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Dacia LOGAN - 2016

142.9 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2016 is 154.9 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Dacia LOGAN, model year 2016. Sample size: 2,747 cars, 6,123 tests and 8,751 recorded faults.
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Less faults compared to the average car of same model year

Quick summary

Total: 2,747 cars

The 2016 Dacia Logan has an overall defect rate of 143 per 100 vehicles, which is 5% lower than the average of 151 defects per 100 vehicles for its year. Among mileage segments, it shows an increasing trend in defects as mileage rises, with the highest rate observed in vehicles over 124,000 miles. Notably, the Logan excels in the brakes category, with a significantly lower defect rate compared to the average, while it performs worse in visibility, lights and electrics, and equipment, where its defect rates are notably higher.

Cars by mileage segment

Total: 2,747 cars

Categories

Brakes
▲ 26.5% better
57.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 78.2 / 100 tests
  • Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
  • Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
  • Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
  • Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
  • Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
Steering
▲ 21.0% better
6.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 8.1 / 100 tests
  • A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
  • Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
  • Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
  • A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
  • A steering ball joint: worn to the extent there is a serious risk of detachment
Visibility
▼ 38.0% worse
20.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 15.0 / 100 tests
  • 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: defective
  • Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
  • Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▼ 54.7% worse
39.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 25.4 / 100 tests
  • A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
  • 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 only one lamp or all lamps not working
  • The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
  • A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 10.9% better
142.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 159.4 / 100 tests
  • A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
  • A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
  • A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
  • Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
  • Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
Body/Structure
▲ 20.9% better
7.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 9.1 / 100 tests
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
  • 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
  • Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
  • A main load-bearing structural member: fractured or deformed such that structural rigidity is significantly reduced
Equipment
▼ 42.4% worse
4.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 3.3 / 100 tests
  • Audible warning:
  • An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
  • A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
  • A seat belt:
  • A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
Other
▲ 29.2% better
8.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 11.3 / 100 tests
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
  • Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
  • Emissions test unable to be completed
  • Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users

Fault rate by mileage segment

Model    Year average
0 329 0–31,000 mi 31,000–62,000 62,000–93,000 93,000–124,000 124,000+
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.

Most common faults (Top 10)

Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,958
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 688
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 533
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 411
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 336
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: 240
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 233
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 192
The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
PRS
Occurrences: 180
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 178

Serious faults (Top 10)

A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 192
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 178
The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 124
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 123
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 105
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 83
A suspension component: fractured or likely to fail
FAIL
Occurrences: 79
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 76
A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
FAIL
Occurrences: 75
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 75