71.1%
Dacia Duster
Dacia Duster MOT pass rate and common problems
The Dacia Duster passed 71.1% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 1.2 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Duster compares
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. A car that failed and was repaired at the test station counts as a fail.
70.1%
Dacia average
72.3%
UK average, all cars
The Duster runs 1.1 points ahead of the Dacia average. It is 2nd of the 4 Dacia models in the data. The average Duster arrived at its test 6.8 years old with 52,913 miles recorded.
A pass rate records whether cars met the roadworthiness standard on test day. It is not a reliability score, and part of any gap reflects how old the tested cars were.
Duster MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Dacia Duster cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 75.8% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 57%, a drop of 18.8 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 29,277 | 75.8% | 3.5 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 35,615 | 66.5% | 5.8 pts below |
| 11 years and over | 8,257 | 57% | 15.3 pts below |
That is a steep decline with age, so the headline rate flatters older examples. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Duster failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Dacia Duster cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and brakes together account for 49.1% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Duster MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Dacia Duster cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 45.5% of everything testers recorded against failed Dacia Duster cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Duster
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect, headlamp not working on dipped beam, headlamp aim too low and headlamp aim too high. 19.9% of failure items.
2
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively and washers provides insufficient washer liquid. 10.4% of failure items.
3
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm. 5.1% of failure items.
4
Steering
Recorded most often: track rod end ball joint has excessive play. 4.1% of failure items.
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Dacia Duster MOT FAQs
What is the Dacia Duster MOT pass rate?
71.1% of Dacia Duster cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 81,865 tests. That is 1.2 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 334th of 575 models.
What does a Dacia Duster most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Dacia Duster cars failing their 2025 MOT was wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively, on 7.3% of failure items. Next were headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (7.1%) and headlamp not working on dipped beam (5.5%).
Which area causes the most Dacia Duster MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 34.4%, followed by brakes at 14.7%.
Do older Dacia Duster cars fail their MOT more often?
Dacia Duster cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 75.8% of MOT tests in 2025, against 57% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Dacia Duster has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Dacia Duster that failed in 2025. They show where the model most often needs attention, not the condition of any individual car.
How do I see a specific Dacia Duster's MOT history?
Enter its registration on the free Carpeep MOT history check to see that car's own test results, failures, advisories and recorded mileages.
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025: class 4 initial tests, retests excluded, with failure items from failed tests (advisories and minor defects excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.