Diesel Dacia Logan: MOT pass rate

75.1% of diesel Dacia Logans pass the MOT first time, measured across 7,660 DVSA tests on that fuel type alone. Average mileage at test was 92,249.

Diesel against the other Dacia Logan versions

Fuel Pass rate Tests
Diesel 75.1% 7,660
Petrol 80.3% 7,650
All Dacia Logan77.7%15,322

Why the fuel type changes the number

Diesels carry DPFs, EGR valves and stricter smoke limits, so emissions and exhaust faults account for failures petrol cars never see.

On the Dacia Logan specifically, petrol is the strongest at 80.3%, and this diesel version sits 2.6 points below the 77.7% model average.

What it means if you are buying one

The diesel Dacia Logan fails more often than the model average, so budget for the items that catch this fuel type and treat a fresh MOT as worth paying for. Check the exact car, decode the VIN and check the mileage before you bid.

Mileage is part of the answer

The average diesel Dacia Logan had covered 92,249 miles at test, against 56,505 for the petrol. That is above average, the point where suspension bushes, drop links and exhaust corrosion start showing up as advisories before they become failures.

Fuel type and mileage are tangled together: diesels are usually bought by higher-mileage drivers, so some of any gap between fuels is the miles rather than the engine. The per-year figures on the Dacia Logan page separate age from fuel if you want to isolate one.

Other Dacia Logan fuel types

All Dacia Logan MOT data · Every model