Dacia Duster MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Dacia Duster in Great Britain in 2025 — 81,865 tests. Figures cover every Duster first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Duster ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
71.1%
1.2 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
81,865
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
5.6%
of Duster first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
76,250
middle half: 58,750–96,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Dacia Duster cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 108,232 Dacia Duster cars that were taxed or on SORN: 106,168 taxed and 2,064 on SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification — kept, but declared off the road by the keeper). The MOT figures above count tests; these count cars, across the whole United Kingdom, cars only. Dacia Duster vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
106,168
98.1% of the 108,232 Duster cars taxed or on SORN; 103 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
2,064
declared off the road by their keepers — 1.9% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Duster cars is still rising: 106,168 at the end of 2025, up 7,444 (7.5%) on the end of 2024, and the highest in the years shown. Cars on SORN went from 311 at the end of 2014 to 2,064 at the end of 2025, up 563.7%. A car leaves the taxed count when it is scrapped, exported or declared off the road; the year-end counts do not say which.

Taxed Duster cars, year by year

Cars of this model taxed and on the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025.

050k100k150k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Duster cars, year 2014: 13kTaxed Duster cars, year 2015: 20kTaxed Duster cars, year 2016: 27kTaxed Duster cars, year 2017: 33kTaxed Duster cars, year 2018: 42kTaxed Duster cars, year 2019: 56kTaxed Duster cars, year 2020: 64kTaxed Duster cars, year 2021: 72kTaxed Duster cars, year 2022: 82kTaxed Duster cars, year 2023: 90kTaxed Duster cars, year 2024: 99kTaxed Duster cars, year 2025: 106k106k
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YearTaxed Duster cars
201413,472
201520,047
201627,292
201733,310
201841,697
201956,476
202063,605
202172,333
202281,762
202390,448
202498,724
2025106,168

Duster cars on SORN, year by year

Cars of this model declared off the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025. Its own scale — SORN counts are a fraction of the taxed count.

05001k2k2k2k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Duster cars on SORN, year 2014: 311Duster cars on SORN, year 2015: 45Duster cars on SORN, year 2016: 74Duster cars on SORN, year 2017: 164Duster cars on SORN, year 2018: 178Duster cars on SORN, year 2019: 380Duster cars on SORN, year 2020: 860Duster cars on SORN, year 2021: 491Duster cars on SORN, year 2022: 649Duster cars on SORN, year 2023: 982Duster cars on SORN, year 2024: 1kDuster cars on SORN, year 2025: 2k2k
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YearDuster cars on SORN
2014311
201545
201674
2017164
2018178
2019380
2020860
2021491
2022649
2023982
20241,441
20252,064

Which model years survive

Taxed Duster cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 106,168 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. A build year's count depends on how many were sold that year as well as how many have lasted.

Year of manufacture Taxed, end of 2025Share of taxed Duster cars
20259,3498.8%
20249,0438.5%
20239,4698.9%
20229,8909.3%
20218,4708.0%
20208,1697.7%
201914,47913.6%
20188,3177.8%
20176,1095.8%
20166,7376.3%
20155,5285.2%
20145,0764.8%
20135,5235.2%
All other build years (two years, each under 1%)90.0%

Population source: Department for Transport / DVLA vehicle licensing statistics, table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026; counts of the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, United Kingdom, cars only, excluding cars recorded with no model name. SortedCars groups DVLA's model names DUSTER, DUSTER JOURNEY, DUSTER EXTREME, DUSTER EXPRESSION under this model. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, DVLA or the Department for Transport.

How the Duster ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, Duster vs all cars, 2025.

Dacia DusterAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Dacia Duster, vehicle age 3: 86.9%Dacia Duster, vehicle age 4: 79.5%Dacia Duster, vehicle age 5: 73.7%Dacia Duster, vehicle age 6: 70.4%Dacia Duster, vehicle age 7: 70.7%Dacia Duster, vehicle age 8: 69.3%Dacia Duster, vehicle age 9: 66.4%Dacia Duster, vehicle age 10: 60.8%Dacia Duster, vehicle age 11: 58.8%Dacia Duster, vehicle age 12: 56.5%All cars, vehicle age 3: 88.5%All cars, vehicle age 4: 87.2%All cars, vehicle age 5: 86%All cars, vehicle age 6: 83.5%All cars, vehicle age 7: 80.9%All cars, vehicle age 8: 78.2%All cars, vehicle age 9: 74.9%All cars, vehicle age 10: 71.9%All cars, vehicle age 11: 68.6%All cars, vehicle age 12: 65.8%All cars, vehicle age 13: 63.5%All cars, vehicle age 14: 61.2%All cars, vehicle age 15: 59.3%All cars, vehicle age 16: 58.3%All cars, vehicle age 17: 57.2%All cars, vehicle age 18: 57.4%All cars, vehicle age 19: 57%All cars, vehicle age 20: 57.6%All cars 57.6%Dacia Duster 56.5%
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Age (years)Duster testsDuster pass rateAll cars
310,61686.9%88.5%
48,73079.5%87.2%
58,30473.7%86.0%
614,90070.4%83.5%
78,60070.7%80.9%
86,32869.3%78.2%
96,91466.4%74.9%
105,66160.8%71.9%
115,44858.8%68.6%
125,90356.5%65.8%

Better or worse than the average car?

The Duster's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the Duster beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

Duster behind
-14-7+0+7+14Age 3: -1.6 points vs the average car3Age 4: -7.7 points vs the average carAge 5: -12.3 points vs the average car5Age 6: -13.1 points vs the average carAge 7: -10.2 points vs the average car7Age 8: -8.9 points vs the average carAge 9: -8.5 points vs the average car9Age 10: -11.1 points vs the average carAge 11: -9.8 points vs the average car11Age 12: -9.3 points vs the average carVehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3-1.6
4-7.7
5-12.3
6-13.1
7-10.2
8-8.9
9-8.5
10-11.1
11-9.8
12-9.3

The Duster fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the Duster fleet still in use.

05k10k15k20kAge 3: 10k3Age 4: 8kAge 5: 8k5Age 6: 14kAge 7: 8k7Age 8: 6kAge 9: 6k9Age 10: 5kAge 11: 5k11Age 12: 5k12Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
310,616
48,730
58,304
614,900
78,600
86,328
96,914
105,661
115,448
125,903

What a Duster fails on

Where the failure items land when a Duster fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment34.5%
Brakes14.7%
Visibility12.7%
Tyres11.6%
Suspension10.4%
Body, chassis, structure5.6%
Steering5.0%
Noise, emissions and leaks3.3%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.9% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a Duster, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Tyres: 39.7% of advisories39.7%Brakes: 31.5% of advisories31.5%Suspension: 13.9% of advisories13.9%Non-component advisories: 6.8% of advisoriesBody, chassis, structure: 2.2% of advisoriesSteering: 2.1% of advisories
TyresBrakesSuspensionNon-component advisoriesBody, chassis, structureSteering
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres39.7%
Brakes31.5%
Suspension13.9%
Non-component advisories6.8%
Body, chassis, structure2.2%
Steering2.1%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Duster?

First-time pass rate for the three most-tested Duster fuel types, 2025, against the all-cars average. Fleet ages differ by fuel — newer fleets help the electrified bars.

50%60%70%80%90%100%all cars 72.3%Petrol: 75.2% of 45,224 tests75.2%Petrol45,224 testsDiesel: 64.8% of 33,407 tests64.8%Diesel33,407 testsGas bi-fuel: 80.6% of 3,233 tests80.6%Gas bi-fuel3,233 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol45,22475.2%
Diesel33,40764.8%
Gas bi-fuel3,23380.6%

What mileage is normal for a Duster?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Duster; the shaded band holds the middle half. A car far outside the band, in either direction, is worth questions the recorded history can answer.

Typical Duster (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k35791112Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 23,750 miles (middle half 16,250–31,250)Age 4: typical 28,750 miles (middle half 21,250–38,750)Age 5: typical 36,250 miles (middle half 26,250–48,750)Age 6: typical 43,750 miles (middle half 31,250–56,250)Age 7: typical 51,250 miles (middle half 36,250–66,250)Age 8: typical 58,750 miles (middle half 41,250–76,250)Age 9: typical 68,750 miles (middle half 51,250–88,750)Age 10: typical 76,250 miles (middle half 58,750–96,250)Age 11: typical 83,750 miles (middle half 63,750–103,750)Age 12: typical 88,750 miles (middle half 68,750–111,250)88k mi

Mileage values are midpoints of 2,500-mile bands.

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
316,25023,75031,250
421,25028,75038,750
526,25036,25048,750
631,25043,75056,250
736,25051,25066,250
841,25058,75076,250
951,25068,75088,750
1058,75076,25096,250
1163,75083,750103,750
1268,75088,750111,250

What fails at each age

The Duster's failure mix by age band, 2025 — each band's top categories at their true share of that band's failure items; the pale remainder is everything else. How the mix shifts with age is the point of the chart.

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentTyresVisibilityBrakesBody, chassis, structureSuspensionEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment29.4%
3-5 yrsTyres26.3%
3-5 yrsVisibility19.3%
3-5 yrsBrakes12.3%
3-5 yrsBody, chassis, structure3.5%
3-5 yrsEverything else9.2%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment27.0%
6-9 yrsBrakes15.3%
6-9 yrsTyres13.8%
6-9 yrsVisibility11.8%
6-9 yrsSuspension11.0%
6-9 yrsEverything else21.1%
10-13 yrsBrakes23.2%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment23.1%
10-13 yrsSuspension19.0%
10-13 yrsTyres8.9%
10-13 yrsBody, chassis, structure8.7%
10-13 yrsEverything else17.1%
How these figures are computed. Every number on this page is calculated by SortedCars from the DVSA anonymised MOT results dataset (every MOT test in Great Britain — 2025 for single-year figures; trend figures state their span, currently 2023–2025). Where a figure comes from a sample or uses banded values (mileage is banded to 2,500 miles), the page says so beside the figure. Test class 4 only, first tests only — retests are excluded. Class 4 is the car MOT class and also covers car-derived vans, pickups and motorhomes tested to the same standard; where this page says "cars" it means class 4. Pass rate = passes ÷ (passes + failures + pass-after-rectification): a vehicle that failed and was fixed during the visit counts as a fail. Pass rates describe fleets, not individual machines: they reflect how cars were driven, maintained and used as well as how they were built, and beyond recorded mileage none of that is in the data. A well-kept example of a model with a weak average can still pass; a neglected example of a strong one can still fail. No figure is shown for any group with fewer than 500 tests. Alias spellings of a make in the DVSA file are counted under one make name, and all trims and variants of a model are grouped under one model name, using SortedCars' grouping tables. The taxed and SORN counts on this page are the one exception: they are not computed from MOT records but taken from the Department for Transport's vehicle licensing statistics (DfT/DVLA table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0), which count the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, UK-wide, cars only. They describe a model as a whole, grouped under SortedCars' model names, and say nothing about any one car. “Dangerous” is DVSA's statutory defect category (in force since May 2018): a defect posing an immediate risk to road safety — driving the vehicle before repair is an offence. What these figures are for. These statistics are general information about groups of vehicles. They are not advice, a valuation or a recommendation to buy, avoid or price any particular vehicle, and no decision about one car should rest on them alone — check the car itself and its own records. We take care over the calculations, but we cannot guarantee they are complete, current or free of error, and we accept no liability for loss arising from reliance on them. This does not limit any liability that cannot lawfully be limited — see our Terms & Conditions. If you believe any figure on this page is inaccurate, contact us. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the DVSA or DVLA. DVSA publishes the raw test records; the statistics on this page are SortedCars' own calculations from them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.