Dacia Logan: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Dacia Logan passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 0.7 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 15,382 individual Dacia Logan tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 77.4% first-time pass rate means roughly 23 in every 100 Dacia Logans presented for MOT fail on the first attempt. That is better than average, so a well-kept example is a reasonably safe used buy. The average Dacia Logan tested had covered 72,673 miles and was built around 2016.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. On a Dacia Logan bought as a repairable salvage, the mechanical side is less likely to spring surprises, so your repair estimate should hold up reasonably well.

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Most common MOT failures on a Dacia Logan

1. A suspension component fractured or likely to fail, 1.1% of tests (14.23x the national rate for this defect)
2. Audible warning inoperative, 1.4% of tests (6.38x the national rate for this defect)
3. The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements, 3.2% of tests (1.84x the national rate for this defect)
4. Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen, 1.9% of tests (1.52x the national rate for this defect)
5. Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen, 2% of tests (1.45x the national rate for this defect)
6. A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps, 0.9% of tests (1.32x the national rate for this defect)
7. A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED, 1.2% of tests (1.3x the national rate for this defect)
8. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 2.7% of tests (1.19x the national rate for this defect)
9. A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn, 3% of tests
10. A tyre seriously damaged, 1.6% of tests

From 20,635 DVSA-tracked Dacia Logan tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 7.09% of these flagged Dacia Logan defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

Dacia Logan pass rate by model year

Pass rates fall steadily as cars age, so the model year matters as much as the model. First-time pass rate for each Dacia Logan year:

• 2013 Dacia Logan - 69.9% first-time pass, 418 tests
• 2014 Dacia Logan - 70.5% first-time pass, 2,054 tests
• 2015 Dacia Logan - 72.3% first-time pass, 3,032 tests
• 2016 Dacia Logan - 78.9% first-time pass, 2,797 tests
• 2017 Dacia Logan - 80.1% first-time pass, 2,316 tests
• 2018 Dacia Logan - 81.2% first-time pass, 1,790 tests
• 2019 Dacia Logan - 83.5% first-time pass, 2,302 tests
• 2020 Dacia Logan - 87.4% first-time pass, 589 tests

Dacia Logan by fuel type

Diesel and petrol versions of the same car fail on different things, so the fuel type moves the number:

• Diesel Dacia Logan - 75.1% first-time pass, 7,660 tests
• Petrol Dacia Logan - 80.3% first-time pass, 7,650 tests

Other Dacia models

• Dacia Sandero - 75%
• Dacia Duster - 79.6%
• Dacia Duster Essential Tce 4x2 - 88.2%
• Dacia Sandero Comfort Tce - 94.3%
• Dacia Sandero Stepway Se Twenty Tce - 88.1%
• Dacia Sandero Stepway Comfort Tce - 93.8%
• Dacia Sandero Stepway Prestige Tce - 94.3%
• Dacia Sandero Essential Sce - 93.6%

Models with a similar pass rate

• Nissan Nv300 - 77.5%
• Fiat Doblo 16v Tecnico Maxi Mtjt Ii - 77.5%
• Mercedes-Benz C - 77.4%
• Fiat Tipo - 77.4%
• Toyota Proace - 77.4%
• Lexus Gs300 - 77.4%

If this car is a salvage or write-off

• What does Cat N mean? Category N explained
• What does Cat S mean? Category S explained
• Cat S vs Cat N: the real differences

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