Dacia Sandero: every year fails more than average

Based on 98,066 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 2019. The worst is the 2015, which fails its MOT 61% more often than other cars of the same age.

Found a Dacia Sandero 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 Sandero 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 Sandero
Registered	MOT tests	Fail rate	vs same-age cars
2013	7,423	29.8%	17% worse
2014	12,938	34.1%	50% worse
2015 Worst	14,879	31.5%	61% worse
2016	14,601	23.3%	38% worse
2017	14,960	18.3%	28% worse
2018	12,690	13.9%	16% worse
2019	12,650	12.4%	21% worse
2020	7,925	8.4%	about average

How this is worked out

Every MOT test recorded by DVSA in 2023 on a Dacia Sandero, 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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