MOT comparison

Ford Kuga Mk2 vs Renault Kadjar 1st Gen

How the Ford Kuga Mk2 (2012–2020) and the Renault Kadjar 1st Gen (2015–2022) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Ford Kuga Mk2

1,666,125

MOT tests compared · built 2012–2020

Passes more often in 12 of 12 mileage bands

Renault Kadjar 1st Gen

443,360

MOT tests compared · built 2015–2022

Passes more often in 0 of 12 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

Share of MOTs passed first time, at the mileage recorded at the test.

Ford Kuga Mk2 Renault Kadjar 1st Gen

Under 10,000 miles 94.3% vs 93.1%

28,102 and 9,431 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 92.5% vs 90.1%

138,776 and 44,480 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 89.2% vs 86.1%

246,043 and 74,948 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 86.9% vs 81.8%

266,998 and 78,880 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 84.8% vs 78.3%

242,843 and 69,028 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 82.8% vs 75.8%

204,198 and 54,851 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 80.2% vs 73.1%

162,740 and 40,198 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 77.5% vs 70.9%

123,543 and 27,638 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 74.9% vs 68.0%

89,945 and 18,110 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 72.6% vs 65.3%

62,795 and 11,358 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 70.2% vs 63.1%

77,103 and 11,654 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 68.1% vs 59.9%

23,039 and 2,784 MOTs

Parts that fail more often

Only differences that hold across at least half of the mileage bands we could compare, and that are far too large to be chance, are listed. How we decide

Ford Kuga Mk2 fails more often on

Side repeater

Fails about 9 times as often as the Renault Kadjar 1st Gen: 0.67% of MOTs against 0.07%.

In 9 of 12 mileage bands
Front position lamp

Fails about 12 times as often as the Renault Kadjar 1st Gen: 3.7% of MOTs against 0.35%.

In 8 of 12 mileage bands · Lights & Signals

Renault Kadjar 1st Gen fails more often on

Headlamp

Fails about 3 times as often as the Ford Kuga Mk2: 4.6% of MOTs against 1.8%.

In 11 of 12 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Front suspension arm

Fails about 8 times as often as the Ford Kuga Mk2: 3.5% of MOTs against 0.45%.

In 8 of 12 mileage bands · Suspension & Joints

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These are differences in real MOT results, not engineering verdicts. Owner mix differs between models (some are more often taxis, first cars or rural cars), which is why every figure compares cars at the same mileage. How we compare cars.

MOT records: DVSA MOT history, which contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See this the other way round.