MOT comparison

Renault Clio Mk4 vs Nissan Micra K14

How the Renault Clio Mk4 (2012–2019) and the Nissan Micra K14 (2017–2023) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Renault Clio Mk4

1,134,813

MOT tests compared · built 2012–2019

Passes more often in 0 of 9 mileage bands

Nissan Micra K14

156,526

MOT tests compared · built 2017–2023

Passes more often in 9 of 9 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Renault Clio Mk4 Nissan Micra K14

Under 10,000 miles 91.0% vs 93.7%

30,028 and 18,731 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 86.6% vs 90.4%

128,793 and 43,051 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 79.8% vs 84.9%

198,067 and 38,417 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 74.1% vs 78.5%

201,364 and 25,286 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 68.4% vs 73.8%

177,281 and 15,240 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 63.1% vs 69.6%

144,956 and 8,198 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 58.8% vs 68.4%

112,950 and 4,237 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 55.4% vs 65.3%

82,928 and 2,210 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 52.8% vs 63.3%

58,446 and 1,156 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

Renault Clio Mk4 fails more often on

Windscreen washer

Fails about twice as often as the Nissan Micra K14: 1.7% of MOTs against 0.87%.

In 8 of 9 mileage bands · Driver's View
Rear brakes

Fails over 20 times as often as the Nissan Micra K14: 2.4% of MOTs against 0.03%.

In 7 of 9 mileage bands · Braking System
Front drive shaft

Fails over 20 times as often as the Nissan Micra K14: 3.4% of MOTs against 0.09%.

In 6 of 9 mileage bands

Nissan Micra K14 fails more often on

Rear coil spring

Fails about 10 times as often as the Renault Clio Mk4: 3.6% of MOTs against 0.39%.

In 7 of 9 mileage bands · Springs & Shocks
Engine management light

Fails about twice as often as the Renault Clio Mk4: 1.6% of MOTs against 0.60%.

In 6 of 9 mileage bands · Dashboard Warning Lights

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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.