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

The Dacia Sandero Stepway Prestige Tce passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 17.6 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 1,012 individual Dacia Sandero Stepway Prestige Tce tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

First-time pass rate94.3%
UK national average76.7%
Difference+17.6 points
Tests analysed1,012
Average mileage at test18,305 miles
Average year of manufacture2021
Reliability rank108 of 2,005 models

What this means if you are buying one

A 94.3% first-time pass rate means roughly 6 in every 100 Dacia Sandero Stepway Prestige 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 Prestige Tce tested had covered 18,305 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 Prestige Tce bought as a repairable salvage, the mechanical side is less likely to spring surprises, so your repair estimate should hold up reasonably well.

Before you bid: run the lot through the analyzer, check the car's own record, check the mileage, decode the VIN, and if it carries a marker use the write-off value calculator. Or compare it against another model.

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Most common MOT failures on a Dacia Sandero Stepway Prestige Tce

  1. A tyre seriously damaged, 1.2% of tests
  2. A tyre cords visible or damaged, 0.5% of tests
  3. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 0.3% of tests
  4. An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction, 0.3% of tests
  5. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 0.3% of tests
  6. Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen, 0.3% of tests
  7. Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen, 0.2% of tests
  8. A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc, 0.2% of tests
  9. The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements, 0.1% of tests
  10. Brakes imbalance across an axle such that the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle., 0.1% of tests

From 1,485 DVSA-tracked Dacia Sandero Stepway Prestige Tce tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 4.44% of these flagged Dacia Sandero Stepway Prestige Tce defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

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