2015 Dacia Sandero: MOT pass rate and common faults

Share of initial MOT tests passed with no repairs. Repairs made at the test centre count as a fail. 95% range 55.0% to 56.6% (±0.9 points).

• 2015 Dacia Sandero55.8%
• All vehicles first used in 201571.9%

That is 16.1 points below the average for all vehicles first used in 2015 (71.9%). These cars were about 10 years old at the test.

Failure areas compared with all 2015 vehicles

Compared with all vehicles first used in 2015, failures are more common in suspension (2.2×), lights and electrics (1.9×), brakes (1.7×), body, chassis, structure (3.9×) and windscreen, wipers, mirrors (2.1×), and less common in noise, emissions, leaks (0.8×). Other differences are within the margin of error.

Failed tests with a fault in each area, per 100 tests. The right-hand column shows how many times as often as all vehicles first used in 2015.

1. Suspension19.5 in 100 tests2.2× compared with 9.0 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2015
2. Lights and electrics17.5 in 100 tests1.9× compared with 9.0 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2015
3. Brakes9.9 in 100 tests1.7× compared with 5.9 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2015
4. Body, chassis, structure9.2 in 100 tests3.9× compared with 2.4 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2015
5. Windscreen, wipers, mirrors8.0 in 100 tests2.1× compared with 3.9 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2015
6. Tyres6.9 in 100 tests1.0× compared with 7.2 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2015
7. Steering3.5 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2015
8. Noise, emissions, leaks2.2 in 100 tests0.8× compared with 2.8 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2015
9. Seat belts and airbags0.9 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2015

All vehicles first used in 2015: the 235 models in our data, 2,524,723 tests (98.0% of all 2,576,147 tests on vehicles first used in 2015). Areas with fewer than 50 failures in a model aren't published, so an area is only compared when that leaves the all-vehicles figure at most 10% short; otherwise it shows –.

Median odometer reading at the 2025 MOT test, in miles. Half had more and half had less.

What MOT data can't tell you about any 2015 Dacia Sandero

Outstanding finance, write-offs, theft and plate changes aren't in MOT records. For a particular car, you need a history check.

Other Dacia Sandero years

• 2014 Dacia Sandero54.5%
• 2016 Dacia Sandero61.6%
• 2017 Dacia Sandero65.7%
• 2018 Dacia Sandero71.1%
• 2019 Dacia Sandero75.5%

Other cars first used in 2015

• 2015 Ford Fiesta64.9%
• 2015 Vauxhall Corsa63.6%
• 2015 Ford Focus72.4%
• 2015 Volkswagen Golf81.8%
• 2015 MINI Hatch81.5%