Dacia SANDERO - 2019
127.1 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2019 is 108.6 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Dacia SANDERO, model year 2019.
Sample size: 12,590 cars, 27,312 tests and 34,719 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 12,590 cars
The 2019 Dacia Sandero has a higher overall defect rate of 127 defects per 100 vehicles, which is 20% more than the average of 106 defects for cars of the same year. Notably, it shows a concerning trend with increasing defects as mileage rises, peaking at 333 defects per 100 vehicles for those with over 124,000 miles. The model stands out positively in steering and body/structure defects, with rates significantly lower than the average. However, it performs worse in visibility and lights & electrics, with defect rates almost double that of the average.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 12,590 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▲ 14.6% better
53.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 62.4 / 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
▲ 71.4% better
0.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 2.8 / 100 tests
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
- A steering ball joint: worn to the extent there is a serious risk of detachment
Visibility
▼ 58.7% worse
21.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 13.8 / 100 tests
- Wiper blade: defective
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▼ 98.0% worse
29.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 14.9 / 100 tests
- 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
- 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 headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 25.1% worse
141.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 112.9 / 100 tests
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
Body/Structure
▲ 34.3% better
2.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 3.5 / 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
- A main load-bearing structural member: fractured or deformed such that structural rigidity is significantly reduced
- 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
▲ 5.6% better
1.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 1.8 / 100 tests
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
- Audible warning:
- A seat belt:
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
Other
▲ 29.4% better
3.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 5.1 / 100 tests
- 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 levels exceed the manufacturer’s specified limits
- 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: 11,085
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 5,003
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,385
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,017
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,198
The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
PRS
Occurrences: 882
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 806
Wiper blade: defective
MINOR
Occurrences: 510
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 508
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
PRS
Occurrences: 470
Serious faults (Top 10)
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 806
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 508
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 433
The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 397
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 379
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 359
A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
FAIL
Occurrences: 355
Beam image obviously incorrect
FAIL
Occurrences: 252
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 219
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 182