Dacia Duster years to avoid: the early ones

Based on 61,343 real MOT tests from DVSA records. Each year is compared against every other car first registered the same year — otherwise the numbers would only tell you that older cars fail more, which you knew.

The short answer

Avoid 2013 to 2015. The worst is the 2014, which fails its MOT 30% more often than other cars of the same age.

Found a Dacia Duster you like?

Averages tell you what to expect. Its registration tells you what actually happened — every MOT, every advisory, and whether the mileage adds up.

Every Duster model year

Shaded rows are the years that differ most from other cars of the same age — worse, better.

MOT failure rate by registration year for the Dacia Duster
Registered	MOT tests	Fail rate	vs same-age cars
2013	6,632	33.0%	29% worse
2014 Worst	5,820	29.4%	30% worse
2015	5,885	24.0%	23% worse
2016	7,076	19.1%	about average
2017	6,436	15.1%	about average
2018	8,643	13.4%	about average
2019	14,600	11.0%	about average
2020	6,251	8.4%	about average

How this is worked out

Every MOT test recorded by DVSA in 2023 on a Dacia Duster, grouped by the year the car was first registered. Retests are excluded, so a car that failed and was fixed still counts as a failure. Each year's rate is then divided by the rate for all cars first registered that year — so 120 means 20% more failures than its contemporaries, not 20% more than a brand new car.

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