Dacia Sandero MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Dacia Sandero in Great Britain in 2025 — 117,868 tests. Figures cover every Sandero first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Sandero ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
69.1%
3.2 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
117,868
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
7.4%
of Sandero first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
66,250
middle half: 48,750–83,750 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Dacia Sandero cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 147,562 Dacia Sandero cars that were taxed or on SORN: 145,090 taxed and 2,472 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 Sandero vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
145,090
98.3% of the 147,562 Sandero cars taxed or on SORN; 61 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
2,472
declared off the road by their keepers — 1.7% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Sandero cars is still rising: 145,090 at the end of 2025, up 3,402 (2.4%) on the end of 2024, and the highest in the years shown. Cars on SORN went from 16 at the end of 2014 to 2,472 at the end of 2025, up 15350.0%. 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 Sandero 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 Sandero cars, year 2014: 23kTaxed Sandero cars, year 2015: 39kTaxed Sandero cars, year 2016: 54kTaxed Sandero cars, year 2017: 69kTaxed Sandero cars, year 2018: 81kTaxed Sandero cars, year 2019: 94kTaxed Sandero cars, year 2020: 102kTaxed Sandero cars, year 2021: 109kTaxed Sandero cars, year 2022: 122kTaxed Sandero cars, year 2023: 133kTaxed Sandero cars, year 2024: 142kTaxed Sandero cars, year 2025: 145k145k
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YearTaxed Sandero cars
201423,178
201538,989
201654,248
201769,148
201881,429
201993,746
2020101,565
2021109,250
2022122,042
2023133,292
2024141,688
2025145,090

Sandero 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)Sandero cars on SORN, year 2014: 16Sandero cars on SORN, year 2015: 62Sandero cars on SORN, year 2016: 149Sandero cars on SORN, year 2017: 272Sandero cars on SORN, year 2018: 341Sandero cars on SORN, year 2019: 584Sandero cars on SORN, year 2020: 690Sandero cars on SORN, year 2021: 721Sandero cars on SORN, year 2022: 940Sandero cars on SORN, year 2023: 1kSandero cars on SORN, year 2024: 2kSandero cars on SORN, year 2025: 2k2k
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YearSandero cars on SORN
201416
201562
2016149
2017272
2018341
2019584
2020690
2021721
2022940
20231,226
20241,736
20252,472

Which model years survive

Taxed Sandero cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 145,090 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 Sandero cars
20256,0444.2%
202410,5277.3%
202312,3198.5%
202212,8858.9%
20218,0565.6%
20209,0516.2%
201912,3848.5%
201812,2738.5%
201714,47710.0%
201614,3559.9%
201514,0569.7%
201411,9748.3%
20136,6744.6%
All other build years (two years, each under 1%)150.0%

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 name SANDERO 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 Sandero ages

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

Dacia SanderoAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Dacia Sandero, vehicle age 3: 89%Dacia Sandero, vehicle age 4: 85.9%Dacia Sandero, vehicle age 5: 78.8%Dacia Sandero, vehicle age 6: 75.5%Dacia Sandero, vehicle age 7: 71.1%Dacia Sandero, vehicle age 8: 65.7%Dacia Sandero, vehicle age 9: 61.6%Dacia Sandero, vehicle age 10: 55.8%Dacia Sandero, vehicle age 11: 54.5%Dacia Sandero, vehicle age 12: 57.8%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%Dacia Sandero 57.8%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)Sandero testsSandero pass rateAll cars
313,17489.0%88.5%
48,08385.9%87.2%
59,04878.8%86.0%
612,52775.5%83.5%
712,50171.1%80.9%
814,62965.7%78.2%
914,27061.6%74.9%
1014,20655.8%71.9%
1112,09154.5%68.6%
126,82857.8%65.8%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Sandero aheadSandero behind
-18-9+0+9+18Age 3: +0.5 points vs the average car3Age 4: -1.3 points vs the average carAge 5: -7.2 points vs the average car5Age 6: -8.0 points vs the average carAge 7: -9.8 points vs the average car7Age 8: -12.5 points vs the average carAge 9: -13.3 points vs the average car9Age 10: -16.1 points vs the average carAge 11: -14.1 points vs the average car11Age 12: -8.0 points vs the average carVehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3+0.5
4-1.3
5-7.2
6-8.0
7-9.8
8-12.5
9-13.3
10-16.1
11-14.1
12-8.0

The Sandero fleet on the road, by age

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

05k10k15k20kAge 3: 13k3Age 4: 8kAge 5: 9k5Age 6: 12kAge 7: 12k7Age 8: 14kAge 9: 14k9Age 10: 14kAge 11: 12k11Age 12: 6k12Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
313,174
48,083
59,048
612,527
712,501
814,629
914,270
1014,206
1112,091
126,828

What a Sandero fails on

Where the failure items land when a Sandero 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 equipment26.0%
Suspension19.0%
Brakes14.2%
Visibility13.1%
Tyres10.5%
Body, chassis, structure9.0%
Noise, emissions and leaks4.0%
Steering2.7%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (98.5% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Tyres: 45.2% of advisories45.2%Brakes: 25.6% of advisories25.6%Suspension: 14.6% of advisories14.6%Non-component advisories: 6.6% of advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaks: 2.2% of advisoriesBody, chassis, structure: 1.2% of advisories
TyresBrakesSuspensionNon-component advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaksBody, chassis, structure
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres45.2%
Brakes25.6%
Suspension14.6%
Non-component advisories6.6%
Noise, emissions and leaks2.2%
Body, chassis, structure1.2%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Sandero?

First-time pass rate for the three most-tested Sandero 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: 71.5% of 93,361 tests71.5%Petrol93,361 testsDiesel: 55.8% of 21,031 tests55.8%Diesel21,031 testsGas bi-fuel: 87.2% of 3,475 tests87.2%Gas bi-fuel3,475 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol93,36171.5%
Diesel21,03155.8%
Gas bi-fuel3,47587.2%

What mileage is normal for a Sandero?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Sandero; 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 Sandero (median)
0k25k50k75k100k35791112Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 18,750 miles (middle half 11,250–26,250)Age 4: typical 23,750 miles (middle half 16,250–33,750)Age 5: typical 28,750 miles (middle half 18,750–38,750)Age 6: typical 33,750 miles (middle half 23,750–46,250)Age 7: typical 41,250 miles (middle half 28,750–56,250)Age 8: typical 48,750 miles (middle half 36,250–66,250)Age 9: typical 58,750 miles (middle half 41,250–76,250)Age 10: typical 66,250 miles (middle half 48,750–83,750)Age 11: typical 73,750 miles (middle half 53,750–93,750)Age 12: typical 76,250 miles (middle half 56,250–96,250)76k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
311,25018,75026,250
416,25023,75033,750
518,75028,75038,750
623,75033,75046,250
728,75041,25056,250
836,25048,75066,250
941,25058,75076,250
1048,75066,25083,750
1153,75073,75093,750
1256,25076,25096,250

What fails at each age

The Sandero'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.

VisibilityTyresBrakesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentSuspensionBody, chassis, structureEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsVisibility28.6%
3-5 yrsTyres24.2%
3-5 yrsBrakes19.4%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment15.2%
3-5 yrsSuspension5.3%
3-5 yrsEverything else7.3%
6-9 yrsSuspension21.0%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment19.4%
6-9 yrsBrakes15.2%
6-9 yrsTyres13.0%
6-9 yrsVisibility11.7%
6-9 yrsEverything else19.7%
10-13 yrsSuspension26.5%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment19.2%
10-13 yrsBrakes17.5%
10-13 yrsBody, chassis, structure11.1%
10-13 yrsTyres8.7%
10-13 yrsEverything else17.0%
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.