Pass rate
90.7%
Above average — 1.2 pts ahead of the 89.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 289 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £17–£47
2019 Dacia Duster Techroad MOT pass rate
- 2019
- typical 33,539 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Tyres
31.0% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2019 90.7% pass · this year
- Avoid 2019 90.7% pass · this year
Across the 1 years on record, a spread of 0 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 89.7%
- Typical mileage
- 34k mi
The 2019 Dacia Duster Techroad MOT pass rate is 90.7% of its MOT tests — 1.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 31.0% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.6× the national share
Tyres make up 31.0% of everything recorded on the 2019 Dacia Duster Techroad, against 19.8% nationally — 11.2 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.
- Based on a small sample. 289 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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How does the 2019 Dacia Duster Techroad compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 89.5%, so this figure is 1.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 89.7%. The median 2019 Dacia Duster Techroad in this dataset had covered 33,539 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 87.6% of the time, April–September 92.0%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Track rod end ball joint has excessive play", noted on 3.11% of tests.
- 289 recorded tests behind this page.
- 90.7% overall pass rate, 89.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Dacia Duster Techroad, the average is 90.7% — best year 2019 (90.7%), worst 2019 (90.7%).
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
- 289
- Typical mileage (median)
- 33,539 mi
- Make and model
- Dacia Duster Techroad
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Ball Joint
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Duster Techroad MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 72% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Duster Techroad
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 93 | 86.0% |
| South East | 36 | 94.4% |
| South West | 29 | 86.2% |
| East of England | 22 | 95.5% |
| Wales | 22 | 95.5% |
| North West | 19 | 94.7% |
| Yorkshire | 19 | 89.5% |
| East Midlands | 18 | 94.4% |
| North East | 15 | 93.3% |
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 2019 Duster Techroad
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 2019 Duster Techroad
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 suspension joints 3.1% of tests
“track rod end ball joint has excessive play”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
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Check the lights 2.8% of tests
“headlamp not working on dipped beam”
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 wipers and washers 1.0% of tests
“wipers blade defective”
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.
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 2019 Duster Techroad through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £17–£47 — and 46% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £17–£47
- Cheapest common item: electronic stability control warning lamp…
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: headlamp aim too high
- £30–£80
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 46%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 289 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 →
Compare the 2019 Dacia Duster Techroad 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 2019 cars with a similar record
- Alfa Romeo Stelvio 90.7%
- Ford Ecosport 90.8%
- Kia Picanto 90.8%
- Volvo XC60 90.8%
- Fiat 500X 90.8%
- Audi A7 90.8%
Closest pass rates among 2019 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 2019 Dacia Duster Techroad 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 267 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 | 31.00% | 19.76% | +11.24 |
| Brakes | 64 | 23.90% | 20.89% | +3.01 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 39 | 14.60% | 12.21% | +2.39 |
| Steering | 34 | 12.70% | 2.57% | +10.13 |
| Non-component advisories | 18 | 6.70% | 4.18% | +2.52 |
| Visibility | 11 | 4.10% | 4.97% | −0.87 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 10 | 3.70% | 5.57% | −1.87 |
| Suspension | 6 | 2.20% | 20.98% | −18.78 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1 | 0.40% | 5.52% | −5.12 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 0.40% | 1.76% | −1.36 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 3.1% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.8% | £5–25 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.7% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.7% | £30–80 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.7% | £5–20 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.4% | £30–80 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.0% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 1.0% | £8–22 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault Brakes | Major | 0.69% | £3–15 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.69% | £30–80 |
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 | 14.2% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 10.7% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 9.0% | £45–95 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Advisory | 8.0% | £18–45 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 3.8% | £80–180 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 3.5% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 117 | 95.7% | 19,354 mi |
| 30-60k | 146 | 88.4% | 41,572 mi |
| 60-90k | 26 | 80.8% | 66,446 mi |
Source: 289 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.
2019 Duster Techroad MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2019 Dacia Duster Techroad?
90.7% of the 289 2019 Dacia Duster Techroad tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 89.5% for cars first used in 2019. First-attempt pass rate: 89.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2019 Dacia Duster Techroad?
The three most recorded items are track rod end ball joint has excessive play (3.11%), headlamp not working on dipped beam (2.77%), headlamp aim too high (1.73%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2019 Dacia Duster Techroad MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 95.7% of the time, falling to 80.8% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2019 Dacia Duster Techroad in this dataset had covered 33,539 mi.
Does the season affect the 2019 Dacia Duster Techroad MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 87.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 92.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.