Renault Wind
Registered from 2010 to 2012.
About this model
The Renault Wind is a convertible car manufactured and marketed by the French automobile company Renault from 2010 to 2013. It is a two-seater roadster with a front-engine, front-wheel-drive layout.
From the Wikipedia article Renault Wind, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2011 1.1 petrol. 374 of 1,296 tests failed, 29%.
Better than 11% of 2011 cars. The typical one fails 22%, across 924 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 58% | 217 |
| Brakes | 33% | 125 |
| Steering | 23% | 86 |
| Lights and electrics | 21% | 79 |
| Tyres and wheels | 20% | 75 |
| Visibility | 12% | 45 |
The defects inspectors cite
- A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- A steering ball joint with excessive wear or free play
- A tyre seriously damaged
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
Where it stands out against its peers
- Steering: failed more often than 91% of 2011 cars — 23% of its 374 failed tests, where an ordinary 2011 car has 5%.
Same model year only, at least 30 peer cars, zeros included. Every car has a worst part; this shows which, and how far from ordinary it is. A high share means more to check, not a verdict.
NHTSA's investigations are American; no European regulator publishes an equivalent record, so this section has nothing to draw on for a European car. There is no European equivalent of the service-bulletin register either.
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Suspension — 58% of its failures
- A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- Brakes — 33% of its failures
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Parking brake inoperative on one side
- Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn
- Steering — 23% of its failures
- A steering ball joint with excessive wear or free play
- Tyres and wheels — 20% of its failures
- A tyre seriously damaged
- Lights and electrics — 21% of its failures
- Visibility — 12% of its failures
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
When it starts failing
At 100–120k miles this one fails 35% of its inspections, against the 25% an ordinary car of the same age fails.
| Odometer | Failure rate | Rate | Its age | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20–40k miles | 23% | 14% | 190 | |
| 40–60k miles | 27% | 18% | 417 | |
| 60–80k miles | 31% | 21% | 407 | |
| 80–100k miles | 34% | 24% | 175 | |
| 100–120k miles | 35% | 25% | 52 |
1,241 British inspections, grouped by the odometer reading recorded at the test.
Half of these have more than 60k miles on them. That is how far people drive this car, not how long it lasts.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 1.1 petrol · 100 hp · 1212 kg · 2368 mm wheelbase · 6.0 L/100km (NEDC) |
| 2011 | 1.1 petrol · 99 hp · 1214 kg · 2368 mm wheelbase · 6.1 L/100km (NEDC) |