Dacia SANDERO - 2017
151.4 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2017 is 137.4 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Dacia SANDERO, model year 2017.
Sample size: 14,897 cars, 33,720 tests and 51,058 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 14,897 cars
The 2017 Dacia Sandero has an overall defect rate of 151 defects per 100 vehicles, which is 13% higher than the average car of the same year, at 134 defects per 100. The Sandero shows a concerning trend with increasing defects as mileage increases, notably peaking at 367 defects per 100 vehicles for those over 124,000 miles. While it performs significantly better in the steering category, with nearly half the defect rate compared to the average, it struggles in areas such as visibility, lights and electrics, body structure, and other defects, all showing considerably higher rates than the industry average. These findings suggest that while the Sandero has strengths, particularly in steering, it may require more attention to specific safety and visibility issues as it ages.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 14,897 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▲ 14.5% better
62.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 72.5 / 100 tests
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
Steering
▲ 55.4% better
2.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 5.6 / 100 tests
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- 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
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
Visibility
▼ 37.2% worse
19.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 14.5 / 100 tests
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- 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
Lights & Electrics
▼ 76.5% worse
36.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 20.4 / 100 tests
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- Beam image obviously incorrect
- 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
- A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 8.0% worse
154.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 143.1 / 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 component: excessively damaged or corroded
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
Body/Structure
▼ 51.4% worse
10.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 7.0 / 100 tests
- 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
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- 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
Equipment
▲ 18.5% better
2.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 2.7 / 100 tests
- A seat belt:
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
Other
▼ 67.8% worse
15.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 9.0 / 100 tests
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
- Emissions levels exceed the manufacturer’s specified limits
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Emissions levels exceed default limits
Fault rate by mileage segment
Model
Year average
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.
Most common faults (Top 10)
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 10,125
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 7,078
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,676
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,279
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,440
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,360
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,316
The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
PRS
Occurrences: 1,081
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 998
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
FAIL
Occurrences: 968
Serious faults (Top 10)
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 998
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
FAIL
Occurrences: 968
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 715
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 707
The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 686
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 666
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 565
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 538
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 484
Beam image obviously incorrect
FAIL
Occurrences: 455