Dacia DUSTER - 2014
301.1 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2014 is 198.0 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Dacia DUSTER, model year 2014.
Sample size: 5,722 cars, 13,407 tests and 40,375 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 5,722 cars
The 2014 Dacia Duster exhibits a higher overall defect rate than the average car of the same year, with 301 defects per 100 vehicles compared to the average of 194. This model particularly struggles with brakes, where defects are 101% higher than average, as well as issues related to wheels and suspensions, visibility, and lights. Conversely, it performs better in the "Other" category, showing a 30% lower defect rate than the average. Defect rates also increase with mileage, with the highest incidence seen in vehicles over 124,000 miles, highlighting a trend consistent with general wear and tear.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 5,722 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▼ 101.5% worse
187.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 92.8 / 100 tests
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
Steering
▼ 40.3% worse
16.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 11.9 / 100 tests
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
- Power steering pipe, hose or wiring: excessively damaged or corroded
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
Visibility
▼ 29.1% worse
22.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 17.2 / 100 tests
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Wiper blade: defective
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▼ 39.7% worse
55.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 39.5 / 100 tests
- Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
- Beam image obviously incorrect
- A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 34.1% worse
266.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 198.8 / 100 tests
- A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
Body/Structure
▼ 83.3% worse
28.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 15.6 / 100 tests
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
- A transmission shaft bearing: excessively worn
Equipment
▼ 242.2% worse
15.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 4.5 / 100 tests
- Audible warning:
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- A seat belt:
- is significantly reduced or The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any seat belt anchorage (a ’prescribed area’): inadequately repaired
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
Other
▲ 31.8% better
10.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 15.7 / 100 tests
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
- Emissions test unable to be completed
Fault rate by mileage segment
Model
Year average
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.
Most common faults (Top 10)
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 5,578
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 4,205
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,573
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,394
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,049
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,725
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,590
A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,177
A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
MINOR
Occurrences: 994
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
FAIL
Occurrences: 938
Serious faults (Top 10)
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
FAIL
Occurrences: 938
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 809
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 481
A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
FAIL
Occurrences: 403
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
FAIL
Occurrences: 398
Audible warning:
FAIL
Occurrences: 333
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 305
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 300
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 293
Beam image obviously incorrect
FAIL
Occurrences: 287