibility | 2.5% | 4.3% |
| Steering | 0.6% | 2.0% |
Source: DVSA, tests in 2025, published 22 June 2026.
Checking one car?
These figures describe groups of cars. A vehicle history report shows the full MOT history, mileage, outstanding finance, write-offs and stolen records for one registration.
Figures from the DVSA anonymised MOT testing data for MOT tests in 2025, published by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency. Analysis by Motoring Insider. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we work out these figures.
Every dataset we use is listed on our data sources page, with the credit lines on our attribution page.