Dacia Duster Prestige MOT Pass Rate & Official DVSA Failure Statistics

Dacia Duster Prestige MOT History and Failure Rates vs UK National Average

The Dacia Duster Prestige passed on its first attempt in 94.1%, and its overall record sits +13.4 percentage points above the national average for all cars. These figures come from every recorded DVSA MOT test for the Dacia Duster Prestige in the 2023–2025 data: 1,493 tests across 2 model years (2021–2022). A test still carries exactly one pass or fail verdict.

Figures are computed from every recorded DVSA test for this model in the 2023–2025 data.

Most Common Dacia Duster Prestige MOT Problems by Failure Category

Every MOT failure a tester records belongs to one inspection section of the DVSA manual. For the Dacia Duster Prestige, the Visibility section leads the record — the breakdown below shows where the recorded failures cluster, then the exact strings behind the three biggest sections.

Shares are over the Dacia Duster Prestige's recorded defect strings, merged across its year pages.

Top Recorded Dacia Duster Prestige DVSA MOT Test Statistics & Defect Descriptions

The descriptions below are the exact DVSA failure strings testers recorded most often for the Dacia Duster Prestige, each with how many of the model's 1,493 tests it was noted on.

• "Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively" (Rectified) — noted on about 23 Dacia Duster Prestige tests, 1.5% of the model's MOT record.
• "Headlamp aim too high" (Rectified) — noted on about 22 Dacia Duster Prestige tests, 1.5% of the model's MOT record.
• "Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords" (Major) — noted on about 17 Dacia Duster Prestige tests, 1.1% of the model's MOT record.
• "Stop lamp not working" (Rectified) — noted on about 16 Dacia Duster Prestige tests, 1.1% of the model's MOT record.
• "Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm" (Major) — noted on about 14 Dacia Duster Prestige tests, 0.9% of the model's MOT record.
• "Wipers blade defective" (Minor) — noted on about 14 Dacia Duster Prestige tests, 0.9% of the model's MOT record.

Best and Worst Dacia Duster Prestige Model Years by Pass Rate

The strongest Dacia Duster Prestige model year on record is 2022 (94.7% across 1,101 tests), and the weakest is 2021 (93.6%). The gap between them is 1.1 points. Years with fewer than 50 recorded tests are excluded, so these are the years with enough MOT history to mean something.

Newest model year first. Only years with at least 50 recorded tests are listed.

Pre-MOT Inspection Checklist for Dacia Duster Prestige Owners

These checks follow this Dacia Duster Prestige's own most-recorded failure strings, starting with what a tester is most likely to flag on a Dacia Duster Prestige.

• the wipers and washers — “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.

• the lights — “headlamp aim too high”

  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.

• the tyre tread — “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.

Derived from the DVSA failure strings testers recorded for the Dacia Duster Prestige. A check that finds nothing means the item is likely fine, not that the test is guaranteed.

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