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

First-time pass rate93.8%
UK national average76.7%
Difference+17.1 points
Tests analysed1,049
Average mileage at test18,996 miles
Average year of manufacture2021
Reliability rank161 of 2,005 models

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. On a Dacia Sandero Stepway Comfort Tce 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 Sandero Stepway Comfort Tce

  1. A tyre cords visible or damaged, 1.1% of tests
  2. A tyre seriously damaged, 1.1% of tests
  3. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 0.6% of tests
  4. Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen, 0.4% of tests
  5. The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements, 0.3% of tests
  6. Fuel system leaking, or missing or ineffective filler cap, 0.3% of tests (2.69x the national rate for this defect)
  7. Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen, 0.3% of tests
  8. A tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative, 0.2% of tests
  9. Seat belt not functioning as intended or of an incorrect type, 0.1% of tests (2.14x the national rate for this defect)
  10. Excessive fluctuation in brake effort through each wheel revolution., 0.1% of tests

From 1,570 DVSA-tracked Dacia Sandero Stepway Comfort Tce tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 5.94% of these flagged Dacia Sandero Stepway Comfort Tce defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

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