Pass rate
82.7%
Around average — 8.0 pts behind the 90.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 156 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £26–£68
2020 Dacia Duster Essential Lpg MOT pass rate
- 2020
- typical 35,921 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
27.8% 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 88.9% pass
- Avoid 2020 82.7% pass · this year
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 6.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 80.0%
- Typical mileage
- 36k mi
The 2020 Dacia Duster Essential Lpg MOT pass rate is 82.7% of its MOT tests — 8.0 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 27.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Dacia Duster Essential Lpg does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 2.0× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 25.0% of everything recorded on the 2020 Dacia Duster Essential Lpg, against 12.2% nationally — 12.8 points above. Tyres are still the single largest share at 27.8%, but at 19.8% nationally that one is ordinary. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 90.7%; this one manages 82.7% — 8.0 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 25% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
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 2020 Dacia Duster Essential Lpg compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 90.7%, so this figure is 8.0 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 80.0%. The median 2020 Dacia Duster Essential Lpg in this dataset had covered 35,921 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 86.4% of the time, April–September 81.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect", noted on 4.49% of tests.
- 156 recorded tests behind this page.
- 82.7% overall pass rate, 80.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Dacia Duster Essential Lpg, the average is 87.7% — best year 2021 (88.9%), worst 2020 (82.7%).
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
- 156
- Typical mileage (median)
- 35,921 mi
- Make and model
- Dacia Duster Essential Lpg
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Headlight Alignment
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Duster Essential Lpg MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 42% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Duster Essential Lpg
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 32 | 87.5% |
| South East | 30 | 76.7% |
| North West | 23 | 78.3% |
| Yorkshire | 20 | 80.0% |
| Wales | 16 | 81.3% |
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 2020 Duster Essential Lpg
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 2020 Duster Essential Lpg
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 lights 4.5% of tests
“headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect”
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 tyre tread 1.9% 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.
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 2020 Duster Essential Lpg through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £26–£68 — and 25% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £26–£68
- Cheapest common item: electronic stability control warning lamp…
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep…
- £45–£95
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 25%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 156 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 Lpg, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2020 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 82.7% to 88.9% — a spread of 6.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2020 82.7%headlamp aim projected beam image…
- 2021 88.9% headlamp not working on dipped…
- 2022 87.9% 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 2020 Dacia Duster Essential Lpg 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 2020 cars with a similar record
- Vauxhall Combo 83.1%
- Tesla Model 3 Performance 83.2%
- Mercedes-Benz Vito 83.3%
- Mercedes-Benz Citan 81.6%
- Toyota Estima 81.6%
- Tesla Model X 84.6%
Closest pass rates among 2020 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 2020 Dacia Duster Essential Lpg 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 174 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 | 49 | 27.80% | 19.76% | +8.04 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 44 | 25.00% | 12.21% | +12.79 |
| Brakes | 38 | 21.60% | 20.89% | +0.71 |
| Non-component advisories | 17 | 9.70% | 4.18% | +5.52 |
| Visibility | 12 | 6.80% | 4.97% | +1.83 |
| Steering | 4 | 2.30% | 2.57% | −0.27 |
| Suspension | 3 | 1.70% | 20.98% | −19.28 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 3 | 1.70% | 5.52% | −3.82 |
| Road Wheels | 3 | 1.70% | 0.75% | +0.95 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1 | 0.60% | 5.57% | −4.97 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.5% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.6% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.6% | £30–80 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault Brakes | Major | 1.9% | £3–15 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.9% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim not tested unable to be tested Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.9% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.9% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.9% | £5–25 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.9% | £5–25 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.9% | £45–95 |
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 | 17.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 11.5% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 7.7% | £45–110 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 5.1% | £20–80 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 4.5% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 2.6% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 63 | 90.5% | 21,141 mi |
| 30-60k | 69 | 81.2% | 43,982 mi |
| 60-90k | 20 | 70.0% | 71,585 mi |
| 90-120k | 2 | 50.0% | 96,456 mi |
| 120k+ | 2 | 50.0% | 120,775 mi |
Source: 156 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.
2020 Duster Essential Lpg MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2020 Dacia Duster Essential Lpg?
82.7% of the 156 2020 Dacia Duster Essential Lpg tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 90.7% for cars first used in 2020. First-attempt pass rate: 80.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2020 Dacia Duster Essential Lpg?
The three most recorded items are headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.49%), headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (2.56%), headlamp aim too high (2.56%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2020 Dacia Duster Essential Lpg MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 90.5% of the time, falling to 50.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2020 Dacia Duster Essential Lpg in this dataset had covered 35,921 mi.
Does the season affect the 2020 Dacia Duster Essential Lpg MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 86.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 81.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.