2018 Dacia Sandero: MOT pass rate and reliability

83.2% of 2018 Dacia Sanderos pass the MOT first time, measured across 12,601 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 39,102 miles.

How the 2018 compares

  • Against all Dacia Sanderos (75.3%, 97,736 tests): +7.9 points
  • Against all 2018 cars (85.9%): -2.7 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Dacia Sandero model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2018 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Dacia Sandero:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2013 67% 7,232 74,996
2014 63.4% 12,599 71,855
2015 65.1% 14,676 64,079
2016 73% 14,506 56,461
2017 78.1% 14,901 47,819
2018 83.2% 12,601 39,102
2019 86.3% 12,565 31,437
2020 87.5% 7,835 25,567
2021 90.7% 795 22,027

What this means if you are buying a 2018 Sandero

The 2018 is one of the stronger years for this model, passing 7.9 points more often than the Dacia Sandero average. That is a point in its favour, though condition and service history still matter more than the model year. Check the exact car with the free MOT history checker before you buy, and run its VIN and mileage through our free VIN decoder and clocking check.

What an 8-year-old car fails on

A 2018 car is 8 years old now, and age drives the failure mix more than the badge does. Across all cars tested, these are the categories that actually cause failures:

  • Lights and electrical: 10.36% of all cars tested
  • Suspension: 8.65% of all cars tested
  • Tyres: 6.23% of all cars tested
  • Brakes: 6.1% of all cars tested
  • Visibility: wipers, washers, glass: 4.65% of all cars tested
  • Body, chassis and structure: 3.18% of all cars tested

That is below average for a car this age, worth a mileage-consistency check since an unusually low reading is sometimes clocking rather than luck. On a 2018 Dacia Sandero the average at test was 39,102 miles, so treat anything far above that as a car that has worked harder than its peers, and anything far below as one worth checking for the faults that come from standing still.

The strongest year for this model is 2021 at 90.7%, and the weakest in our data is 2014 at 63.4%. That 27.3 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2018 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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