2018 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 70.3% to 71.9% (±0.9 points).

• 2018 Dacia Sandero71.1%
• All vehicles first used in 201880.9%

That is 9.8 points below the average for all vehicles first used in 2018 (80.9%). These cars were about 7 years old at the test.

Failure areas compared with all 2018 vehicles

Compared with all vehicles first used in 2018, failures are more common in lights and electrics (2.4×), windscreen, wipers, mirrors (2.3×), suspension (1.6×) and brakes (1.2×), and less common in tyres (0.9×). 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 2018.

1. Lights and electrics12.2 in 100 tests2.4× compared with 5.0 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2018
2. Windscreen, wipers, mirrors7.2 in 100 tests2.3× compared with 3.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2018
3. Suspension5.8 in 100 tests1.6× compared with 3.6 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2018
4. Tyres5.1 in 100 tests0.9× compared with 5.5 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2018
5. Brakes4.3 in 100 tests1.2× compared with 3.6 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2018
6. Noise, emissions, leaks3.0 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2018
7. Body, chassis, structure2.6 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2018
8. Seat belts and airbags0.6 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2018

All vehicles first used in 2018: the 245 models in our data, 2,409,788 tests (97.5% of all 2,471,792 tests on vehicles first used in 2018). 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 2018 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%
• 2015 Dacia Sandero55.8%
• 2016 Dacia Sandero61.6%
• 2017 Dacia Sandero65.7%
• 2019 Dacia Sandero75.5%

Other cars first used in 2018

• 2018 Ford Fiesta82.8%
• 2018 Vauxhall Corsa72.9%
• 2018 Ford Focus81.8%
• 2018 Volkswagen Golf86.1%
• 2018 MINI Hatch86.9%