Pass rate
88.2%
Above average — 3.8 pts behind the 92.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 340 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £24–£61
2022 Dacia Duster Essential MOT pass rate
- 2022
- 2 trims combined
- typical 24,285 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Tyres
37.2% 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 →
Which year to buy
- Best 2021 89.5% pass
- Avoid 2020 87.7% pass
Across the 4 years on record, a spread of 1.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 86.7%
- Typical mileage
- 24k mi
The 2022 Dacia Duster Essential MOT pass rate is 88.2% of its MOT tests — 3.8 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 37.2% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.9× the national share
Tyres make up 37.2% of everything recorded on the 2022 Dacia Duster Essential, against 19.8% nationally — 17.4 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.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 92.0%; this one manages 88.2% — 3.8 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Based on a small sample. 340 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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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Every Dacia Duster Essential first registered in 2022 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2022 Dacia Duster Essential compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 92.0%, so this figure is 3.8 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 86.7%. The median 2022 Dacia Duster Essential in this dataset had covered 24,285 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Petrol — 90% of tests, with a 88.6% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 88.2% of the time, April–September 88.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively", noted on 3.24% of tests.
- 340 recorded tests behind this page.
- 88.2% overall pass rate, 86.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Dacia Duster Essential, the average is 88.3% — best year 2021 (89.5%), worst 2020 (87.7%).
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
- 340
- Typical mileage (median)
- 24,285 mi
- Make and model
- Dacia Duster Essential
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Wiper Blade
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Duster Essential MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 71% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (90% of tests).
Where the Dacia Duster Essential is most common
Across all Duster Essential model years on record (2019–2022): 3,252 Dacia Duster Essential cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 6,539 tests. Glasgow (G) has the most, with 135 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) | 135 | 89.3% |
| 2 | Edinburgh (EH) | 89 | 80.3% |
| 3 | Swansea (SA) | 82 | 92.2% |
| 4 | Cardiff (CF) | 79 | 91.5% |
| 5 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 76 | 87.7% |
| 6 | Hamilton (ML) | 69 | 87.4% |
| 7 | Birmingham (B) | 58 | 94.1% |
| 8 | Sheffield (S) | 56 | 89.9% |
| 9 | Bristol (BS) | 54 | 82.7% |
| 10 | Inverness (IV) | 51 | 93.8% |
| 11 | Northampton (NN) | 48 | 87.5% |
| 12 | Ayr (KA) | 47 | 83.9% |
| 13 | Portsmouth (PO) | 46 | 87.6% |
| 14 | Aberdeen (AB) | 45 | 82.9% |
| 15 | Exeter (EX) | 45 | 85.3% |
| 16 | Stoke On Trent (ST) | 45 | 82.2% |
| 17 | Liverpool (L) | 44 | 85.3% |
| 18 | Warrington (WA) | 44 | 93.2% |
| 19 | Paisley (PA) | 43 | 81.6% |
| 20 | Poole (BH) | 43 | 84.9% |
The twenty areas with the most Dacia Duster Essential 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 Essential
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 70 | 85.7% |
| North West | 45 | 86.7% |
| South West | 44 | 90.9% |
| East of England | 41 | 85.4% |
| Yorkshire | 31 | 90.3% |
| South East | 30 | 86.7% |
| West Midlands | 29 | 86.2% |
| Wales | 23 | 91.3% |
| East Midlands | 20 | 95.0% |
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 2022 Duster Essential
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 2022 Duster Essential
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 wipers and washers 3.2% of tests
“wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
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Check the tyre tread 2.6% of tests
“tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm”
Check all four tyres cold, including the inner shoulder where wear hides — 1.6mm across the central three-quarters is the legal limit, and most testers fail at 1.6mm without argument.
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Check the brakes 1.2% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
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 2022 Duster Essential through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £24–£61 — and 51% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £24–£61
- Cheapest common item: mirrors slightly damaged
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: emissions not tested unable to be completed
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 51%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 340 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 Essential, side by side
4 model years on record, from 2019 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 87.7% to 89.5% — a spread of 1.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2019 87.8% headlamp aim projected beam image…
- 2020 87.7% headlamp not working on dipped…
- 2021 89.5% wipers does not clear the…
- 2022 88.2%wipers does not clear the…
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 2022 Dacia Duster Essential 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 2022 cars with a similar record
- BMW I4 EDRIVE40 88.1%
- MG Zs Excite Vti-Tech 88.0%
- Citroen E-C4 88.4%
- Mercedes-Benz Eqb 88.5%
- Land Rover Discovery 88.5%
- BMW Ix XDRIVE40 88.6%
Closest pass rates among 2022 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 2022 Dacia Duster Essential 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 222 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 | 83 | 37.20% | 19.76% | +17.44 |
| Visibility | 37 | 16.60% | 4.97% | +11.63 |
| Brakes | 34 | 15.20% | 20.89% | −5.69 |
| Non-component advisories | 29 | 13.00% | 4.18% | +8.82 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 19 | 8.50% | 12.21% | −3.71 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 7 | 3.10% | 5.52% | −2.42 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 5 | 2.20% | 5.57% | −3.37 |
| Suspension | 4 | 1.80% | 20.98% | −19.18 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 2 | 0.90% | 1.76% | −0.86 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 2 | 0.90% | 0.82% | +0.08 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 3.2% | £8–22 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 2.6% | £45–95 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.8% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 1.5% | £8–22 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.2% | £18–45 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 0.88% | £45–95 |
| Mirrors slightly damaged Visibility | Minor | 0.88% | £3–15 |
| Emissions not tested unable to be completed Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.59% | £60–250 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 0.59% | £45–120 |
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 | 11.8% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 3.8% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 3.2% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.9% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.6% | £20–80 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 2.4% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 222 | 92.8% | 18,493 mi |
| 30-60k | 100 | 79.0% | 38,802 mi |
| 60-90k | 18 | 83.3% | 66,940 mi |
Source: 340 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.
2022 Duster Essential MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2022 Dacia Duster Essential?
88.2% of the 340 2022 Dacia Duster Essential tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 92.0% for cars first used in 2022. First-attempt pass rate: 86.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2022 Dacia Duster Essential?
The three most recorded items are wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (3.24%), tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (2.65%), wipers blade defective (1.76%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2022 Dacia Duster Essential MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 92.8% of the time, falling to 83.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2022 Dacia Duster Essential in this dataset had covered 24,285 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2022 Dacia Duster Essential?
Petrol: 88.6% pass rate across 306 tests. Diesel: 85.3% pass rate across 34 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2022 Dacia Duster Essential MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 88.2% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 88.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.