Dacia Sandero Stepway Comfort Tce: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Dacia Sandero Stepway Comfort Tce passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 17.1 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 1,049 individual Dacia Sandero Stepway Comfort Tce tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 93.8% first-time pass rate means roughly 6 in every 100 Dacia Sandero Stepway Comfort Tces 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 Sandero Stepway Comfort Tce tested had covered 18,996 miles and was built around 2021.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. The Dacia Sandero Stepway Comfort Tce sits 17.1 points above the national average, ranked 161 of 2,005 models. On one bought as 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 Sandero Stepway Comfort Tce

1. A tyre cords visible or damaged, 1.7% of tests
2. A tyre seriously damaged, 1.6% of tests
3. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 0.9% of tests
4. Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen, 0.6% of tests
5. The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements, 0.5% of tests
6. Fuel system leaking, or missing or ineffective filler cap, 0.4% of tests (3.06x the national rate for this defect)
7. Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen, 0.4% of tests
8. A tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative, 0.3% of tests
9. Seat belt not functioning as intended or of an incorrect type, 0.2% of tests (2.4x the national rate for this defect)
10. Excessive fluctuation in brake effort through each wheel revolution., 0.2% of tests

From 1,046 DVSA-tracked Dacia Sandero Stepway Comfort Tce tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 6.04% of these flagged Dacia Sandero Stepway Comfort Tce defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 5.11% nationally.

Most common MOT advisories on a Dacia Sandero Stepway Comfort Tce

An advisory doesn't fail the car - the tester flags it as worth watching, but it still passes. A different list from the failures above: what testers are noting on a Dacia Sandero Stepway Comfort Tce before it actually fails on it.

1. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 16.3% of tests
2. A tyre seriously damaged, 8.2% of tests, also fails
3. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 4.3% of tests, also fails
4. Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn, 2.9% of tests
5. Brake disc or drum excessively weakened, insecure or fractured, 2.3% of tests
6. A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn, 0.6% of tests
7. Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake, 0.5% of tests
8. A shock absorber damaged to the extent that it does not function or showing signs of severe leakage, 0.5% of tests
9. Fluid leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users, 0.5% of tests
10. Number plate inscription missing or illegible, 0.4% of tests

From 1,046 DVSA-tracked Dacia Sandero Stepway Comfort Tce tests, 2024.

Other Dacia models

• Dacia Sandero - 75%
• Dacia Duster - 79.6%
• Dacia Logan - 77.4%
• Dacia Duster Essential Tce 4x2 - 88.2%
• Dacia Sandero Comfort Tce - 94.3%
• Dacia Sandero Stepway Se Twenty Tce - 88.1%
• Dacia Sandero Stepway Prestige Tce - 94.3%
• Dacia Sandero Essential Sce - 93.6%

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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
• Do you need an HPI check on a car you know is a write-off?

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