Pass rate
83.7%
Around average — 2.3 pts behind the 86.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 22,263 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £25–£65
2017 Dacia Duster MOT pass rate
- 2017
- typical 51,509 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Tyres
30.0% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tread depth below 1.6 mm. What fitting it takes →
1.1 pts down across model years — 6.9% in 2013, 5.8% in 2022.
Which year to buy
- Best 2022 91.4% pass
- Avoid 2013 73.8% pass
Across the 11 years on record, a spread of 17.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 80.8%
- Typical mileage
- 52k mi
The 2017 Dacia Duster MOT pass rate is 83.7% of its MOT tests — 2.3 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 30.0% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.5× the national share
Tyres make up 30.0% of everything recorded on the 2017 Dacia Duster, against 19.8% nationally — 10.2 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2017 Dacia Duster compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 86.0%, so this figure is 2.3 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 80.8%. The median 2017 Dacia Duster in this dataset had covered 51,509 mi.
65% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 82.8% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 83.9% of the time, April–September 83.6%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Coil spring fractured or broken", noted on 3.96% of tests.
- 22,263 recorded tests behind this page.
- 83.7% overall pass rate, 80.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Dacia Duster, the average is 83.0% — best year 2022 (91.4%), worst 2013 (73.8%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 22,263
- Typical mileage (median)
- 51,509 mi
- Make and model
- Dacia Duster
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Coil Spring
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Duster MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 65% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (65% of tests).
Where the Dacia Duster is most common
Across all Duster model years on record (2012–2022): 98,057 Dacia Duster cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 234,838 tests. Glasgow (G) has the most, with 2,527 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.
| # | Postcode area | Cars | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glasgow (G) | 2,527 | 78.4% |
| 2 | Swansea (SA) | 2,329 | 82.7% |
| 3 | Cardiff (CF) | 2,029 | 82.7% |
| 4 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 1,840 | 81.4% |
| 5 | Sheffield (S) | 1,832 | 85.5% |
| 6 | Birmingham (B) | 1,818 | 87.1% |
| 7 | Edinburgh (EH) | 1,693 | 77.8% |
| 8 | Exeter (EX) | 1,615 | 83.7% |
| 9 | Bristol (BS) | 1,497 | 83.0% |
| 10 | Northampton (NN) | 1,448 | 82.8% |
| 11 | Aberdeen (AB) | 1,408 | 75.4% |
| 12 | Inverness (IV) | 1,368 | 77.7% |
| 13 | Norwich (NR) | 1,356 | 86.4% |
| 14 | Ashford (TN) | 1,342 | 85.5% |
| 15 | Peterborough (PE) | 1,342 | 85.7% |
| 16 | Portsmouth (PO) | 1,321 | 83.0% |
| 17 | Stoke On Trent (ST) | 1,270 | 81.1% |
| 18 | Nottingham (NG) | 1,255 | 84.6% |
| 19 | Doncaster (DN) | 1,203 | 83.5% |
| 20 | Gloucester (GL) | 1,202 | 82.5% |
The twenty areas with the most Dacia Duster cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →
Regional pass rates for the Duster
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 4,009 | 77.2% |
| South East | 3,405 | 87.0% |
| South West | 2,737 | 84.9% |
| North West | 2,185 | 85.7% |
| East of England | 1,995 | 87.7% |
| West Midlands | 1,939 | 83.6% |
| Yorkshire | 1,745 | 83.2% |
| Wales | 1,644 | 83.6% |
| East Midlands | 1,112 | 85.2% |
| North East | 1,050 | 81.0% |
| London | 438 | 89.7% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2017 Duster
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2017 Duster
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the coil springs 4.0% of tests
“coil spring fractured or broken”
Look up inside each wheel arch with a torch, all the way round the spring. A snapped spring usually breaks at the very bottom coil, where a quick glance will not reach.
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Check the lights 2.4% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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Check the windscreen 1.9% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2017 Duster through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £25–£65 — and 44% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £25–£65
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 44%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 22,263 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the Duster, side by side
11 model years on record, from 2012 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 73.8% to 91.4% — a spread of 17.6 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2012 75.9% horn not working
- 2013 73.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 75.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2015 78.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2016 81.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2017 83.7%coil spring fractured or broken
- 2018 85.3% wipers does not clear the…
- 2019 86.5% wipers does not clear the…
- 2020 89.5% headlamp not working on dipped…
- 2021 89.9% tread depth below requirements of…
- 2022 91.4% tread depth below requirements of…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2017 Dacia Duster with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2017 cars with a similar record
- Citroen C3 83.7%
- Vauxhall Insignia 83.7%
- Vauxhall Zafira 83.8%
- Ford B-Max 83.8%
- Fiat 500X 83.8%
- Vauxhall Meriva 83.8%
Closest pass rates among 2017 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2017 Dacia Duster 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 25,195 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 7,612 | 30.00% | 19.76% | +10.24 |
| Brakes | 6,006 | 23.70% | 20.89% | +2.81 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 3,585 | 14.10% | 12.21% | +1.89 |
| Suspension | 2,151 | 8.50% | 20.98% | −12.48 |
| Visibility | 1,880 | 7.40% | 4.97% | +2.43 |
| Non-component advisories | 1,419 | 5.60% | 4.18% | +1.42 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 895 | 3.50% | 5.57% | −2.07 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 870 | 3.40% | 5.52% | −2.12 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 411 | 1.60% | 1.76% | −0.16 |
| Steering | 366 | 1.40% | 2.57% | −1.17 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 4.0% | £25–65 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.4% | £5–20 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.9% | £80–200 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.5% | £3–12 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.4% | £30–80 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.4% | £45–95 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.3% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.2% | £8–22 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.2% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.2% | £5–25 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 15.9% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 11.1% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 9.3% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 5.2% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 3.9% | £45–110 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.8% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 3,310 | 93.4% | 21,392 mi |
| 30-60k | 10,780 | 85.1% | 45,122 mi |
| 60-90k | 6,200 | 78.8% | 72,253 mi |
| 90-120k | 1,527 | 76.2% | 100,762 mi |
| 120k+ | 438 | 73.5% | 143,880 mi |
Source: 22,263 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2017 Duster MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2017 Dacia Duster?
83.7% of the 22,263 2017 Dacia Duster tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 86.0% for cars first used in 2017. First-attempt pass rate: 80.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2017 Dacia Duster?
The three most recorded items are coil spring fractured or broken (3.96%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (2.35%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (1.89%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2017 Dacia Duster MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 93.4% of the time, falling to 73.5% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2017 Dacia Duster in this dataset had covered 51,509 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2017 Dacia Duster?
Diesel: 82.8% pass rate across 14,529 tests. Petrol: 85.6% pass rate across 7,734 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2017 Dacia Duster MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 83.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 83.6%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.